A newly hired nurse is struggling with night shift work and caring for multiple family members at home
The nurse manager calls the new nurse in to talk about how the nurse is negatively affecting patient self-concept by ignoring patients' concerns. The nurse manager should focus on the new nurse's a. Role overload.
b. Self-esteem.
c. Ego integrity.
d. Ethics and morals.
A
Role overload involves having more roles or responsibilities than are manageable. Self-esteem is the overall feeling of self-worth. The nurse is not involved in an ethical or moral dilemma. Ego integrity is part of a developmental task associated with older adults.
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1. An ethnocentric, stressed, acculturated, and never-changing way of processing information. 2. Socially transmitted behavioral patterns, beliefs, and customs. 3. The basis of individual interpretation of experience and generation of behavior. 4. The ideas, values, and behaviors shared by members of a social group.
What intervention do you anticipate based on your interpretation of these values?
What will be an ideal response?