HESI Leadership & Management Questions With Correct Answers

Rn is planning assignments for 5 clients on the nursing unit. the team includes a LPN and a nursing assistant. which clients should the nurse assign to the LPN? - Answer 1. a client w/ a colostomy who requires reinforcement regarding the procedure for irrigation 2. a pt w/ DM who requires the administration or regular insulin in accordance w/ a sliding dosage scale every 4 hrs A client scheduled for surgery tells the nurse that he signed an informed consent for the surgical procedure but was never told about the risks of the surgery. The nurse serves as the client's advocate by: - Answer calling surgeon and asking that the risks be explained to the client A nurse is preparing the client assignments for the day. One of the nurses on the team has just learned that she is pregnant. Which client does the nurse refrain from assigning to the pregnant team member? - Answer a client w/ a solid sealed cervical radiation implant A RN is supervising a nursing assistant ambulating a client with right-sided weakness. The RN would conclude that the nursing assistant is performing the procedure incorrectly after observing that the nursing assistant: - Answer stands behind the client A RN is watching as a new LPN administer an IM injection in a client's deltoid muscle. the RN determines that the LPN is performing the procedure correctly if the LPN: - Answer administers the injection 2 in below the acromion process The nurse is preparing client assignments for the day. Which client should the nurse assign to a nursing assistant? - Answer unconscious pt who requires oral care A RN who has a LPN and a nursing assistant on the nursing team is planning client assignments for the day. Which client should the RN assign to the LPN? - Answer a pt receiving oxygen who requires frequent pulse oximetry monitoring and resp treatments A nurse has delegated several nursing tasks to staff members. The nurse's primary responsibility after the delegation of the tasks is to: - Answer follow up with each staff member regarding the performance of the task and the outcomes r/t implementation of the task A nurse is planning the client assignments for the shift. Which of the following clients should the nurse assign to the nursing assistant? - Answer a client who needs frequent ambulation with a walker A nurse employed at a hospital is asked by a nurse manager to review the organizational chart. The nurse reviews the chart so that he will: - Answer be familiar with the organizations line of authority A nurse leader in a med-surg unit overhears the nursing staff openly discussing a client and stating that the client is "uncooperative and a real pain to care for." the nurse leader would most appropriately manage this issue by: - Answer discourage the judgemental comments a nurse educator describes the standards of care formulated by the american nurse association to a group of new nursing graduates hired by the hospital. which of the following are accurate descriptions of these standards of care - Answer 1. define professional practice 2. have some similarity to policies & procedures 3. are authoritative statements that describe a common or acceptable level of client care or performance the nurse educator, discussing care maps, asks the graduate nurse whether she understands how a care map is used. which response indicates understanding - Answer care map outlines the day-to day expected outcomes of care and the outcomes anticipated at discharge the unit secretary says to the nurse "i read in mr. gage's medical record that he has gonorrhea." how should the nurse respond to the secretary - Answer we cant discuss a clients medical condition during the program, a crew from a local television station arrives to film the proceedings because the station is publicizing a series on hospital services. the nurse conducting the program should - Answer explain to the television crew that videotaping is not allowed a nurse manager discusses staff empowerment with the nursing team. the nurse manager explains that staff empowerment - Answer fosters the growth of others so that they are less dependent on the leader which notes in a client's record indicated an unexpected outcome and the need for follow-up? - Answer pt w/ a central venous catheter has a temp of 100.6