What is the purpose of the ANA's Scope and Standards of Practice?
a. To describe the ethical responsibility of nurses
b. To define the activities that are special and unique to nursing
c. To establish nursing as an independent and free standing profession
d. To regulate the practice of nursing
Ans: b. To define the activities that are special and unique to nursing
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1. Thirty percent of eligible hospital nurses have signed a card indicating interest. 2. Seventy percent of hospital employees have said they are interested. 3. Fifty percent of staff nurses and management nurses must vote. 4. Thirty percent of all nurses working for the agency must vote.
When planning care for a client diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, which self-harm behavior should a nurse expect the client to exhibit?
A. The use of highly lethal methods to commit suicide B. The use of suicidal gestures to evoke a rescue response from others C. The use of isolation and starvation as suicidal methods D. The use of self-mutilation to decrease endorphins in the body
The environmental temperature is often a factor affecting the dosage of medications. Which of the following might be affected by hot and cold?
A) The potency of the medication B) The intended distribution of the medication C) The speed of absorption of the medication D) The elimination of the medication
What interventions will facilitate maintaining A.N.'s peripheral tissue perfusion?
What will be an ideal response?