QUESTION The nurse manager at a nursing home wanted to use creative thinking to solve the problem of residents’ borrowing each other’s cigarettes without permission. First, the nurse manager called two licensed staff members into her office to discuss the problem. Next, she called in the nursing assistant to join the group. Finally, she called […]
QUESTION The nursing home staff members were brainstorming about ways to keep one of the residents from walking into other residents’ rooms uninvited. After they failed to agree on a solution, the nurse manager instructed the staff members to take a break for lunch. The nursing manager was practicing what phase of creative decision making? […]
QUESTION The nurse manager put up a rotation schedule to ensure that the holidays would be covered. The manager scheduled a newly hired staff nurse for the same time slot as a nurse who had seniority. The nurse manager was demonstrating what ethical principle? a. Autonomy b. Fidelity c. Justice d. Utility ANSWER: ANS: […]
QUESTION A hospital planned to begin using a new computerized medication administration record. The hospital used an external consultant to act as a change agent and educate the staff. An advantage to using external consultants is that they: a. Will devote more time to the problem b. Are less costly c. Have limited backgrounds d. […]
QUESTION A staff nurse ridiculed another staff nurse’s draft of the designs for new signs that were to be placed on the unit. The staff nurse who was ridiculing was demonstrating: a. Objectivity b. Ability to find problems c. Negative attitude d. Tolerance for complexity ANSWER: ANS: C Negative attitudes, self-censorship, inflexibility, lack of […]
QUESTION For nurses to function in a multicultural environment, they must be aware of global ethics. Which of the following is an example of global ethics? a. An African-American woman wants a midwife to deliver her baby. b. The nurse treats the clients on the unit impartially. c. Nurses and clients work interdependently to plan […]
QUESTION A staff nurse witnessed a hospital staff member who was finishing up the night shift stuff her pockets with extra rolls of tape. The hospital has a policy about unauthorized removal of supplies from the unit. The staff nurse reported the incident to the nurse manager. Instead of reporting the hospital staff member to […]
QUESTION Traditionally, a hospital cuts back on registered nurse staffing for budgetary reasons. The hospital chief executive officer (CEO) wanted to decrease the operating budget by reducing the number of travel nurses being used on the units. The nurse managers protested this decision loudly because they feared a resulting shortage of staff. The hospital CEO […]
QUESTION Staff nurses use individual justice to care for individual clients, but nursing leaders use what type of justice? a. Formal justice b. Distributive justice c. Resourceful justice d. Merit justice ANSWER: ANS: B Nursing leaders need to use distributive justice to address the professional responsibility for the collective practice of nursing on the […]
QUESTION The nurse manager expected her staff to be able to log into evidence-based practice websites to update policies and procedures. This is an example of what element of reasoning? a. Purpose or goal b. Question at issue c. Frame of reference d. Empirical dimension ANSWER: ANS: D Reasoning is only as sound as […]
