ADN 110 Collaboration
Telemedicine and mobile technology
A nurse has a two-way video communication with the specialist involved in the care of a patient in a long-term care facility. This is an example of what nursing informatics technology?
Unprofessional, incompetent, unethical, or illegal physician practice
A nurse in a physician's office has noted on several occasions that one of the physicians frequently obtains controlled drug prescription forms for prescription writing. The physician reports that his wife has chronic back pain and requires pain medication. One day the nurse enters the physician's office and sees him take a pill out of a bottle, and he mentions he suffers from migraines and it really helps when he takes his wife's pain medication. What type of nurse-physician ethical situation is illustrated in this scenario?
Directive leadership
A nurse informs the client that he has no choice and must take his bath in the morning. What type of leadership does this exemplify?
Leadership is the process of guiding, teaching, motivating, and directing others.
How might one define leadership?
Autocratic
The nurse has recently been promoted to nurse manager on an oncology unit and has decided to be the sole decision maker regarding issues that concern the unit. Which type of leadership style is the nurse embodying?
Speech pathologist
The nurse is a member of the multidisciplinary team in a large primary healthcare setting. The nurse understands that which healthcare team member is responsible for a client's swallow evaluation following a CVA (cerebral vascular accident)?
Better patient outcomes
The nurse is working at a facility that is applying for Magnet® Recognition. The nurse recognizes that research supports Magnet® hospitals as having which direct effect on client care?
Enlist volunteers to help develop a community outreach project that will educate teenagers on methods to prevent pregnancy.
The nurse manager is concerned about the large number of teenage mothers being seen in the obstetrics clinic. How can the nurse manager use the transformational leadership style to address the concern?
"The main purpose of an incident report is for quality improvement, not disciplinary action."
The nurse manager overhears a nurse say, "I'm not going to fill out an incident report because it will be used against me." What response by the nurse manager is most appropriate?
technical skills
What type of skill is not needed for nursing leadership?
Nutritional consult
Which consultation or referral by the nurse is most appropriate for a client who is obese and demonstrates poor wound healing?
Advocacy
the protection and support of another's rights
