A nurse manager who encourages the nursing staff members to assist in developing a new creative staffing pattern in response to recent resignations and people going back to school subscribes to what organizational theory?
1. Neoclassical theory
2. Systems theory
3. Chaos theory
4. Classical theory
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Explanation: 1. Chaos theory proposes an organization is dependent on its adaptability and response to
change in its environment. Nurse managers must create an environment that accepts change,
tolerates conflict, and promotes creative solutions.
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The nurse should prepare to facilitate what intervention? A) Cardiac catheterization B) Inserting a central venous catheter C) Holter monitoring D) Nonstress testing
The client with schizophrenia is on olanzapine (Zyprexa) and has gained ten pounds in the four weeks after its initiation. The client asks the nurse if the weight gain is related to this medication. What nursing response is correct?
1. This medication is associated with weight gain in some clients. 2. The client is most likely gaining weight due to a hidden alcohol problem. 3. The client was evidently not weighed correctly initially. 4. The client is probably just feeling better and eating more.
A nurse is asked, "Why are you so rarely in the department office?" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response?
a. "I have to be where the people are." b. "I prefer to write my reports in my car immediately after my intervention." c. "I thought I was paid to be in the community, not the office." d. "I try to avoid paperwork as much as possible."
Which of the following recent admissions to an emergency department is most likely to be diagnosed with a greenstick fracture?
A) A 20-year-old football player who had an opposing player fall laterally on his leg B) An 8-year-old boy who fell out of a tree and on to his arm C) An 81-year-old woman with a history of osteoporosis who stumbled and fell on her hip D) A 32-year-old woman who fell awkwardly on her arm while skiing