The nurse executive at the local hospital began working there 20 years ago and has risen to the highest designation in nursing. This career style is known as:
a. Linear.
b. Spiral.
c. Steady state.
d. Entrepreneurial/transient.
ANS: A
The linear career style, as described by Friss (1989), refers to vertical advancement in an organization and is of interest to those with a desire to gain organizational knowledge and different perspectives on nursing.
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a. increases client confidentiality. b. lessens the work of checking orders. c. helps to identify errors in writing orders. d. decreases the problems associated with illegible handwriting.
A nurse is caring for a 64-year-old patient who has survived cardiopulmonary resuscitation after a triple coronary artery bypass graft surgery. To help this patient cope with this experience, what is the best thing for the nurse to do?
a. Recommend that the patient not discuss the experience with family. b. Assume that the near death experience was a positive experience. c. Explain that people who have not had that experience will not understand. d. Explore what happened with the patient.
A client has come to the clinic for an annual physical. The nurse plans to assess the client for signs of osteoporosis. Which of the following assessment questions would the nurse ask this 70-year-old post-menopausal female client?
1. "Have you experienced any palpitations?" 2. "Is constipation a problem for you?" 3. "Are you having any low back pain?" 4. "Are you having problems with swelling in your feet?"
All of the following statements about the Beer's List are true except:
1. It is a list of medications or medication classes that should generally be avoided in persons 65 years or older because they are either ineffective or they pose unnecessarily high risk for older persons and a safer alternative is available. 2. It is derived from the expert opinion of one geriatrician and is not evidence-based. 3. These criteria have been adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for regulation of long-term care facilities. 4. These criteria are directed at the general population of patients over 65 years of age and do not take disease states into consideration.