An occupational and environmental health nurse recognizes a range of practice issues and functions comfortably in roles as clinician, coordinator, and case manager following company procedures,
utilizing assessment checklist and clinical protocols to provide treatment. Using your knowledge of AAOHN competency levels in occupational and environmental health nursing, at what level is this nurse functioning?
A) Advanced beginner
B) Competent
C) Proficient
D) Expert
B
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Which of the following questions would the nurse ask to assess the client's ability to seek meaning and fulfillment in life?
a. "What brings you joy and peace in your life?" b. "How do you feel about yourself right now?" c. "Do you belong to any groups?" d. "Why do you want to get well?"
Which action by a nurse constitutes a breach of a patient's right to privacy?
a. Documenting the patient's daily behavior during hospitalization b. Releasing information to the patient's employer without consent c. Discussing the patient's history with other staff during care planning d. Asking family to share information about a patient's pre-hospitalization behavior
A client comes into the emergency department with a non-life-threatening wound to the hand that will require stitches. The department is quite busy with other clients, their families, and other people in the waiting room
The best way for the nurse to conduct an interview with this client is to: 1. Have the client wait until the department quiets down, since the wound is not too serious. 2. Tell the client to wait in the waiting room and fill out the paperwork. 3. Draw curtains around the client and nurse to provide as much privacy as possible. 4. Make sure the client's back is to the rest of the room so as not to be heard by passersby.
A primary care NP has prescribed phentermine for a patient who is obese. The patient loses 10 lb in the first month but reports that the drug does not seem to be suppressing appetite as much as before. The NP should:
a. discontinue the phentermine. b. increase the dose of phentermine. c. continue the phentermine at the same dose. d. change to a combination of phentermine and topiramate.