The nurse refers a post-op mastectomy client to Reach to Recovery based on the understanding that the group's primary purpose is to:
A) help rehabilitate women who have undergone mastectomies
B) raise funds to support early breast cancer detection programs
C) provide all supplies needed after breast surgery free
D) collect statistics for research for American Cancer Society
A
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In an effort to promote clarity, the manager of a busy hospital unit has posted a copy of the hospital's organizational chart. What information will be conveyed by this chart?
A) Acceptable strategies for organizing patient care B) The specific responsibilities of the key staff members and the lines of authority C) The flow of nursing tasks that should take place over the course of a typical shift D) The correct responses to common events that occur on the unit
Find the error in the following order. Digoxin .125 mg PO daily 0900
What will be an ideal response?
A nurse manager at Morgan Hill Community Hospital is known to be an excellent nursing manager by the personnel working on her nursing unit. The nurse manager exhibits which of the following behaviors (select all that apply)?
a. Knows the personnel and addresses them by name b. Intervenes when she receives complaints c. Has a consistent style that never varies d. Is visible on the nursing unit by all shifts on a frequent basis e. Evaluates a number of aspects of problems prior to making decisions f. Uses decision by consensus to resolve conflicts g. Fosters collaboration
You are the charge nurse for this shift. Upon completing his rounds, a physician prescribes restraints for four on the floor. Upon reviewing the orders, you know that it is inappropriate to apply restraints to which of the following patients?
A) A postlaryngectomy patient attempting to pull out his tracheostomy tube B) A patient in hypovolemic shock trying to pull out his IV catheter C) A patient with urosepsis who is often ringing the call bell to use the bedside commode D) A paranoid patient who has just tried to commit suicide and is refusing restraints