What action can the registered nurse take to control personal practice? (Select all that apply.)
a. Improve the professional practice of nurses and nursing assistants.
b. Refrain from shared governance.
c. Implement peer review.
d. Identify and recommend elimination of hazards in the workplace.
e. Identify and recommend processes that work to ensure the safety of patients.
A nurse believes that the patient assignment received is unsafe. Which action should be taken to correct this? (Select all that apply.)
a. Leave the hospital.
b. Submit a report about the assignment fol-lowing protocol.
c. Report the assignment to a supervisor immediately.
d. Accept the assignment.
e. Accept the assignment and only perform the skills that the nurse is comfortable with.
A nurse believes that an assignment is unfair and refuses to care for the assigned patients. What could be the outcome if the nurse abandoned the patient assignment? (Select all that apply.)
a. The nurse would be assigned to another group of patients.
b. Untoward patient outcomes
c. Other nurses would take on the nurse's assignment.
d. Disciplinary action by the Board of Nurs-ing
e. Disciplinary action by the nurse's em-ployer
The nurse manager has an adequate understanding of the common issues in nursing when stating which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. There are no common issues in nursing..
b. Mandated staffing is a common issue..
c. Unsafe patient assignments are a com-mon issue..
d. Lack of overtime is a common issue..
e. Negotiations are a common issue..
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