Leadership Midterm
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, 4. Which of the following would the nurse identify as an -The client can give a return verbal explanation of the informed consent
indication that the client understands the informed document
consent document?
5. An RN recently relocated to another region of the - he or she must review the state's nurse practice act for LPN/LVNs, because
country and immediately assumed the role of charge each state defines the role and scope of practice of the LPN/LVN.
nurse. When determining the appropriate person to
whom to delegate, the RN knows that:
6. A client is prepared for a bronchoscopic examination. Checking the client's blood pressure and pulse
The RN gives an IV sedative. Which activity could be
delegated to an LPN/LVN?
7.A nurse is asked to "float" to another area where the PASSIVE
patients require total care. The nurse smiles, picks up
her stethoscope, and says, "I'll come back and eat lunch
with everyone here." When she enters the elevator she
hits the wall and mutters, "Always me. Don't I have any
rights"? The nurse is demonstrating which
communication style?
8. A nurse is assigned to a unit where 95% of all patients Altruism.
required total care. Most days the assistive personnel
are able to complete their assignments and provide
high-quality care. A patient returning from a procedure
was somehow "skipped" when daily baths were
performed and requests that her care now be
provided. The nurse discovers the bed is rumpled and
damp. The RN joins with some other staff to bathe the
patient, change the bed, and help make the patient
comfortable. These staff members are demonstrating:
9. A nurse is concerned about the risk of delegating -Actually observe the delegatee perform the assigned task.
tasks to licensed practical nurses and unlicensed
assistive personnel. What is the best way for the nurse
to determine competency of the delegatee?
10. The nurse is involved in a legal case against the -Making illegal changes in the chart
hospital. Which judgment error by the nurse would be
considered most damaging?
11. A nurse hung an intravenous antibiotic to infuse but -adverse event.
failed to check patency of the IV resulting in infiltration
causing pain and redness but no tissue damage. This
situation would be a(n):
12. Which action can the nurse be legally liable for? -Administering cephalosporin when the client has an allergy to penicillin
Claud's | Study Guide,
Practice Questions &
Exam Review
|Guaranteed success|
, 4. Which of the following would the nurse identify as an -The client can give a return verbal explanation of the informed consent
indication that the client understands the informed document
consent document?
5. An RN recently relocated to another region of the - he or she must review the state's nurse practice act for LPN/LVNs, because
country and immediately assumed the role of charge each state defines the role and scope of practice of the LPN/LVN.
nurse. When determining the appropriate person to
whom to delegate, the RN knows that:
6. A client is prepared for a bronchoscopic examination. Checking the client's blood pressure and pulse
The RN gives an IV sedative. Which activity could be
delegated to an LPN/LVN?
7.A nurse is asked to "float" to another area where the PASSIVE
patients require total care. The nurse smiles, picks up
her stethoscope, and says, "I'll come back and eat lunch
with everyone here." When she enters the elevator she
hits the wall and mutters, "Always me. Don't I have any
rights"? The nurse is demonstrating which
communication style?
8. A nurse is assigned to a unit where 95% of all patients Altruism.
required total care. Most days the assistive personnel
are able to complete their assignments and provide
high-quality care. A patient returning from a procedure
was somehow "skipped" when daily baths were
performed and requests that her care now be
provided. The nurse discovers the bed is rumpled and
damp. The RN joins with some other staff to bathe the
patient, change the bed, and help make the patient
comfortable. These staff members are demonstrating:
9. A nurse is concerned about the risk of delegating -Actually observe the delegatee perform the assigned task.
tasks to licensed practical nurses and unlicensed
assistive personnel. What is the best way for the nurse
to determine competency of the delegatee?
10. The nurse is involved in a legal case against the -Making illegal changes in the chart
hospital. Which judgment error by the nurse would be
considered most damaging?
11. A nurse hung an intravenous antibiotic to infuse but -adverse event.
failed to check patency of the IV resulting in infiltration
causing pain and redness but no tissue damage. This
situation would be a(n):
12. Which action can the nurse be legally liable for? -Administering cephalosporin when the client has an allergy to penicillin
