"To provide the best care to every patient every day through integrated clinical practice, education, and research" is an example of a(n) ____
a. Accountability agreement
b. Mission statement
c. Organizational standard
d. Vision and value proposal
B
The mission statement of an organization is a concise statement that answers the question, "What business are we in today?" (Pelletier, 1999).
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Which action by the psychiatric-mental health nurse best indicates use of Hildegard Peplau's nursing theory when caring for a patient with mental illness?
1. Establishing a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship 2. Assessing patient interactions with the environment 3. Intervening to enhance the patient's abilities to perform self-care 4. Evaluating the effectiveness of the patient's coping and adaptation skills
At the completion of an assessment the nurse determines that an older patient is at risk for the development of osteoporosis. What did the nurse assess in this patient?
1. Obese with hip pain with ambulation 2. Ingests three glasses of skim milk daily 3. Eats three to five servings of shrimp and liver per week 4. Takes corticosteroids for 10 years for chronic pulmonary disease
Falls are a major health problem in the elderly population and occur from multifactorial causes. What is a factor in the rate of falls in the elderly population? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Medication effects B) Overdependence on assistive devices C) Poor lighting D) Sensory impairment E) Ineffective use of coping strategies
Concerns about generational diversity in nursing center on which primary fact?
A) The nursing profession lacks the generational diversity that is seen in the population it serves. B) Different value systems of the different generations greatly impact the settings in which they work. C) Generational diversity provides a variety of perspectives and outlooks that alter workplace balance and decrease productivity. D) Generational diversity is new to nursing with no more than two generations of nurses having typically worked side by side.