The Magnet Recognition Program??, developed by the American Nurses Association, rewards hospitals that exemplify characteristics that assist in ____
a. Cutting health care costs
b. Maintaining quality health care
c. Recruiting and retaining nurses
d. Promoting a militant nursing structure
C
The Magnet Recognition Program?? of the American Nurses Association rewards hospitals that strive for excellence in nursing care through recruitment and retention of professional nurses. Three major variables that positively affect the ability of a hospital to recruit and retain registered nursing staff are administration, professional practice, and professional development.
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The need for mental health applies to
1. all persons. 2. people with illnesses. 3. all married persons. 4. people with mental problems.
On a day that the unit is short staffed the nurse assigns an orienting nursing assistant to provide
one-to-one supervision for a suicidal client. The nursing assistant takes the client to the hospital coffee shop, where the client runs out of the hospital into the path of a speeding automobile and sustains permanent brain injury. The hospital investigation reveals the nursing assistant had not received training relative to suicide precautions or one-to-one supervision. The statement that best explains the liability of the nurse in this situation is that the nurse a. is not liable because the nursing assistant provided the direct client supervision. b. is vicariously responsible for the nursing assistant's actions because she delegated the responsibility. c. is not accountable because she acted as an agent for the hospital. d. is not accountable because the hospital should have provided adequate staff.
The hospitalized client's uncle, who is a physician, asks the nurse for the client's chart. The uncle is not the physician on the case. The best response for the nurse is to:
a. extend professional courtesy and let him see the chart. b. ask the client for written consent before allowing the relative to see the chart. c. tell the physician where the chart is but not actually give it to the physician. d. call the supervisor.
A client with preeclampsia is admitted complaining of pounding headache, visual changes, and epigastric pain. Nursing care is based on the knowledge that these signs indicate:
a. gastrointestinal upset. b. effects of magnesium sulfate. c. anxiety caused by hospitalization. d. worsening disease and impending convulsion.