The court found a nurse manager liable for failure to warn. Which option reflects a failure to warn scenario?
1. The nurse manager did not advise a newly hired nurse that continuing education was an annual requirement for promotion.
2. The nurse manager did not notify the physician regarding worsening of a patient's respiratory status.
3. The nurse manager did not tell a potential employer that a former employee was asked to resign for incompetence.
4. The nurse manager did not adequately supervise a newly hired nurse who had not practiced nursing in five years.
The nurse who has worked at a hospital for twenty five years suffers a disability secondary to a work-related accident and requests accommodation.
The nurse is offered a position for which she is qualified, but in an area which she has no experience. Ethically, does the nurse's new position have to provide the same high salary as the old position? 1. No, the nurse's salary may be cut to the entry-level salary of the new position.
2. Yes, the new position must match or exceed the old position's salary.
3. No, but the nurse's seniority should be considered in salary negotiations.
4. Only if the nurse is equally as productive in the new position
An employee has requested special accommodations secondary to a disability. The hospital refuses, citing undue hardship. What must be present for that refusal to be upheld?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
1. The accommodation would be very difficult to implement.
2. The accommodation would require physical changes to the work environment.
3. The accommodation would not be necessary if the employee changed positions.
4. The accommodation has never been made before this case.
5. The requested accommodation will require very expensive equipment and renovation.
Which person best meets the criteria as a member of a protected class in a quid pro quo sexual harassment lawsuit?
1. A female nurse as compared to a male staff nurse
2. A male housekeeper as compared to a male laboratory technician
3. A female physician as compared to a male physician
4. A staff nurse as compared to his or her supervisor
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