The staff members question the nurse manager about the effects of the new computerized charting system on their workload. They are unsure if the computerized charting system will be easy to learn
The staff members are in which of the stages of the innovation process as defined by Rogers?
a. Knowledge
b. Persuasion
c. Decision
d. Confirmation
ANS: B
The persuasion stage is a feeling phase in which people form a favorable or unfavorable attitude toward an innovation. People want to know how easily the innovation can be implemented and what its advantages and disadvantages are for them.
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a. Paresis b. Heterotopic ossification c. Postural hypotension d. Autonomic dysreflexia
Planned interventions for a newly admitted severely depressed patient should include:
a. allowing the patient to be alone if he or she prefers. b. encouraging the patient to sleep to regain energy. c. careful, unobtrusive observation around the clock. d. chances to enact a leadership role in the therapeutic milieu.
To promote bonding and attachment immediately after delivery, the nurse should
a. Allow the mother quiet time with her infant. b. Assist the mother in assuming an en face position with her newborn. c. Teach the mother about the concepts of bonding and attachment. d. Assist the mother in feeding her baby.
A nurse is providing care for a family in which a nonaddict is experiencing a stress-induced pre-occupation with an addict's life, leading to extreme dependence on the addict. Which of the fol-lowing best describes what is happening?
a. Obsession b. Codependency c. Enabling d. Addiction