The managers of a small long-term care facility have proposed that medication administration be no longer performed by LP/VNs or registered nurses and those unlicensed care personnel begin providing residents' medications
How should the nurses at the facility best respond to this proposal?
A) Ensure that the unlicensed care providers receive adequate training
B) Elicit input from the residents themselves and their family members
C) Oppose the delegation of nursing duties to non-nursing personnel
D) Advocate for a pay increase for the unlicensed care personnel in light of their increased responsibilities
C
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The physician decides to send the mother for a test to determine the fetal lung maturity. What is the name of this fetal well-being test?
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1. hematuria. 2. nocturia. 3. urgency incontinence. 4. renal calculi.
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