A nurse manager is planning to request three new infusion pumps at a cost of approximately $1500 each. This item would typically be included in which budget?

The chief nursing officer of a Magnet® hospital has conducted a study of ways to improve healthcare services. Healthcare services that add value for clients:

A nurse is reviewing the chart of a patient admitted for Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA).

Analyze the entries found in each component (tab) of the patient's chart. For each component (tab), select the appropriate category that BEST describes that component. Each row must have only 1 answer selected.

The nurse manager knows that the most serious effect that absenteeism has on the nursing unit is that:

During a performance appraisal, Joanne, the nurse manager, indicates that Alysha has difficulty mentoring students on the unit. Alysha responds that this is not her responsibility. In responding to Alysha, Joanne needs to consider:

After reviewing her monthly budget report, the nurse manager sees that she has a negative variance, which prompts her to change the staffing schedule. Which of the following data is an example of a negative variance?

The clinic nurse has just accessed a client's chart on the computer. The resident comes over and asks her to stay logged on because he needs to add a note to that client's chart. She should say:

In an ICU, you order new devices to measure heart rhythm and rate, respiratory rate, oxygen levels, and intracranial pressure. These devices describe:

A nurse manager understands that the second step in handling an employee with a disciplinary problem is to document the incident. Which of the following features IS NOT descriptive of effective documentation of personnel problems?

A nurse is supervising a new graduate who is caring for a patient who has fallen days ago. Which of the following interventions made by the new graduate REQUIRES CORRECTION by the supervising nurse?

A recent nursing graduate in a busy Emergency Department triages a patient who has sustained a large, deep puncture wound in his foot while working at a construction site. He is bleeding and is in pain. The nurse enters the triage data that she has obtained from the patient into a computerized, standard emergency patient-classification system. After she enters the assessment data, she notices an alert on the computer screen that prompts her to ask the patient about the status of his tetanus immunization. What system of technology is involved in generating the alert?