The most positive initial action for a health care agency to take for an impaired nurse would be:
a. job dismissal.
b. eliciting a promise to abstain.
c. counseling by the nurse manager.
d. referral to the employee assistance program.
D
Most health care agencies have employee assistance programs. Counseling for substance abuse is better provided by professionals in a neutral setting than by peers or administrators in the clinical area.
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A) The relationship between law and culture B) Moral values that are considered to be universal C) The principles that determine whether an act is right or wrong D) The laws that govern acceptable and unacceptable behavior
The nurse, applying culture care diversity theory, is implementing the concept of repatterning and restructuring. This means the nurse is:
a. accepting and complying with the client's cultural beliefs. b. adapting his beliefs and values to the client's beliefs. c. planning and negotiating to accommodate to the client's food preferences and religious practices. d. becoming knowledgeable enough about the client's culture to adjust nursing care as needed.
Before applying a cord clamp, the nurse assesses the umbilical cord. The mother asks why the nurse is looking at the umbilical cord. The nurse should reply, "I'm checking the blood vessels in the cord to see if it has:
A. One artery, one vein." B. Two arteries, one vein." C. Two veins, one artery." D. Two veins, two arteries."
When describing information technology skills to a class, an instructor describes the knowledge needed to develop these skills. Which of the following would the instructor describe as current skills?
A) Ability to use searching tools B) Ability to understand computer networks C) Ability to think abstractly D) Ability to manipulate information into something new