To retain supervisory staff members, the director of nursing develops a mentoring program. The best person to be a mentor for a new supervisor in a leadership position is someone who has:
a. Been in exactly the same position and can relate to the new supervisor's problems.
b. Had vast leadership opportunities and likes to talk about his or her past expe-riences.
c. Leadership experience and time to spend communicating with the new supervisor about his or her experiences.
d. People who can help the new supervisor get what he or she needs to make the or-ganization grow quickly and prosper in the process.
C
Mentors need to have experience and some success in the leadership area of interest, as well as interest in the future development of the novice. The mentor can be geographically distant or close and able to provide advice and feedback.
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Through the use of the nursing process, holistic healthcare implemented by nurses includes which of the stated activities? Select all that apply
a. Health promotion b. Illness accentuation c. Health maintenance d. Education
A dietician teaches a group of student nurses about different types of fat. The dietician says the type of fats that primarily come from animal sources,
are solid at room temperature, and are implicated in cardiovascular disease because they increase blood cholesterol are known as 1. Saturated fats. 2. Monounsaturated fats. 3. Polyunsaturated fats. 4. Trans fats.
Administering an aminoglycoside as monotherapy:
1. shortens the duration of therapy. 2. can lead to resistant bacterial strains. 3. reduces the incidence of adverse effects. 4. indicates that it is given intravenously.
When describing violence against male nurses, which factor is most likely to be included?
A) It arises from the same forces as that for female nurses. B) Males are often the major perpetrators of internal violence in nursing. C) More male nurses are victims of violence than are female nurses. D) More research is needed to evaluate violence against male nurses.