When one considers the roles and functions of psychiatric nursing, the overlap of communication and management roles is seen in the function of:
a. teaching.
b. delegation.
c. direct care.
d. collaboration.
D
Collaboration is defined as the shared planning, decision making, problem
solving, goal setting, and assumption of responsibilities by people who work together cooperatively and with open communication. Figure 1-3 depicts this graphically.
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The nurse realizes that religion affected the development of nursing which began:
a. in India around 800-600 BC. c. during the Middle Ages. b. during the Roman Empire. d. at the time of the Renaissance.
The nurse is measuring a client's medication in a syringe. The prescribed amount is 1.275 mL. The syringe has markings of 1.2 mL, and 1.3 mL, but not 1.275 . Which of the following numbers is the significant figure in this example?
A) 1.2 mL B) 1.250 mL C) 1.275 mL D) 1.3 mL
Mortality and morbidity are high among infants who are delivered at 24 weeks' gestation, usually because of:
A) congenital heart defects. B) infection and hypothermia. C) respiratory and neurologic problems. D) metabolic and immune deficiencies.
On the evening of the first postoperative day, E.B. becomes more awake and begins to
complain of pain. He states, "My right leg is really hurting; how can it hurt so bad if it's gone?" What is your best response? a. "That is a side effect of the medication." b. "You can't be feeling that because your leg was amputated." c. "Don't worry, that sensation will go away in a few days." d. "Are you able to rate that pain on a scale of 1 to 10?"