Why are quality-assurance programs important in nursing?
A) They enable nursing to be accountable for the quality of care.
B) They facilitate increased enrollment in educational programs.
C) They specify how resources are used or not used.
D) They allow increased retention of qualified nurses.
A
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Which of the following recommendations by the ED nurse manager would be appropriate to the CNO (chief nurse officer)? 1. Increase the size of the waiting room and add more carts to the ED unit. 2. Hire more ED nursing staff to manage the increased volume of clients. 3. Hire another ED physician. 4. Hire another registration employee to improve the intake process and decrease the volume in the waiting areas.
A mother with mastitis is concerned about breast-feeding while she has an active infec-tion. The nurse should explain that the:
a. Infant is protected from infection by immunoglobulins in the breast milk. b. Infant is not susceptible to the organisms that cause mastitis. c. Organisms that cause mastitis are not passed to the milk. d. Organisms will be inactivated by gastric acid.
What is probably the most important criterion on which to base the decision to report suspected child abuse?
a. Inappropriate response of child b. Inappropriate parental concern for the degree of injury c. Absence of parents for questioning about child's injuries d. Incompatibility between the history and injury observed
The client asks why she should not use a sauna or sweat bath in the first trimester of pregnancy. The best explanation by the nurse is that saunas and sweat baths have been associated with fetal:
A. Craniofacial defects. B. Neural tube defects. C. Gastroschisis. D. Patent ductus arteriosus.