A new graduate complains to the charge nurse, "I don't see why we have to work in teams.". The best response by the charge nurse regarding advantages of teamwork would include:
a. increased interpersonal skills, communication, and delegation of responsibility.
b. collaboration, communication, and job satisfaction.
c. innovation, collaboration, and socialization.
d. increased interprofessional communication, collaboration, and job satisfaction.
D
Teamwork has a number of advantages and can contribute to safe and efficient patient care delivery.
Some advantages to this group process are job satisfaction, interprofessional team communication, and
collaboration.
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A patient is admitted to the cardiac care unit for an electrophysiology (EP) study. What goal should guide the planning and execution of the patient's care?
A) Ablate the area causing the dysrhythmia. B) Freeze hypersensitive cells. C) Diagnose the dysrhythmia. D) Determine the nursing plan of care.
A client has a long history of hypertension and has developed heart failure. The nurse should anticipate giving medications for which purpose?
1. To increase preload 2. To decrease afterload 3. To decrease contractility 4. To decrease cardiac output
A nurse is learning a specialty and has been taking additional classes at the simulation center. Today's session was very distressful because her "client" dies due to her mistake
Which statement best recognizes a key component associated with this type of education? A) "As my friend said, don't worry about it, you can't kill a dummy." B) "Thank goodness, they gave me a printout of what I did so I can figure out what I did wrong." C) "My instructor was so patient, going over everything step-by-step and showing me what I did wrong." D) "Who knew you could hurt these simulators?"