When staff nurses ignore a patient's verbal threats or acts of intimidation:

When staff nurses ignore a patient's verbal threats or acts of intimidation:
 
  a. a greater number of patients return to the facility for care.
  b. staff nurses report increased job satisfac-tion.
  c. the patient receives exposure to a positive role model.
  d. violence escalates.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is a myth surrounding hospice?
 
  a. The patient's personal physician frequently works with an interdisciplinary hospice team of professionals.
  b. The expense of hospice is rarely covered by private insurers, Medicare, or Medicaid.
  c. Hospice services are available to patients with any terminal illness, regardless of their religion or spirituality.
  d. The major focus of hospice is caring, not curing.

Question 3

Leadership abilities are required for the nurse coordinating care.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 4

How is leadership at the staff nurse level exemplified?
 
  a. The staff nurse adapts to a challenging patient assignment.
  b. The staff nurse refers issues to the per-formance improvement committee.
  c. The staff nurse accepts the status quo.
  d. The staff nurse questions current practice and refers to unit leadership for change.

Question 5

Over lunch in the cafeteria, student nurses are sharing educational information about the patients for whom they are caring. This is a(n) ____.
 
  a. Breach of beneficence
  b. Example of maleficence
  c. Potential assault and battery charge
  d. Violation of HIPAA