After delegating to the staff nurse the task of scheduling, the nurse manager plans to provide support by:
a. Sharing information
b. Criticizing how the staff nurse completes the task
c. Assuming authority over the project
d. Maintaining liability
Question 2An alcoholic client is being discharged. To help enhance the client's self-esteem, it would be most appropriate for the staff nurse to provide information about:
a. Taking a vacation alone
b. Self-help support groups
c. Referral sources
d. Nutritional support
Question 3A confused, agitated client was placed in the seclusion room on the psychiatric unit. The client requested to see a doctor. Which of the following actions taken by the nurse manager would be most likely to prevent possible workplace violence?
a. Having a nursing assistant stay with client in the seclusion room
b. Placing the client in a semiprivate room
c. Trying to orient the client to time and place
d. Prohibiting employees from entering the seclusion room alone
Question 4What could a registered nurse (RN) delegate to a licensed practical nurse/vocational nurse (LPN/VN) that the RN could not delegate to a nursing assistant?
a. Making beds
b. Ambulating the client
c. Administering oral medications
d. Obtaining a urinary specimen
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