A nurse is given formal recognition as a professional with technical competence in a certain area of nursing practice. This is known as:
a. Licensure
b. Accreditation
c. Registration
d. Credentialing
D
Credentialing is the formal recognition of a person as a professional with technical competence, or of an agency that has met minimum standards of a performance.
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The critically ill patient reports weight loss, anorexia, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, thirst, and weakness. Physical findings reveal tachycardia, bronze skin color, and postural hypotension. These findings suggest
A) Cushing's syndrome. B) diabetic ketoacidosis. C) syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). D) an adrenal crisis.
You are the clinic nurse doing patient teaching for palliative radiotherapy to the spine. After you complete the patient teaching, your patient continues to ask the same questions that you have already addressed. What can you conclude?
A) The patient is not listening. B) The patient is not adhering to treatment. C) The patient may have a learning disability. D) Learning has not occurred.
The community nurse is working with poor women who are formula-feeding their infants. Which statement indicates that the nurse's education session was effective?
1. "I should only use soy-based formula for the first year." 2. "I follow the instructions for mixing the powdered formula exactly." 3. "I can reuse one bottle for several feedings." 4. "The mixed formula can be left on the counter for a day."
When caring for an infant or child who is in compensated shock, you should:
A) intubate at the earliest sign of altered mentation. B) administer a 10-mL/kg normal saline fluid bolus. C) assist ventilations to improve tissue oxygenation. D) establish IV or IO access en route to the hospital.