When focusing on incidents of natural bias, what is most important for nurses to know about their own attitudes and perceptions?
A) There is a tendency to regard one's own race as superior.
B) There is a tendency to regard one gender as superior to the other.
C) There is a tendency to notice some things and not others.
D) There is a tendency to refuse to recognize other points of view.
C
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The nurse knows that reframing is a useful technique when the patient
a. cannot articulate fears embedded in the conversation. b. is confused and unable to articulate his or her concerns. c. pauses the conversation, letting the nurse summarize. d. uses absolutely concrete verbiage such as "never."
During a flu shot clinic, one of the questions the student nurse asks relates to whether the patient has had Guillain-Barré syndrome in his medical history. The patient asks, "What is that?"
How should the nursing student reply? A) "A type of paralysis that affects movement on both sides of the body that may even involve the respiratory muscles" B) "Swelling of your arm where you got your flu shot, and maybe your eyes and lips had some swelling as well" C) "A degenerative disease where you have trouble walking without the help of a cane or walker" D) "Influenza-like illness where you had fever and chills for 2 to 3 days after your last flu shot"
The process of managing outcomes includes five steps. List the five steps below in the correct order
a. Variances are investigated. b. Data are collected about outcomes. c. Trends are identified from data analysis. d. Changes are implemented and reevaluated. e. Appropriate service delivery changes are determined.
A staff nurse in the area that you manage has excelled in the delivery of patient education
You are considering implementing a new job description that would broaden her opportunity to teach patients and orient new staff members to the value of patient education. The ethical principle that you are most directly reinforcing is: a. Justice. b. Fidelity. c. Paternalism. d. Respect for others.