A non-nurse questions why nurses make such an effort to serve and protect the wishes of their patients. You, as a nurse, respond that by serving and protecting the wishes of their patients, nurses are participating in:
a. unionization. c. collective bargaining.
b. workplace advocacy. d. legal decision making.
B
Nurses who serve and protect the wishes of their patients are participating in workplace advocacy.
Patient advocacy is a form of workplace advocacy.
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An emergency department nurse is caring for a client who has died from a suspected homicide. Which action should the nurse take?
a. Remove all tubes and wires in preparation for the medical examiner. b. Limit the number of visitors to minimize the family's trauma. c. Consult the bereavement committee to follow up with the grieving family. d. Communicate the client's death to the family in a simple and concrete manner.
When planning group therapy, a nurse should identify which configuration as most optimal for a therapeutic group?
1. Open-ended membership; circle of chairs; group size of 5 to 10 members 2. Open-ended membership; chairs around a table; group size of 10 to 15 members 3. Closed membership; circle of chairs; group size of 5 to 10 members 4. Closed membership; chairs around a table; group size of 10 to 15 members
A patient calls the clinic and tells the nurse she has a white, curd-like discharge from the vagina. The patient asks the nurse what the significance of this discharge is. How should the nurse respond?
A) Drainage is physiologic and normal. B) The patient may have a Candida species infection. C) Drainage is caused by vaginal dryness. D) The patient may have Chlamydia.
A nurse administers pure oxygen to a client during and after electroconvulsive therapy. What is the nurse's rationale for this procedure?
A. To prevent increased intracranial pressure resulting from anoxia B. To prevent hypotension, bradycardia, and bradypnea due to electrical stimulation C. To prevent anoxia due to medication-induced paralysis of respiratory muscles D. To prevent blocked airway resulting from seizure activity