The charge nurse asks the new vocational nurse to start an intravenous infusion. Because the vocational nurse has not been taught this skill during her educational program, the vocational nurse should:
a. ask a more experienced nurse to demon-strate the procedure.
b. look up the procedure in the procedure manual.
c. attempt to perform the procedure with su-pervision.
d. inform the charge nurse of her lack of training in this procedure.
D
The charge nurse should be informed of the lack of training to perform the procedure, and the vocational nurse should seek further training to gain proficiency. Although the other options might be helpful, they are not safe.
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a. Canned soup, hot dogs, and pickles b. Canned fruit, ice cream, and cookies c. Lunch meat, frozen foods, and cereal d. Hamburgers, ketchup, and tossed salad
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Hypotheses are generally presented in which section of the report?
A) Introduction B) Methods C) Results D) Discussion