When should you report changes in the person's condition?
a. At once
b. At the end of your shift
c. Before you take your lunch break
d. During the end-of-shift report
A
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a. illogical thinking. b. a bias. c. closed-mindedness. d. an erroneous assumption.
A female patient is diagnosed with a right-sided stroke. The patient is now experiencing hemianopsia. How might the nurse help the patient manage her potential sensory and perceptional difficulties?
A) Keep the lighting in the patient's room low. B) Place the patient's clock on the affected side. C) Approach the patient on the side where vision is impaired. D) Place the patient's extremities where she can see them.
A client hospitalized for treatment of schizophrenia has been receiving olanzapine for the past 2 months. A nurse should be especially alert for which of the following?
A) Weight loss B) Hypertension C) Diarrhea D) Diabetes
Path-goal theory is similar to the situational approach in that
a. Path-goal does not suggest leaders should be flexible b. Path-goal does not take followers into consideration c. Path-goal requires leaders to adapt to followers' needs d. Path-goal and situational both take the work setting into account