During an assessment, effective communication with patients requires the following skills: (Select all that apply)

Which strategies should a nurse use to facilitate a safe transition of care during a patient’s transfer from the ER of the hospital to the 6th floor Medical-Surgical unit?

The nursing assistant reports a significant change to you, the assigned nurse, regarding a change in the patient’s condition.  Which of the following actions should you take?  

The nurse researcher is conducting a study examining the relationship between RNs’ educational levels and their satisfaction in the nursing role.  Which of the following types of research is the nurse conducting?

Describe clinical judgment in nursing practice.

Briefly describe two examples of what you would assess when performing a cultural assessment.

Lateral violence adversely affects the work environment, leading to job dissatisfaction, a decreased sense of value, poor teamwork, poor retention of qualified nurses, and nurses leaving the profession. 

During a routine physical examination, a nurse observes a 0.25-cm in diameter, raised lesion on a client’s chest. The lesion is flesh-colored and clearly circumscribed. The nurse should recognize that this finding is suggestive of which of the following types of skin lesions?

What part of the history is being assessed when the nurse asks, “What helps this pain?”

A nurse is assessing a patient for hearing loss. The nurse takes a tuning fork and after striking it she places the tuning fork on the center of the patient’s crown. Which of the following is a desirable response to this exam?