A nursing unit has demonstrated lower patient satisfaction scores during the last quarter. The manager of the unit has formed a small team to set long- and short-term goals for the unit with action plans to increase patient satisfaction. This is an example of which management process?
a. Planning
b. Organizing
c. Coordinating
d. Controlling
A
Planning is the managerial function of selecting priorities, results, and methods to achieve results.
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a. "You have pitting edema in your ankles." b. "You have deep tendon reflexes rated 2+." c. "You have calf pain when the nurse flexes your foot." d. "You have a 'fleshy' odor to your vaginal drainage."
By allowing the ICU patient's family to visit as often as the patient condition will allow, the nurse is considering which type of need within the patient and his family?
a. Trust b. Social support c. Environmental d. Dependence
A newborn has just been diagnosed with a negative result from genetic testing. What should the nurse realize this finding means?
1. No further follow-up is needed. 2. There is no clinical explanation for the symptoms that are seen. 3. The baby is likely a carrier of a genetic abnormality. 4. The baby will develop symptoms of a genetic abnormality later in life.
The nurse is discontinuing a client's IV line in preparation for the client's discharge home. Upon withdrawing the cannula from the peripheral site, the nurse notes that the tip of the cannula is missing. The first thing that the nurse should do is:
1. Notify the health care provider immediately 2. Apply pressure to the IV site 3. Apply a tourniquet high on the extremity 4. Ask another nurse to double-check the cannula