As a new graduate, you decide to join a professional nursing organization. Your goal is to be affiliated with other nurses who are well-known members of this professional organization
Your belief is that you will secure which type of power by membership in the organization? a. Legitimate c. Reward
b. Referent d. Information
B
Referent power is the power based on the trust and respect people feel about the individual, group, or
organization with which one is associated.
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a. Administer anxiolytics. b. Give the client warm blankets. c. Introduce the surgical staff. d. Remain with the client.
What does the morale principle of autonomy govern?
A) A person's right to make his or her own decision B) Truth telling C) The obligation to do good and prevent harm D) What is right and fair
Nurse R is caring for a patient in the intensive care unit who was admitted following a motor vehicle accident with cuts, abrasions, and several broken bones
The client is on a regular diet, but she is concerned that there may not be adequate calories because of a lack of appetite. This is a concern because inadequate calories could: 1. Result in the loss of lean body mass, which is associated with increased complications, infection, and poor wound healing. 2. Cause fatigue, which would limit the client's ability to attend physical therapy. 3. Contribute to anemia and result in hypoxia in the damaged cells. 4. Result in hypoglycemia leading to polyuria, polydypsia, and polyphagia.
Chronic bronchitis is the result of
A) COPD and respiratory distress. B) prolonged irritation. C) asthma. D) exposure to a pathogen.