Kari, a head nurse on the dialysis unit, has been informed during budget planning meetings that budget cuts are likely
She discusses this at the next unit meeting and tells staff members that unless they do their jobs well, their positions may be terminated, and there will be no replacement. Kari is enacting which management style? a. Transformational
b. Transactional
c. Trusting
d. Truthful
B
Transactional leaders tend to rely on position and power, and they tend to reward and punish ac-cording to performance and conformity with expectations.
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a. Assessment b. Planning c. Implementation d. Evaluation
A nurse for a certified home health care agency understands that outcome data for Medicare patients must be collected using the standardized ____
a. Centers for Medicare Outcomes Set b. Healthcare Outcomes Assessment Survey c. Outcomes and Assessment Information Set d. Quality Outcomes for Medicare Survey
A medication that interferes with an important life process of a bacterial organism, making it weaker or incapable of reproducing, is considered:
1. pathogenic. 2. bacteriostatic. 3. bactericidal. 4. microbial.
A patient with hypoparathyroidism has a low serum calcium level
How would the nurse test for the clinical manifestation consistent with this laboratory result? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Have the patient open and close both hands. 2. Place a blood pressure cuff on the patient's arm. 3. Tap over the patient's facial nerve. 4. Press lightly on the patient's shoulders. 5. Ask the patient to count backwards.