A nurse uses Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR) when providing a hand-off report to the oncoming shift. What is the rational for the nurse's action?

A nurse is assessing the family unit to determine their ability to adapt to the change required of a member having surgery. Which area is the nurse monitoring?

A nurse determines that a middle-aged patient is a typical example of the "sandwich generation." What did the nurse discover the patient is caught between?

A nurse is teaching a patient about the Speak Up Initiatives. Which information should the nurse include in the teaching session?

A nurse is preforming a newborn assessment. Which assessment finding will cause the nurse to intervene immediately?

A nurse is teaching the staff about informatics. Which information from the staff indicates the nurse needs to follow up?

While recovering from a severe illness, a hospitalized patient wants to change a living will, which was signed 9 months ago. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

A nurse is preparing to administer Ringer's lactate by continuous IV infusion at 120 mL/hr. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 60 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is teaching the staff about professional negligence or malpractice. Which criteria to establish negligence will the nurse include in the teaching session? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for a young adult. Which goal is priority?

A nurse agrees with regulations for mandatory immunizations of children. The nurse believes that immunizations prevent diseases as well as prevent spread of the disease to others. Which ethical framework is the nurse using?