Smokeless tobacco can be more addictive than tobacco smoking.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2The manager of a surgical area has a vision for the future that requires the addition of RN assistants or unlicensed persons to feed, bathe, and walk patients.
The RNs on the staff have al-ways practiced in a primary nursingdelivery system and are very resistant to this idea. The best initial strategy in this situation would include: a. Exploring the values and feelings of the RN group in relationship to this change.
b. Leaving the RNs alone for a time so they can think about the change before it is im-plemented.
c. Dropping the idea and trying for the change in a year or so when some of the present RNs have retired.
d. Hiring the assistants and allowing the RNs to see what good additions they are.
Question 3The difference in health-promotion competencies between a nurse educated at the associate degree level and a baccalaureate prepared nurse (BSN) is that the BSN prepared nurse:
a. develops teaching plans concerning health promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.
b. implements nursing care to promote health and manage acute and chronic health problems.
c. manages nursing care for a limited number of patients.
d. performs comprehensive assessments of patients relative to those factors impacting each patient's health status.
Question 4Which of the following factors are central to successful nursing leadership (select all that apply)?
a. Access to information and resources
b. Respectful and collaborative teamwork
c. Supportive cultures in which nurses are valued for their expertise
d. Formal and informal power
e. Vertical compensation