A novice nurse is unsure of his ability to insert a nasogastric tube for one of the assigned patients who is vomiting coffee ground emesis
The novice nurse waits, hoping that someone with more experience will volunteer to do the job, or he just waits until the end of the shift. This nurse is practicing:
a. energy management.
b. priority setting.
c. procrastination.
d. introspection.
ANS: C
Correct: Procrastination is evident when a person is faced with an unpleasant task, a difficult task, or a difficult decision. Usually procrastination is easily recognizable because it involves completing low-priority tasks rather than high-priority ones, and it always welcomes interruptions. Procrastination is the art of "never doing today what can be put off until tomorrow." The result consists of less productivity, less internal satisfaction, and increased stress.
Incorrect:
a. Energy management means ensuring that the right amount of effort matches the right task so that outcomes can be optimized, while the amount of personal energy expended/taxed to achieve the desired result is gauged.
b. Priority setting is establishing superiority in rank, a preferential rating, or the state of "coming first" in order or ahead of others in a process by which that order will represent the execution of the raked items.
d. Introspection is the act of examining one's own thoughts and emotions by concentrating on the inner self.
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