A nurse in an acute care setting is serving on a committee whose charge is to use the auditing process to client care. Which of the following aspects of client care is measured by a process audit?
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A team was formed aiming at providing the hospital with sufficient and proper stock of medications on proper time .Which of the following best describe this medical team?
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What is a key strategy in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients with ARDS?
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An emergency has occurred on the medical unit. Which is the best leadership style to employ in this circumstance?
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Anxiolytic drugs are used to treat:
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A nurse manager observes an unknown man in a laboratory coat making copies of a client's medical record. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take first?
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In experimental research, randomization is used to:
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Which type of fire extinguisher is suitable for extinguishing electrical fires?
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A patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is receiving oxygen by a nonrebreather mask, but arterial blood gas measurements still show poor oxygenation. As the nurse responsible for this patient's care, you would anticipate a physician order for what action?
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If unintended or unexpected harm, loss, or damage occurred during health care. What is the most likely name given to this harm?
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What action should the nurse take immediately after instilling the prescribed eyedrops into the patient's eye?
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The client diagnosed with ARDS is on a ventilator and the high alarm indicates an increase in the peak airway pressure. Which intervention should the nurse implement first?
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What does the acronym 'COSH' stand for?
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Solutions that will be used in the hospital
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The nurse cares for a middle-aged client who is on furosemide for congestive heart failure (CHF). The nurse assesses the client for possible symptoms of:
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The nurse is caring for a client who has been prescribed an enteric-coated aspirin for myocardial infarction (MI) prophylaxis. What should be included in the teaching plan?
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A patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has progressed to the fibrotic phase. The patient's family members are anxious about the patient's condition and are continuously present at the hospital. In addressing the family's concerns, it is important for the nurse to
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A nurse makes a medication error and fills out an incident report. What will the nurse do with the incident report once it is filled out?
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Emergency department now can diagnose patient in need for intensive care unit(ICU) in 40 minutes. They want to improve the patient triage process to reduce this period to 30 minutes. Which improvement model is best to be used?
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A nurse is planning care for four clients and is assigning tasks to a licensed practical nurse (LPN) and an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following tasks should the nurse assign to the LPN?
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A nurse is preparing to administer a soap suds enema to a client who has constipation. As the nurse explains the procedure, the client states, 'The doctor didn't tell me I was supposed to receive an enema.' Which of the following nursing actions is appropriate at this time?
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A nurse asks the assistive personnel (AP) to take a specimen to the laboratory and the AP refuses. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
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When assessing a client diagnosed with schizophrenia who takes an antipsychotic agent daily, which assessment finding should a nurse immediately report to the client's attending psychiatrist?
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If you are wearing gloves while providing care, hand hygiene is
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The primary goal of a longitudinal study is to:
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A doctor prescribed a wrong drug dose. The patient got this wrong dose but no harm occurred. Which term best describe this situation?
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A Transatlantic flight exposes the body to natural radiation equivalent to exposure from
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A patient with hypercapnic respiratory failure has a respiratory rate of 8 and an SpO2 of 89%. The patient is increasingly lethargic. Which collaborative intervention will the nurse anticipate?
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A nurse is providing care for a surgeon on a medical-surgical unit. A nurse from another unit asks the nurse about the surgeon's medical diagnosis. The nurse responds that he is unable to provide the information requested. The nurse is displaying which of the following ethical principles?
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Insertion of central venous line(CVL) must be done under sterile precautions. Care of this CVL can be accomplished through:
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The nurse sees a 76-year-old woman in the outpatient clinic. She states that she recently started noticing a glare in the lights at home. Her vision is blurred; and she is unable to play cards with her friends, read, or do her needlework. The nurse suspects that the woman may have:
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A nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. The nurse asks the client, "Do you receive special messages from certain sources, such as the television or radio?" Which potential symptom of this disorder is the nurse assessing?
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A nurse manager has received information from the facility's risk management department that a former client is pursuing a lawsuit. The nurse manager should anticipate a deposition will be required during which phase of the legal process?
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Why not use permanent marker in neonates for site marking?
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What must the nurse consider ethically, morally, and professionally when a terminally ill client asks for assistance with death?
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Which of the following best matched the term "error"�
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Which of the following people is at greater risk for accidental injury?
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In most ethical dilemmas in health care, the solution to the dilemma requires negotiation among members of the health care team. Why is the nurse's point of view valuable?
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The nurse researcher must decide on the method for conducting the research. Which method of research emphasizes the collection of numerical data and analysis?
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Spirit is labeled as material.
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A nurse in an emergency department receives report from an emergency responder who states a client is being transported following exposure to a 'dirty bomb'. The nurse should prepare to care for a client that has been exposed to which of the following types of agents?
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Low Fall Risk Indicates by card.
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A hazardous number rating of 0 equals
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A 45 years old man was admitted to ICU after car accident, he is on mechanical ventilation, what should be done to reduce risk of developing VAP?
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Question 45 of 56
A parent calls the hospital hot line and is connected to the triage nurse. The caller proclaims: 'I found my child with odd stuff coming from the mouth and an unmarked bottle nearby.' Which of these comments would be the best tool for the nurse to determine if the child has swallowed a corrosive substance?
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Question 46 of 56
In Lewins classic theory of change, what happens during unfreezing?
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Question 47 of 56
A charge nurse receives complaints about an LPN's lack of care. What should the charge nurse do?
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You are a nurse working in the college student health center. You receive a call that an athlete has been injured. The athlete's physiologic response would be:
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A nurse is caring for a client on the medical-surgical unit. The client has been taking warfarin at home and her laboratory values reveal her INR is 3.5. The client states she is checking herself out of the hospital and refuses to wait until her provider can discuss the situation with her. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
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Counselling is a profession that aims to:
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A nurse assesses a client's peripheral IV site, and notices edema and tenderness above the site. Which action should the nurse take next?
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How many National Patient Safety Goals are there as of 2010?
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Question 53 of 56
A nurse is planning a community diabetes mellitus management program. Which of the following goals should the nurse include for the program?
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The school nurse is teaching the faculty the most effective methods to prevent the spread of lice (Pediculus Humanus Capitis) in the school. The information that would be most important to include is reflected in which of these statements?
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A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about methods to reduce costs of client care. Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates understanding of the teaching?
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A charge nurse notes that a staff nurse delegates an unfair share of tasks to the assistive personnel (AP) and the nurses on next shift report the staff nurse frequently leaves tasks uncompleted. Which of the following statements should the charge nurse make to resolve this conflict?
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