Leader
A student nurse is preparing for a clinical experience by interviewing Mr. Williams. Which of the following Standards of Practice is this interview an example of?
Assessment
A nurse is learning about interprofessional teams. Which of the following indicates an understanding of the teaching?
Clients will provide information to the team
A nurse asked a question about informed consent. Which of the following is an appropriate response by the attorney?
Consent can be assumed in an emergency situation
A nurse wants to tell the client's family about the situation. Which of the following describes this action?
Crossing boundaries
A nurse is teaching another nurse about a residency program. Which of the following statements indicates a need for further teaching?
A residency program allows for job security
A nurse reports wrongdoing to the charge nurse. Which of the following explains the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements?
Describes primary goals, values, and obligations of nursing
An attorney is teaching newly hired nurses about the elements of malpractice. Which of the following statements by a newly hired nurse indicates a need for further teaching?
Duty to the nurse is an element of malpractice
A nurse describes a federal mandate that protects individuals when changing jobs. Which of the following is the nurse describing?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Two nurses are discussing medication errors. Which of the following is the primary cause of serious medication errors?
Inadequate orientation
A nurse is teaching a nursing student about Nursing's Social Policy Statement.
It informs consumers about regulations of nursing
A nurse voices anger over the situation. The way the nurse would like others to treat the impaired nurse, if she returns to work on the same unit, is an example of which of the following?
Lateral violence
The two nurses are also new employees. Which of the following describes their relationship?
Networking
An attorney is teaching about nurse practice acts. Which of the following statements by a newly hired nurse indicates a need for further teaching?
Nurse practice acts are governed at the federal level
A nurse is upset about the actions of the nurse who was practicing while impaired. By practicing while impaired, the nurse damaged which of the following essential nursing values?
Personal integrity
A charge nurse and nurse are having a conversation. Which of the following is an appropriate response to the nurse's final question?
Reporting is an ethical responsibility of nurses
The staff nurse on duty interacts with the student nurse during the preclinical experience. Which of the following Standards of Professional Nursing Practice does the staff nurse exhibit?
Resource utilization
An attorney is explaining malpractice to newly hired nurses. Which of the following describes the hospital's level of accountability?
Respondent superior
Two nurses are discussing the procedures for reporting coworker who is impaired. Which of the following is the primary reason for a nurse to report suspicious behaviors of coworkers?
Safety of clients
Two nurses are discussing a situation involving a peer. When reviewing the events of the situation, one nurse is participating in which of the following?
Self-reflection
Two nurses are discussing interprofessional teams. Which of the following is an appropriate statement?
Team members have different roles