The nurse manager believes that one staff nurse on the mental health care unit has developed burnout and depersonalization. Which behavior did the manager observe to make this clinical determination? (Select all that apply.)
1. Calling in sick almost every other week
2. Forming a committee to focus on improving staff satisfaction
3. Starting a yoga class for the patients on the evening shift
4. Taking breaks at different times than co-workers
5. Working on many of the occasions when unit acuity was high
1. Calling in sick almost every other week
4. Taking breaks at different times than co-workers
5. Working on many of the occasions when unit acuity was high
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a) to address the comprehensive nursing shortage b) to make an increase in salary c) to prepare to be challenged by the educated baby boomers d) to prepare to care for the growing number of older persons in the population
The nurse is assessing a 20-month-old toddler during a well-child visit and notices tooth decay. The nurse should understand that early childhood caries are caused by what?
a. Allowing the child to eat citrus foods at bedtime b. A hereditary factor that cannot be prevented c. Poor fluoride supply in the drinking water d. Giving the child a bottle of juice or milk at naptime
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1. Withholding of feelings and low self-esteem 2. Insistence on others conforming to own methods 3. Engaging in impulsive acts like unsafe sex 4. Initial charm dissolving into coldness and blaming others
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