A nurse works in a trauma intensive care unit in a busy urban hospital. Once a week, staff from all the disciplines caring for the trauma patients get together to discuss their progress
As the team meets in the patient room, the patient's family can be included in the discussion if it is approved by the patient. This is best described as which of the following? A. Nursing practice
B. Staff communication
C. Interdisciplinary collaboration
D. Staff education
C
Interdisciplinary collaboration involves bringing representatives of the various disciplines together in practice projects, in-services, conferences, and staff meetings. This brings in different points of view to understand and solve complex patient problems.
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The final step in strategic management is to evaluate the outcomes of the strategic planning process and the implementation of strategy. Place the steps of the evaluation component in order:
a. Identify strengths and weaknesses internal to the organization. b. Shape strategies into a strategic plan on which strategic management is based. c. Establish priorities for the critical issues so that strategies are based on the priority issues. d. Analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for their impact on the organiza-tion. e. Analyze components for the purpose of drafting a picture of the critical features of the or-ganization.
In the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital Study, 22 patients were injected—unknowingly—with a suspension containing live cancer cells that had been generated from human cancer tissue. What ethical principles apply here? (Select all that apply.)
a. Beneficence b. Self-determination c. Anonymity d. Confidentiality e. Fair treatment
Review of a 7-year-old boy's chart reveals a diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy made after the patient began to exhibit Gowers' maneuver. Which movements would the nurse expect to assess?
1. The child rocks backward and forward several times before being able to get up from a chair. 2. The child extends both arms out to the sides for balance while walking. 3. The child gets onto the hands and knees before achieving a standing position from the floor. 4. The child must roll to the side and push up from the floor with the hands.