Which behavior does not demonstrate a commitment to professional networking?
A) A nurse who forms an interest group in the community consisting of experts who are
involved with the patients that are discharged from a specialty clinic
B) A nurse who searches the Internet for educational resources for patient education
C) A nurse who volunteers to serve on a committee of the professional association
D) A nurse who joins a listserv related to their specialty area of interest
B
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The nurse is caring for an adolescent with type 1 diabetes mellitus who asks, "Why do I have to stick needles in myself? Why can't I just take a pill?" In responding to the client, the nurse would include what information? Select all that apply
Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. The pills stimulate the pancreas to secrete insulin, and a type 1 diabetic's pancreas doesn't make insulin. 2. Insulin can't be taken orally because the stomach acids would destroy it. 3. Insulin is required only until early adulthood, when the condition stabilizes. 4. Control of weight and obtaining adequate exercise will eliminate the need for insulin. 5. Proper administration of insulin reduces risk of complications.
B.i.d
What will be an ideal response?
The commission of an act that a prudent nurse would not have done, or the omission of an act a prudent nurse would have done, that results in injury to a patient is termed:
a. malpractice. b. negligence. c. neglect. d. disregard.
A nurse is concerned about the practice of routinely ordering a battery of laboratory tests for patients who are admitted to the hospital from a long-term care facility
An appropriate source in handling this ethical dilemma would be which of the following? A) the patient's family C) the nurse in charge of the unit B) the admitting physician D) the institutional ethics committee