A nurse asks the nurse manager how accountability in health care-related professions can be evaluated. The nurse manager explains that staff accountability can be evaluated by:
a. their actions and the ability to state when they have been wrong.
b. the ability to support their actions and justify the results.
c. the ability to report, justify, or explain actions.
d. processes and experiences.
C
Individuals who are deemed accountable are able to report, explain, or justify their actions. For
example, a nurse who assigned a NAP to bathe a patient and discovers that this has not been done
although it is nearing the end of the shift takes responsibility for this task and might talk with the NAP
to see why this was left undone, complete the task with the NAP, complete the task themselves, or
report this undone task to the next shift or unit manager.
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a. Nurses' lack of research skills in evaluating the quality of research studies. b. Lack of significant research studies. c. Insufficient clinical skills of nurses. d. Inadequate physical assessment skills.
The school nurse is providing care to a child with a sore throat. With any sign of throat infection, the nurse stresses which of the following?
A) Warm, salt water gargling B) Fluid increase to 2500 cc C) Obtaining a throat culture D) Administering antiseptic lozenges
A nurse is educating a postoperative client on how to use an incentive spirometer. Which of the following is an accurate step that should be included in the teaching plan?
A) Instruct the client to inhale normally and then place the lips securely around the mouthpiece. B) Instruct the client to inhale slowly and as deeply as possible through the mouthpiece, without using the nose. C) When the client cannot inhale anymore, the patient should hold his or her breath and count to 10. D) Encourage the client to perform incentive spirometry two to three times every one to two hours, if possible.
When asked about drug allergies, a patients says, "I cant take sulfa drugs because I'm allergic to them." Which question should the nurse ask next?
A. "Do you have any other drug allergies?" B. "Who prescribed that drug for you?" C. "How long ago did this happen?" D. "What happened when you took the sulfa drug?"