A nurse is looking for a source that details the standards of quality that guide the nursing staff when providing care. Which is the most reliable source to get this information?
A) Standards of nursing practice
B) Client feedback analysis
C) Standards of performance
D) Peer performance analysis
A
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The newly hired nurse manager is involved in the first budgetary cycle since being hired. The manager lists some capital equipment needs and is surprised when they are not available for staff use two months after the request
What is the reason for this? 1. The equipment was not approved by the manger's supervisor. 2. The budgetary cycle takes up to 1 year to occur. 3. The hospital has experienced a downturn in revenue and it not fulfilling promises. 4. The nurse manager failed to complete the correct request.
Tobacco addiction occurs in much the same way as drug addiction because tobacco:
a. acts on the brain centers to activate pleasure. b. increases perceptions of anxiety and fatigue. c. reduces the pain receptors in the body. d. slows the metabolic rate and produces a sedative state.
Your 16-year-old patient reports that she gets her period sometimes every month and sometimes she skips a month. If menstrual periods are irregular, the term for this condition is:
A. Menorrhagia B. Metrorrhagia C. Dysmenorrhea D. Amenorrhea