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The nurse who organizes screenings for employees, assesses the work environment for hazards, and teaches health-promoting activities is employed in the field of:
 
  a. infection control.
  b. occupational health.
  c. informatics.
  d. transportation specialization.



The primary focus of the care provider role for the nurse involves:
 
  a. using the nursing process to provide guidance to the patient in recovery.
  b. encouraging consumer self-responsibility and emphasizing health promotion/maintenance.
  c. focusing on increasing satisfaction among professional nurses.
  d. advancing nursing practice through research.



1. The most important step in time management is ____________.
 
  Fill in the blank with the correct words.



A nurse hopes to improve time management skills using the ABC prioritization approach. Which tasks would be prioritized as B? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Turn in time sheet due in 3 days.
  b. Review dress code policy to give feedback before appointment in the morning.
  c. Perform blood glucose test on a patient admitted with Kussmaul respirations and change in level of consciousness.
  d. Complete patient teaching prior to discharge in 2 hours.
  e. Review procedure for inserting a PIC line to assist with procedure later this morning.
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ANS: B
Correct: The occupational health nurse organizes screenings for employees, assesses the work environment for hazards, and teaches health-promoting activities.
Incorrect:
a. Infection control nurses assess the total incidence of infections within the hospital.
c. Informatics deals with data management for decision making.
d. Transportation specialist is not a current nursing area.

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ANS: A
Correct: The primary focus of the care provider's role is to use the nursing process in caring for patients.
Incorrect:
b. Encouraging consumer self-responsibility and emphasizing health promotion/maintenance constitute the educator and counselor roles of the nurse, not the primary role.
c. The role of the care provider is not to increase satisfaction among professional nurses; this is included as part of the nurse manager's role.
d. Advancing nursing practice through research is the role of the nurse researcher.

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ANS:
planning
It is important to plan before beginning any task, project, or day's activities. Planning involves (1) setting goals and establishing priorities, (2) scheduling activities, and (3) making to-do lists.

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ANS: B, D, E
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b. Task that fall within Priority B include the medium-value items, such as tasks that are not urgent but most likely will not fall off the list. Since the dress code must be reviewed and feedback constructed for a morning appointment, this would be level B, it is not urgent nor will it likely fall off the list.
d. Completing patient teaching for a patient to be discharged in 2 hours must be completed but does not take priority over A tasks.
e. Reviewing a procedure to be performed later in the day is Level B.
Incorrect:
a. Turning in a time sheet due in 3 days is level C.
c. Performing a blood sugar test on an unstable patient is level A.
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