Nurses attain increased autonomy through:
a. high levels of education.
b. clinical competence.
c. practising in diverse settings.
d. all of the above.
d
Nurses are increasingly taking on independent roles in
nurse-run clinics, collaborative practice and advanced practice settings (such as Nurse Practitioners).
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The role of the LPN when elder abuse is suspected is to
a. Document and investigate the incident b. Review the care of other residents c. Report the incident to the local, county, or state authorities d. Discuss suspicions at the next interdiscipli-nary team meeting
A 71-year-old patient has ESRD and has been told by the physician that it is time to consider hemodialysis until a transplant can be found. The patient tells the nurse she is not sure she wants to undergo a kidney transplant
What would be an appropriate response for the nurse to make? A) "The decision is certainly yours to make, just don't make the wrong one." B) "Kidney transplants in patients your age are as successful as they are in younger patients." C) "I understand your hesitancy to commit to a transplant surgery. It is not as successful as it is in younger people." D) "Have you talked this over with your family?"
A novice nurse on the chemical dependence unit mentions, "The drugs of abuse all seem to cause patients to become violent.". The best reply would be:
a. "Violence is usually associated with abuse rather than with drug withdrawal.". b. "There are abused drugs, such as heroin, that rarely produce violent behavior.". c. "The observation is generally true since most abusers have observable antisocial tendencies.". d. "Ineffective nursing actions toward patients are more responsible for violence than drugs are.".
You are caring for a person with dentures. The person is not able to remove the dentures for you. How will you remove the dentures? After you remove the dentures, where will you put them?
What will be an ideal response?