The LPN is reviewing information contained in the patient’s chart. The LPN recognizes that the chart is a legal document and is considered to be the property of which of the following?
A. the patient
B. the physician
C. the hospital
D. the nursing staff
C. the hospital
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Disproportionate sampling is a meaningful concept in which type of sampling design?
A) Convenience sampling B) Stratified random sampling C) Simple random sampling D) Systematic sampling
A study that followed a sample of both users and nonusers of oral contraceptives over a 20-year period to determine if there were any long-term side effects would be called a:
A) Time series B) Retrospective study C) Prospective study D) Repeated measures study
The newly hired nurse notices that coworkers routinely pray with clients and their families. The nurse has never been particularly religious or spiritual and is unaccustomed to praying, but holds no strong feeling against prayer
What is the best strategy for the nurse to plan for such situations? 1. Try to ensure assignment to clients who are unlikely to request prayer. 2. Arrange to have a coworker substitute for the nurse in these prayer situations. 3. Memorize two or three short, formal prayers to use when prayer is requested. 4. Just stand silently at the bedside and let others in the room do the praying.
A 42-year-old female has had 12 hospitalizations for chronic schizophrenia. Since being dis-charged 9 days ago, she appears poorly motivated and sits around her house most of the day
Her brother asked the advanced practice nurse to arrange for her to be committed because he thinks she needs more treatment. The nurse evaluates the data and informs the brother that she cannot be committed because: 1. It has been less than 2 weeks since her discharge 2. There is no evidence she is a danger to herself or others 3. She has used up her managed care insurance coverage 4. She has not voluntarily requested hospitalization