Elizabeth, an RN with approximately 15 years of experience on the unit, walks away from one of the learning sessions on IV care and you overhear her telling a colleague that she thought the session was a waste of time because, ” the unit has been using heparin in IV locks for years and there has never been any adverse effects”. Elizabeth is identified as a ?  

As a nurse, you are responsible for teaching ostomy patients self management skills postoperatively. Mr. Jones is 2 days postoperative after an abdominal perineal resection. Even though he has a PCA, Mr. Jones reports pain of 8  on a scale of 0-10. When you enter his room to provide teaching, he turns away and closes his eyes. Which approach using Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is most appropriate in this situation? 

A nurse is caring for four patients on a medical surgical unit. Which of the following patient should the nurse assess first? 

Examples of when to fill out an incident report include. Select all that apply

A nurse is preparing a lecture for other nurses on bioterrorism and knows it is most important to include which of the following roles of the nurse in the lecture?

The nurse employed in an emergency department is assigned to triage patients coming for treatment. The nurse should assign priority to which patient? 

The nurse in the emergency department is triaging victims after an airplane crash. Prioritize the patients in order to which they should be treated. All options must be used. 

Class 4, black tag triage includes 

An emergency department ( ED)  nurse manager  prepares to receive patients from a mass casualty within the community. What is the role of this nurse?   

Several patients who work in the same building are brought to the emergency department. They all have fever, headache, a rash over the entire body, and abdominal pain. Upon initial assessment, the nurse finds that each has had low blood pressure and developed petechiae in the area where the blood pressure cuff was inflated.. Which isolation precaution should the nurse use?