The nurse supports an older patient's desire to discuss advance directives with the patient's family. What action is the nurse performing with this patient?
1. Facilitation of palliative care
2. Engagement in professional development
3. Collaboration with the interdisciplinary team
4. Accountability to protect patient's rights and autonomy
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Rationale: Palliative care alleviates pain and suffering. There is no information to suggest the patient is in need of palliative care.
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The chief nurse officer (CNO) receives a call that the candidate for a nurse opening has arrived, but that the unit manager who was to have interviewed the candidate had to work an unscheduled night shift and is unavailable
Which action by the CNO is appropriate? 1. Inform the candidate the interview will have to be rescheduled. 2. Have the HR department refer the candidate to a nurse on the unit. 3. The CNO should conduct an initial interview and arrange for a second interview with the manager. 4. The CNO should call the manager and conduct an interview via a conference call.
Which person best meets the criteria as a "member of a protected class" in a quid pro quo sexual harassment lawsuit?
1. A male housekeeper as compared to a male laboratory technician 2. A female nurse as compared to a male staff nurse 3. A staff nurse as compared to his or her supervisor 4. A female physician as compared to a male physician
The language used in the IOM publication Best Care and Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Healthcare in America differs from Senge's five disciplines,
but the implications involving effective communication, empowered change agents, and collaborative care are similar. Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The nurse understands that to reduce tolerance to nitrates in a patient with stable angina, the patient should be dosed with
a. SL nitroglycerin prn. b. sustained-release oral tablets on an intermittent schedule. c. transdermal nitroglycerin patches q 24 hours. d. nitroglycerin ointment q 8 hours.