Which legal doctrine cannot apply to a nurse's practice as a private duty nurse?
1. Res ipsa loquitur
2. Negligent cause of action
3. Personal liability
4. Respondeat superior
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Rationale: Res ipsa loquitur, as presented in a previous chapter, means "the thing speaks for itself." This doctrine could be applied to a situation involving a private duty nurse.
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The registered nurse effectively delegates which procedure to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
1. Making a nursing diagnosis 2. Assisting a client to bedside commode 3. Performing assessments on client 4. Giving the client pain medication
A client with catatonic schizophrenia is semistuporous, demonstrating little spontaneous movement
and waxy flexibility. The client's self-care activities of daily living have been assessed as severely compromised. An appropriate outcome would be that the client will a. demonstrate increased interest in the environment by the end of week 1. b. perform self-care activities with coaching by the end of week 1. c. gradually assume the initiative in self-care by the end of week 2. d. accept tube feeding without objection by day 2.
Health promotion is an essential concept useful to nursing in:
a. defining nursing practice. b. identifying nursing's need for change. c. identifying professional assumptions. d. providing theoretical frameworks.
Brittney is a student nurse caring for Mrs. Flowers, a 67-year-old patient who recently had a stroke that left her with left-sided weakness. Brittney is providing patient teaching regarding the use of a quad-cane for ambulation
Which of the following statements is correct? A. "You should use the cane on the stronger side of the body." B. "Move the stronger leg with the cane." C. "When walking, advance the weaker leg past the cane." D. "Your body weight should be supported by the cane and stronger leg."