Which of the following factors are central to successful nursing leadership (select all that apply)?
a. Access to information and resources
b. Respectful and collaborative teamwork
c. Supportive cultures in which nurses are valued for their expertise
d. Formal and informal power
e. Vertical compensation
A, B, C, D
Formal and informal power, access to information and resources, opportunity for growth, sup-portive organizational cultures in which nurses are valued for their expertise, respectful teamwork, and adequate compensation are factors central to successful nursing leadership.
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The nurse might need to assist a client with her meals. Certain groups of people frequently require help, including: Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Clients with visual impairments. 2. Clients with auditory impairments. 3. Clients who cannot walk. 4. Clients who must remain in a back-lying position. 5. Clients with impaired fine motor skill.
Which task can the nurse safely delegate to the nursing assistive personnel?
a. Palpating the bladder of a patient who is unable to void b. Administering a continuous bladder irrigation c. Providing indwelling urinary catheter care d. Obtaining the patient's history and physical assessment
How would a rating scale item be worded?
a. "I can be alone for hours and not feel lonely": Strongly Agree, Agree, Undecided, Disagree, Strongly Disagree. b. When I walk one block, I feel: (a) healthy and invigorated, (b) no different from the way I ordinarily feel, (c) pleasantly tired, (d) exhausted and out of breath. c. Place a vertical line intersecting this line to show what your anxiety is; the scale's ends are 0 for "No Anxiety at All," and 10 for "The Worst Anxiety I Have Ever Experienced." d. Rank your boss from 1 to 7 on the following quality: sensitivity–callousness.
A staff member asks the nurse how lithium works biologically as a mood stabilizer. Which of the following mechanisms correctly explains the action of lithium?
A) Lithium is a central nervous system stimulant that blocks irrelevant thoughts and impulses. B) Lithium reverses the deficiencies of the neurotransmitters dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, and acetylcholine. C) Lithium potentiates the effects of GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter. D) Lithium inhibits a second messenger system whose overactivity may be responsible for mania and depression.