An RN has been working on a cardiac unit for 1 year and has settled comfortably into an efficient, safe, and organized routine for each shift. However, whenever an urgent issue arises, the nurse feels uncomfortable
It is most likely that this nurse is functioning at which skill level?
a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Expert
ANS: C
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A woman is aware that she is the carrier of a sex-linked recessive disease (hemophilia A); her husband is free of the disease. What frequency of this disease could she expect to see in her children?
A) All male children will inherit it. B) All female children will be carriers like she is. C) One-half of her male children will inherit the disease. D) One-half of her female children will inherit the disease.
How should the nurse position the patient who is to receive an enema?
a. left side-lying with right knee bent c. prone b. supine d. right side-lying
The client tells the nurse, "I thought my psychiatrist was the best doctor in the world. I thought he understood me completely. Now, I hate him! He doesn't understand me at all. He's just dumping me to go on a 2-week vacation."
The nurse assesses the client's description of feelings about the physician as evidence of the use of: 1. Splitting 2. Projective identification 3. Isolation of affect 4. Dissociation
The leadership team of a mental health facility is meeting to establish goals for the nursing staff. Which domain of psychological empowerment is supported when one goal is for the staff to select their own work schedules?
1. Meaning 2. Competence 3. Self-determination 4. Impact