PHR refers to:
a. physician hotline resource. c. personal health record.
b. patient health referral. d. personnel healthcare recruitment.
Question 2Nurses in a recovery room have reported to their manager that the aging bedside monitors are unreliable and they are concerned that patient care is being compromised as a result.
The nurse manager draws on the nursing code of ethics and standards to argue to the administration that funding for new monitors is required immediately. What has the nurse manager promoted? a. more complaints about all the equipment that the nurses would like to see improved
b. ethical practice in the workplace
c. standard of practice in the workplace
d. a capital budget request
Question 3Medical waste management categorizes waste into seven classes. What is included in those classes? Select all that apply
a. Unused syringes
b. Unused needles
c. Medications refused by the patient
d. Medications dropped on the floor
e. Urine and feces
f. Blood
Question 4A workplace that promotes a positive ethical climate has __________.
a. an ethics framework and an ethics committee in place that works so well that there is no need for monitoring its activities
b. an ethics framework in place and all matters related to ethics are managed by the bioethicist on staff
c. developed and implemented an ethics framework and has an assigned person to monitor the processes for ethics
d. developed and implemented an ethics framework and has improved the knowledge of all health care providers in the organization
Question 5A nursing student is interested in determining which authors have completed research on the concept of empathy. For the most reliable information, the student should do which of the following?
a. Ask the teacher
b. Conduct a search using CINAHL or MEDLINE
c. Ask the nurses in the clinical area
d. Ask a friend who graduated from nursing school 20 years ago
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