You need to make a decision regarding a significant change in the school’s curriculum. What should be your approach to decision-making?

A principal is leading a school-wide change initiative. Which decision-making strategy would be most effective in facilitating successful change?

A prophylactic antibiotic has been prescribed before surgery.   The surgery is to begin at 1000.   When should the nurse administer the antibiotic? 

A principal is leading a school improvement process and wants to monitor progress regularly. Which data source would provide real-time information for monitoring purposes?

The nurse is caring for a post operative client with an order for Heparin (Caprin®) 750 units twice daily, subcutaneous.  The nurse is preparing the 0800 dose. How much heparin dose the nurse draw up in the syringe? (Round to the hundredths.)            mL

The nurse assesses four clients in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). Which assessment finding requires the most immediate action?

The nurse has been assigned to care for a client who had a total knee replacement five hours ago.  The nurse assesses the surgical dressing and finds sanguineous drainage on the outside of the dressing about 3 cm in diameter. What is the most appropriate action by the nurse?

Which of the following mandates that registered nurses (RNs) practicing in Wisconsin must utilize the nursing process when providing client care?

The client scheduled for an elective hysterectomy tells the nurse that they do not know whether they can go through with the surgery because they know they will die in surgery like their mother.  What is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

The nurse delegates routine vital signs on five clients to a UAP/CNA. The nurse is communicating this delegation to the UAP/CNA. Which is the best statement to ensure that the nurse obtains priority findings from the UAP/CNA?