A multidisciplinary committee meets monthly to discuss medication safety issues within the acute care areas. The quality director consistently arrives late for meetings and spends her time in the meeting answering e-mails on her iPhone
What type of disruptive behavior does this exhibit? a. Compulsive talker
b. Interrupter
c. Squasher
d. Busybody
D
Busybodies are not committed to the work of the group and frequently arrive late, leave early, spend time checking e-mail or texting, and simply want to show up for the purpose of appear-ance.
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As the unit manager, you meet with the staff to discuss audit findings and to find approaches that will address the gaps in charting and achieve desired goals. This is an example of: a. Leadership. b. Management. c. Decision making. d. Vision.
Which nursing action for a patient who has had right hip replacement surgery can the nurse delegate to experienced unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
a. Reposition the patient every 1 to 2 hours. b. Assess for skin irritation on the patient's back. c. Teach the patient quadriceps-setting exercises. d. Determine the patient's pain level and tolerance.
Which of the following best describes a group?
a. Those who are all living in the same geopolitical area b. Those who are all members of the same phenomenologic community c. Those who engage in repeated face-to-face communication d. Those who respect each other's perspective
In which case it is most likely that pain management may not be readily forthcoming to an adult patient who is in pain?
a) When a numeric scale is used to assess pain intensity b) When analgesics are contraindicated for the patient's condition c) When the pain is chronic d) When the patient's expressions of pain are incongruent with the nurse's expectations