A float nurse is assigned four patients on the day shift. Which ...

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A float nurse is assigned four patients on the day shift. Which of the following reports by the float nurse would require immediate intervention by the charge nurse?
 
  a. Dr. Smith, your patient, Mr. Jones is complaining of a headache..
  b. Dr. Smith, this is nurse Sandy from xyz and your patient, Mr. Jones in 222, ad-mitted with hypertension, is complaining of a headache..
  c. Dr. Smith, this is nurse Sandy from xyz and your patient, Mr. Jones in 222, ad-mitted with hypertension, is complaining of a headache but has just been started on isosorbide (Isordil). What can I give him to relieve his headache?
  d. Dr. Smith, this is nurse Sandy from xyz and your patient, Mr. Jones in 222, is complaining of a headache but has just been started on isosorbide (Isordil). What can I give him to relieve his headache?

Question 2

Research on nurse retention has indicated that many nurses leave nursing after a what period of time?
 
  a. 10 years c. 5 years or less
  b. 7 years or less d. before the end of the first year

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Answer to Question 1

A

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A This answer gives no information to the physician about the patient or his condi-tion and thus would require further teaching.
B Gives a different level of information, which is better and more informative than answer A and therefore does not require further teaching.
C Gives a different level of information, which is better and more informative than answer A and therefore does not require further teaching.
D Gives a different level of information, which is better and more informative than answer A and therefore does not require further teaching.

Answer to Question 2

C
Hodges, Keeley, and Troyan (2008) noted that many nurses were leaving the field of nursing after a
period of 5 years or less, which may be due to the changes in the workforce and changing values in
today's society.

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