The nurse is assessing a client with suspected hyperphosphatemia. Which finding supports this diagnosis?
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A nurse manager is implementing a team nursing approach on his unit, hiring licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and assistive personnel (AP) as additional staff. Which of the following actions should the nurse manager take to facilitate acceptance of this change?
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The old client had to walk along the hall to reach the examination room. During assessment the nurse hears an S4. Which is the best intervention at this moment?
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Nonstress test in a 36-week pregnancy is reported as reactive. What does the nurse anticipate should be required?
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Client's potassium is $7.0 \mathrm{mEq} / \mathrm{dL}$. Which prescription should the nurse administer first?
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The nurse is applying a decision-making process to a clinical challenge. When applying this process, the nurse must:
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The nurse is working with a group of students who are learning a high-risk procedure. How should the nurse best ensure learning while protecting the safety of clients?
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There are ___ types of goal setting process.
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A nurse from a facility's float pool receives an assignment to float on a nursing unit. The float nurse tells the charge nurse that she has never worked on this unit before. How should the charge nurse respond?
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When the group has reached socio-emotional maturity, which types of behaviors will predominate?
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Stephanie delegates effectively if she has authority to act, which is BEST defined as:
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What best describes the leader-follower relationship?
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A client with heart failure is prescribed furosemide. Which laboratory value should the nurse monitor closely?
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She reads about Path-Goal theory. Which of the following behaviors is manifested by the leader who uses this theory?
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According the Path-Goal Theory, what leader is friendly and shows concern for the needs of followers?
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The nurse is preparing to administer a dose of amoxicillin to a client with a urinary tract infection. Which laboratory value should the nurse review prior to administration?
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When your text says that interpersonal communication can be thought of as a constellation of behaviours, it means that
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As a member of a hospital committee, you advocate for a policy that allows staff nurses to request additional staffing during unexpected increases in patient acuity. Your advocacy reflects concerns about:
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The receiver is also referred to as the
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A client with a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease is prescribed pantoprazole. Which instruction should the nurse include?
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Clearly stated goals are the best if they are-
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It is a managerial function that indicates leading the staff in the most applicable method.
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The chief nursing officer decided that the nurse managers need a series of staff-development programs on team building through communication and partnerships. She understood that the nurse managers needed to build confidence in ways of handling various situations. The greatest deterrent to confidence is:
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What is no longer a characteristic of an organizational chart?
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A nurse is assessing a 70-year-old client. What gastrointestinal abnormality does the nurse recognize is common in clients of this age?
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A client with recent stroke can understand the language but answers with incorrect words. Which communication problem is presenting?
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As a nurse manager, you introduce a program that enables staff nurses to recognize peers for teamwork and exceptional patient care with care awards.' Your rationale for this program is that peer recognition:
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A client with a history of hypertension is prescribed hydrochlorothiazide. Which laboratory value should the nurse monitor?
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A client with a history of asthma is prescribed fluticasone. Which instruction should the nurse include?
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Nurse receives four phone calls from pregnant women in their last trimester of pregnancy. Which call should be answered first?
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You have recently been appointed as a unit manager. After 3 months, you notice that staff are not seeking your advice as frequently as they did during your first weeks as manager. This observation may suggest that:
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A client with a history of congestive heart failure is prescribed digoxin. Which finding requires immediate intervention?
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A client with a history of hypertension is prescribed lisinopril. Which instruction should the nurse include?
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Target audiences for health care organizations are:
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A democratic leadership style has which of the following characteristics
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As a nurse manager, you want to institute point-of-care devices on your unit. The rationale that you provide to support the point-of-care devices includes:
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A client with a history of atrial fibrillation is prescribed amiodarone. Which instruction should the nurse include?
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A nurse is planning care for several clients. Which of the following clients should the nurse refer to a case manager?
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The ___ perspective suggests that people are motivated to maintain consistent beliefs about themselves, even when these beliefs are negative.
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As part of a staff recognition program, the chief nursing officer decides that staff who demonstrate exceptional professional commitment will be recognized with a monetary award and a letter from the CNO. The outcome that the CNO wishes to achieve through this recognition program is:
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A nurse-manager has made a decision and is now preparing to evaluate the decision. What question should best guide the nurse's evaluation process?
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The nurse is assessing a client with suspected dehydration. Which finding supports this diagnosis?
