The nurse lists indicators of hearing loss, which include _______________________. (Select all that apply.)
a. difficulty hearing women and children.
b. reluctance to have telephone conversations.
c. becoming irritable with background noise.
d. TV turned up to loudest volume.
e. responding with "off the wall" answers to a question.
ANS: A, B, C, D, E
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a. anaerobic infection. c. lung cancer. b. poor oral hygiene. d. viral infection.
The staff members in a local Emergency Department are experiencing stress and burnout as the result of excessive overtime
The staff decides to unionize to negotiate for better working conditions. The increase in unionization within health care may be attributed to the: a. Movement from being "blue-collar workers" to being "knowledge workers." b. Excess profits in health care. c. Level of risk that exists for health care. d. Number of people who are involved in health care.
A nurse has completed four hours of his eight-hour shift on a medical-surgical unit when he receives a phone call from the nursing supervisor. The nursing supervisor informs him that he needs to give a report to the other two nurses on the medical-surgical unit and immediately report to the telemetry unit to assist with staff needs on that unit. The nurse informs the supervisor that he has been busy with his client assignment and feels this will overwhelm the nurses on the medical-surgical unit. The supervisor informs the nurse that the need is greater on the telemetry unit. This is an example of which type of ethical problem?
a. Conflicts concerning new technology b. Advocacy in a market-driven environment c. Deception d. Allocation of scarce nursing resources
The patient tells the nurse that she is not confident with self-injection of insulin. The nurse should use which of the following to validate this information from the patient?
A) ask the family how the patient performed the self-injection B) confer with the other staff members to see how the technique was taught to the patient C) determine what insulin was prescribed by the provider D) observe the patient giving the insulin injection