A patient has been admitted to the cardiac unit and test results are available. The nurse is writing a plan of care for this patient. On what would the nurse base interventions?
A) Patterns of subjective and objective data
B) Patterns of test results
C) Areas for care planning
D) Areas that the patient requests
A
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When caring for a hearing-impaired client, the nurse should
a. face the interpreter when speaking to the client. b. use gestures that reinforce verbal content. c. speak distinctly while exaggerating words. d. communicate in a dimly-lit room.
Boundary violations occur in psychiatric nursing when:
a. when a nurse loses her certification b. when a nurse or patient exceeds the limits of the nurse-patient relationship c. when a nurse does not follow the doctor's orders d. when a nurse administers the wrong dose of psychotropic medication
Hospitals use various recruitment and retention strategies. One strategy adopted by hospitals is to arrange for a resource person to support the development of a younger nurse through influence and promotion. Such a person is called:
a. A preceptor b. A mentor c. A faculty member d. A staff developer