Author Question: A nurse sees a new nurse on the floor handling chemotherapy medications without gloves or protective ... (Read 42 times)

kshipps · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A nurse sees a new nurse on the floor handling chemotherapy medications without gloves or protective clothing. What should the nurse do first?

1. Talk about it with other employees at the nurses' station later that day.
2. Nothing. The new nurse is doing nothing wrong.
3. Remind the new nurse that it is not safe to handle these medications without protective clothing.
4. Report the new nurse to the supervisor for unsafe use of medications.

Question 2

A mother of a 16-year-old boy states that her son is sleeping all the time. The nurse knows that at this age, an adolescent tends to increase in all of the following areas except:

1. Metabolism.
2. Rapid growth.
3. Staying up later at night.
4. Academic requirements.

kingdude89 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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1. The nurse needs to speak directly with the new nurse to teach her about the safe handling of chemotherapy agents.
2. The new nurse needs education on how to handle chemotherapy agents.
3. Reminding the new nurse will help facilitate learning on how to handle chemotherapy agents.
4. The issue should be directly discussed with the new nurse.

Answer to Question 2

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1. Puberty is a time for increased metabolism because of the rate of growth for teen boys.
2. Rapids growth is occurring during this age.
3. Teens attempt to exert independence in choices and social aspects, such as staying up later at night.
4. Academic requirements are not as important as the social aspect for most teen boys.