The hospital operator announced over the paging system, ?Dr. Strong, 4th floor, A-Wing, Dr. Strong, 4th floor, A-Wing.? A medical-surgical nurse asks another nurse, ?Who is Dr
Strong?? The nurse informs the medical-surgical nurse, ?This is an announcement that informs security there is violent behavior on that unit.? Which of the following would be an appropriate report to this unit?s manager? 1. ?This nurse does not know what ?Dr. Strong? means.?
2. ?There was an incident in which a staff person did not know what ?Dr. Strong? meant. Could we have an
in-service on this policy??
3. ?The operator paged a ?Dr. Strong? and we didn?t know what to do.?
4. ?Who is ?Dr. Strong???
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Explanation: 1. Employees must be adequately informed about the policies so they are prepared in case of an
event and not trying to find out at the time of crisis.
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