The responsibility for making decisions about and designing strategies to create a climate and environmental context around the provision of nursing and health care services lies with:
a. staff nurses.
b. care councils.
c. the nurse manager.
d. executive leadership.
Question 2Of the following groups, which are designations of race according the United States Census form?
a. Alaskan Native, White, Black, and Asian
b. Black, White, Asian, and American Indian
c. Caucasian, Pacific Islander, African-American, and Asian
d. Negro, Caucasian, Asian and Hispanic
Question 3Nurse Stacey is a self-admitted drug addict and has been a heavy abuser of codeine. Stacey and the unit manager decide that changes have to occur. Stacey enrolls in an addiction program, and the manager has her transferred to a drug-free area.
What other strategies might be appropriate? a. The manager could refer Stacey to the Human Resources Department.
b. The manager could assist in monitoring Stacey's progress.
c. The manager could counsel Stacey if Sta-cey has formed a trusting relationship with her.
d. Stacey needs to be asked not to involve her family in the recovery program be-cause this is a work-related situation.
Question 4The Joint Commission's (TJC's) emergency management accreditation standards call for hospitals to sustain disaster operations for at least ______ hours.
a. 24
b. 48
c. 72
d. 96