At a local nursing center, your co-worker reports negative information about your work performance. The nurse approaches you about this information. How will you explain your performance to the nurse?
What will be an ideal response?
You should answer in an honest approach that is factual and describes your interpretation of your performance, including an ethical description of your care. You could suggest that the nurse speak to the residents to help support the fact that these are false allegations.
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A few members of an outpatient group have begun meeting socially in a local restaurant for coffee and donuts before going to work each day. What should the group therapist leader do in this situation?
1. Discourage social meetings outside regular group sessions 2. Encourage all members to meet for coffee and donuts each morning 3. Join the members a few mornings a week 4. Suggest meeting for dinner once a week instead
A nurse is preparing to administer a prn medication to a 6-year-old child for pruritus. Which order should the nurse question?
A. Chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton) 2 mg every 6 hours with food B. Cyproheptadine (Periactin) 2-4 mg every 8-12 hours C. Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) 50 mg PO every 4-6 hours D. Hydroxyzine (Atarax) 2 mg/kg/day in divided doses every 6-8 hours
As a nursing assistant, you do NOT need to know the different basic role responsibilities of members of your work group and the reporting relationships; you only need to know your own role responsibilities
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Which patient would the nurse consider to be immunosuppressed? (Select all that apply.)
a. A patient on chemotherapy for cancer b. A patient using corticosteroids c. A patient pregnant at 28 weeks gestation d. A patient recovering from joint replace-ment e. A patient diagnosed with human immu-nodeficiency virus (HIV)