The nurse relates how excited she was when a client responded to a particular intervention and how the entire situation was anxiety-producing for her. This nurse is demonstrating a characteristic of which level of nursing practice?
1. Competent
2. Expert
3. Advanced beginner
4. Novice
Competent
Rationale: Nurses at the competent stage feel exhilarated when they perform well and anxiety is tailored to a particular situation. Expert nurses would not express exhilaration with performance that is considered expected at that level of performance. Demonstration of exhilaration is not a characteristic of either an advanced beginner or novice nurse.
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a. "Children with asthma are usually restricted from physical activities.". b. "Children can usually play any type of sport if their asthma is well controlled.". c. "Avoid swimming because breathing underwater is dangerous for people with asthma.". d. "Even with good asthma control, I would advise limiting the child to one athletic activity per school year.".
Which characterize health inequities? (Select all that apply.)
A) Necessary B) Unfair C) Resulting from social injustices D) Avoidable E) Natural