Employees who are dependent on drugs or alcohol will exhibit signs that should not be ignored by the nurse manager and colleagues. Which of the following signs would alert the nurse manager that the employee may have a dependency problem?
a. Changes in behavior or appearance
b. Requesting time off to be with a family member
c. Scheduled overtime
d. Dieting
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A Changes in behavior or appearance should alert the manager that something has changed in this employee and some type of intervention should occur.
B This is not a sign requiring follow-up for substance abuse.
C This is not a sign requiring follow-up for substance abuse.
D This is not a sign requiring follow-up for substance abuse.
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b. knowledge discovery, evidence summary, translation into practice, integration intopractice, evaluation. c. grading the research, leveling the evidence, source of evidence, strength of evidence, publishing the evidence. d. designing the research study, selecting research subjects, controlling variables, collecting data, analyzing.
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