A nurse works in the critical care unit (CCU). She enjoys being on the unit charge nurse team, the recruitment and retention team, and the peer evaluation team. The recruitment and retention team is responsible for hiring new employees into the CCU. The five-member team, consisting of three registered nurses (RNs), a unit clerk, and a nurse’s aide, conduct the interviewing process with key questions that were developed by the team. This is an example of:

Nurses and other health care professionals tend to gravitate toward hospitals that showcase the positive aspects of the hospital to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Some of the most enticing marketing plans include showcasing:

A hospital nurse manager is involved in conflict management between two staff members. The process of collaborating occurs when:

On admission, the patient was found to have a blood glucose level of 218. The RN knows that except in emergency situations, it is hospital policy to obtain physician’s orders before administering any medication. Because the on-call physician did not return the page, the nurse administered insulin according to the common sliding scale. Four hours later, the patient was found nonresponsive in her bed and later died. According to the autopsy, the patient died from heart failure. Her postmortem blood glucose level was 22. Because of the nurse’s actions, the admitting hospital may be found to be:

The court has found that a registered nurse (RN) harmed a patient by violating his rights. The nurse is ordered to pay the patient a large sum of money. The court has determined that the nurse has committed a:

Which of the following is true about negotiation?

Nursing outreach programs are the core element of:

Being answerable to oneself and others for one’s own choices, decisions, and actions as measured against a standard is:

Which of the following ethnic populations has seen the fastest growth?

Decentralization occurs when: