A student nurse graduates from a university with a bachelor's degree in nursing. After the successful completion of passing her state boards, she decides to pursue employment at a local hospital on medical-surgical unit
There are many openings due to the current nursing shortage. Which of the following factors is contributing to the current global nursing shortage?
A) Low turnover rates so that jobs are hard to find
B) Nursing faculty shortage contributing to fewer students
C) Overstaffing in acute- and extended-care settings
D) Reduced number of persons entering the profession
B
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In addressing the sexual needs of an older couple, the nurse should remember that all of the following may be recognized as common problems the nurse may intervene with except:
a. dyspareunia b. utertine prolapse c. incontinence d. vaginal dryness
A patient taking antiinflammatory drugs tells you he has been missing some of his doses of medication. Which of the following guidelines for missed medications should be taught? (Select all that apply.)
1. Skip all missed medication dosages. 2. If possible, take the missed dose within an hour of the scheduled time. 3. If the missed dose is close to next administration time, take the regular dose and skip the missed dose. 4. Never take a double dose of this medication.
The Office of Homeland Security has a mission to rebuild the crumbling public health infrastruc-tures of each state and provide:
a. vaccines for smallpox, anthrax, and plague. b. regulation of nuclear weapons. c. surveillance of bioterrorism threats. d. regulation of foreign nurses entering the United States.
The Clinton administration instructed the President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry to work with the Institute of Medicine Reports
to develop the core competencies for health care professionals. What publication reported the core competencies for health care professionals? a. To Err Is Human b. Envisioning the National Health Care Quality Report c. Crossing the Quality Chasm d. Health Professions Education