Ellen is a novice nurse on your unit. As her supervisor, you notice Ellen's knowledge and skill deficiencies. These deficiencies have been noticed by her peers as well. Which of the following is likely to be the greatest asset to Ellen in improving her performance?

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:

As part of an information technology implementation team, you are implementing a clinical decision support system. Particular considerations for safe implementation of this project include the following EXCEPT:

A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has a new prescription for home oxygen. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

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?

A nurse is preparing to administer intravenous fluids via an infusion pump to a client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to prevent an electrical hazard? Select all that apply.

A client smoking in his bathroom has dropped a cigarette butt into a wastepaper basket, which begins to smolder. Which of the following actions is the nurse's priority?

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:

You are in the process of designing a patient education program that will provide education and monitoring for patients with hypertension. To support your planning, you draw out and present patient data from:

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.