Chapter 2.2, Problem 2E

You are a nurse on a busy medical-surgical unit and know you must use your time management skills to complete all of your tasks for the shift. What other nursing assessments and interventions can you complete while helping your patient with their ADLs?

Below is an example of an ISBAR communication between a registered nurse and a healthcare provider. Which statement represents the "background" in ISBAR?

What support and services are available in your area for your clients? List any five

A dental assistant who works two days a week in two different offices forgets to renew her/his dental assisting license. S/he stops practicing as soon as s/he realizes that her/his license has expired, immediately contacts the Board and files a license reactivation application. The licensee may resume practice as soon as the Board renews her/his license. However, if s/he worked while the license was expired, a complaint may be opened by the Board against the dental assistant. a. True b. False

conduct an Internet search for recent or upcoming continuing education events for public health nurse professionals in your area. Select one that interests you and describe it in your discussion post. What would make it useful to your professional development? If you have attended a training similar to this one before, describe your experience.

draft a formal presentation or article which focuses on a key topic related to dementia in the care sector

A nurse answers a patient’s call light and finds the patient on the floor by the bathroom door. After calling for assis-tance and examining the patient for injury, the nurse helps the patient back to bed and then fills out an incident report. Which statements accurately describe aspects of this proce-dure? Select all that apply. a. An incident report is used as disciplinary action againststaff members.b. An incident report is used as a means of identifyingrisks.c. An incident report is used for quality control.d. The facility manager completes the incident report.e. An incident report makes facts available in case litigationoccurs.f. Filing of an incident report should be documented in thepatient record.

conduct interviews to determine the similarity and differences between the following academic requirement work areas type of client serve focus group working groups interaction with client working hours responsibilities community hospital clinical pharmacist pharmacist pharmacist

You are a supervisor in the Health Information Services Department of a facility with a policy prohibiting secondary employment with a competitor. One of the employees you supervise is a coder who has just begun the process of repaying student loan debt. The coder has decided that she needs a second job to help defray expenses. She has been offered a position as a coder for one eight-hour shift per weekend at a doctor’s office. This doctor is a member of your facility’s medical staff. Because you addressed the issue of secondary employment in the coder’s entrance interview, she comes to you now seeking advice. How do you respond?