The professional nurse has the skills and knowledge to direct the care provided by other staff through the nursing care organization of:
1. primary nursing.
2. functional nursing.
3. rehabilitative nursing.
4. team nursing.
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In a team nursing situation, the skills of each team member are used to best advantage for efficient nursing care.
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During assessment of a client with a dissociative disorder, the nurse notices that the client has been cutting herself on both arms
After talking with the client, the nurse, along with other members of the treatment team, decides that the best intervention at this time to prevent further self-destructive behavior would be: a. Establishing a signed contract with the client to tell a team member when she is having self-destructive thoughts b. Isolating the client from all other clients and activities until she is no longer having self-destructive thoughts c. Administering medications that will reduce the client's anxiety levels d. Involving the client in activities as a diversion from self-destructive thoughts
What is a prominent feature of postpartum depression?
a. Failure to thrive b. Rejection of the infant c. Inability to care for the baby d. Problems with the baby's father
An older adult with dementia describes a pencil as "that thing that writes" and a water faucet as "the thing you turn." The nurse documents which problem?
a. Echolalia b. Apraxia c. Agnosia d. Amnesia
During a unit meeting, the nurse manager discusses ways to deal with a hostile patient. The staff nurse suggests that more time be spent with the patient. How does the nurse manager enhance the value of the staff nurse's suggestion?
a. Identify the staff nurse's merits b. Dismiss what the staff nurse said c. Enhance the value of the unit d. Accept others' suggestions without regard to the staff nurse's suggestion