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You have loosely applied a bed sheet around your client's waist to prevent a fall from the chair. What have you done?
- A. Ensured the client's safety which is a high patient care priority
- B. Violated Respondeat Superior
- C. Violated the client's right to dignity
- D. Committed a crime
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Using a bed sheet for safety does not constitute a violation or crime.
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How should physicians interact with colleagues to lower rates of poor adherance among patients?
- A. Support colleagues who have had frustrating experiences with patients
- B. Provide feedback on communication style by reframing patient encounters
- C. Keep tabs on patients and families who have histories of noncompliance
- D. Reprimand colleagues for rash, unprofessional behavior
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Feedback improves communication, reducing adherence issues.
Joy is occupied exclusively with thoughts of her fathers death. Although Joy is preoccupied with his death, she is still planning to purchase a gift for his birthday, which would have been in two more weeks. Dr. Leone advises the nurse to assist Joy through this stage of grief, which is known as:
- A. Denial.
- B. Anger.
- C. Bargaining.
- D. Acceptance.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: To protect themselves from the pain of the death, people use denial to unconsciously avoid facing reality and pain from the loss. Denial can seem irrational and can be intermittent.
The child inability to see from other's perspective is
- A. Object permanence
- B. Conservation
- C. Reversibility
- D. Egocentrism
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Egocentrism (Piaget) is the preoperational child's inability to adopt others' viewpoints.
Your patient, who has reported domestic violence, now tells you she is going home with her husband because he has apologized and says he is taking her to Hawaii on a romantic vacation. Which statement best helps you understand her actions?
- A. Her husband has received treatment for anger management.
- B. This is the honeymoon phase of the abuse cycle.
- C. This is the resolution phase of the family crisis.
- D. She mistakenly reported domestic violence.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The honeymoon phase is part of the domestic violence cycle when the abuser shows repentance for his violence. The patient remains hopeful, but without treatment the cycle will continue.
The lack of necessary supplies and equipment to adequately and safely care for patients is an example of a (n):
- A. Sentinel event.
- B. System variance.
- C. Adverse effect.
- D. Provider variance.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: System variances involve deficiencies in resources or processes.