A nurse has been promoted to nurse manager. This new nurse manager can foster the decentralized decision-making model by ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
supporting interdisciplinary collaboration
Decentralized management occurs when decision-making is moved to the level of staff. A successful decentralized nursing unit exercises three elements of decision-making on an ongoing basis. Responsibility, authority, and accountability are important.
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A) disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). B) skin flushing. C) mental confusion. D) bleeding.
A student asks the physiology instructor how the kidneys control body fluid composition. The instructor explains that the kidneys, by actively removing solutes from the capillary system for excretion in the urine, perform a process called what?
A) Glomerular filtration B) Tubular reabsorption C) Tubular secretion D) Tubular metabolism
Toward the end of the first stage of labor, a pudendal block is administered transvaginally. The nurse anticipates the client's care to include:
1. Monitoring for hypotension every 15 minutes. 2. Monitoring FHR every 15 minutes. 3. Monitoring for bladder distention. 4. No additional assessments.
Which problem or condition is most likely to stimulate a crisis in a person who has sickle cell trait?
A. Becoming pregnant B. Shoveling snow when the temperature is at 0 degrees C. Having surgery under general anesthesia for colon cancer D. Having a cast placed on the wrist after sustaining a simple fracture