The nurse manager is writing annual evaluations for each nurse. In order to promote professional development, it is vital for the nurse manager and nurse to become involved in which activity?
1. Personal organization
2. Priority setting
3. Goal setting
4. Limit setting
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Rationale 1: Personal organization is the result of clearly defined priorities based on well-defined, measurable, and achievable objectives.
Rationale 2: Goals must first be identified and set before priorities can be set.
Rationale 3: Goal setting helps to relate current behavior, activities, or operations to the organization's or the individual's long-range goals.
Rationale 4: Limit setting is trying to keep a person in line and trying to shape behavior.
Global Rationale:
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The client comes to the medical office complaining of tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss. After reviewing the client's medical record, the nurse determines that recently prescribed medication could be the cause for the assessment data. Which medications
1. Streptomycin. 2. Steroid inhalers. 3. Aspirin. 4. Neomycin. 5. Acetaminophen.
A patient who has been prescribed cephalexin (Keflex) reports having a severe allergic reaction to penicillin in the past. What is your best first response or action?
a. Reassure the patient that Keflex is not penicillin. b. Place an allergy alert band on the patient's wrist. c. Notify the prescriber immediately before the first Keflex dose. d. Highlight this important information in the patient's medical record.
After change-of-shift report on the Alzheimer's disease/dementia unit, which patient will the nurse assess first?
a. Patient who has not had a bowel movement for 5 days b. Patient who has a stage II pressure ulcer on the coccyx c. Patient who is refusing to take the prescribed medications d. Patient who developed a new cough after eating breakfast
To best reinforce the democratic form of self-government in a milieu unit:
A) Clients should be allowed to set forth the type of punishment for a peer who violates the rules. B) Clients should choose whether to attend daily community meetings. C) Clients should participate in the decision making that affects management of the unit. D) Professional staff should not attend community meetings.