The transfer of authority, responsibility, and freedom to act and inspiring self-confidence is known as ____
a. Actualization
b. Authorization
c. Empowerment
d. Ratification
C
Empowerment is the transfer of actual power and inspiring self-confidence (Kramer & Schma-lenberg, 1990).
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The nurse assists with changing the client's cast 3 days after an open reduction and internal fixation. Which should the nurse implement?
1. Cover cast to keep the surface clean while it dries. 2. Saturate the cast padding in water before applying. 3. Suspend a wet cast from straps on an overbed frame. 4. Perform sterile dressing change for surgical incision.
A student nurse asks you if an infectious disease and communicable disease is the same thing. Using your knowledge of the epidemiology of the infectious process, what is accurate about an infectious disease?
A) Caused by the growth of pathogenic microorganisms in the body B) Portal of exit from the infected person C) Means of transmission D) Portal of entry to a susceptible host