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A nurse is preparing to administer eye drops to a client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
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Which of the following is expert power
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The clearly stated goal looks at
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When a student encounters problems while trying to reach a goal and then claims that she is a failure is an example of-
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Types of stress include
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The nurse is assessing a client with suspected hyperglycemia. Which finding supports this diagnosis?
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The nurse is preparing to administer a dose of gentamicin to a client with a wound infection. Which laboratory value should the nurse review prior to administration?
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An RN and a licensed practical nurse (LPN) are caring for a client who has a small bowel obstruction and is NPO with a nasogastric (NG) tube set to continuous suction. Which of the following tasks should the RN perform?
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A nurse is assisting with the informed consent process for a client who is scheduled for a below-the-knee amputation. The client asks the nurse, 'Why are they making me have this surgery today? I don't understand why they are doing this.' Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
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A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following abdominal surgery and has a nasogastric (NG) tube to low intermittent suction. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?
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What leadership style is used to maintain a strong control in the department?
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The nurse is caring for a client with an indwelling urinary catheter. Which intervention is the priority to prevent infection?
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What type of conflict refers to when there are two or more opposing incompatible demands that arise and priority differences affect the resolution of the conflict?
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Which of the following statements concerning the rational and emotional aspects of leadership is false?
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Which of the following is true about functional nursing?
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Which describes an informal leader?
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As a new nurse manager who has 'inherited' a unit with high nurse turnover and complaints of patient dissatisfaction, your first course of action would be to:
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A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of a client who is scheduled for surgery. Which of the following results should the nurse report to the provider?
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A nurse is reviewing informed consent with a client who is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization. Which of the following is the responsibility of the nurse?
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In order to understand verbal and nonverbal communication which of the following things should we do?
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In Hospital STV, senior administration is strongly oriented toward fiscal and social conservatism. The nursing department is deeply concerned with the provision of quality to the community, which includes a high number of poor and unemployed. To accomplish the goals of the nursing department, resources need to be allocated that administration is not able to allocate. Nursing and administration:
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A nurse is caring for a client who has a tracheostomy and requires suctioning. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
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A group of staff nurses is dissatisfied with the new ideas presented by the newly hired nurse manager. The staff wants to keep their old procedures, and they resist the changes. Conflict arises from:
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As a staff nurse, you notice that patients often wait extended periods for call light responses. You suggest to your nurse manager that staff review response times and propose a staffing adjustment plan. Your suggestion reflects:
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When your text says that interpersonal communication can be thought of as a constellation of behaviors, it means that
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Question 68 of 80
The major focus on self-awareness has been to emphasize the positive aspects that this can have. Self-awareness also has two negative extremes or traps. One of these traps is:
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A client with rheumatoid arthritis is prescribed methotrexate. Which laboratory value should the nurse monitor?
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The clinic nurse has just accessed a client's chart on the computer. The resident comes over and asks her to stay logged on because he needs to add a note to that client's chart. She should say:
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In addition to basic managerial functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling, leaders are ascribed:
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Which of these isn't a Behavior Style?
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In collective bargaining, the term 'fringe benefit' refers to:
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He likewise stresses the need for all the employees to follow orders and instructions from him and not from anyone else. Which of the following principles does he refer to?
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A recent nursing graduate in a busy Emergency Department triages a patient who has sustained a large, deep puncture wound in his foot while working at a construction site. He is bleeding and is in pain. The nurse enters the triage data that she has obtained from the patient into a computerized, standard emergency patient-classification system. After she enters the assessment data, she notices an alert on the computer screen that prompts her to ask the patient about the status of his tetanus immunization. What system of technology is involved in generating the alert?
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You are charged with developing a new nursing curriculum and are committed to developing a curriculum that reflects the needs of the profession and of the workplace. To address deficits that may already be present in nursing curricula related to the workplace, you include more content and skills development related to:
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A nurse is ambulating a client who has an IV with an infusion pump. After the nurse returns the client to his room and plugs in the infusion pump, the client reports a slight tingling in his hand. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
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A nurse is preparing to attend a care plan conference for a client who has severe burns. Which of the following criteria should the nurse identify as part of an effective conference?
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As a nurse manager, you introduce a program that allows staff to participate in mock drills for emergency preparedness. Your rationale is that mock drills:
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The nurse manager generally uses a stepwise method to arrive at decisions that are logical and that is used to maximize the achievement of the desired objective. Which decision-making model does this manager use?
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