Your preceptor is providing you with a unit-specific orientation. ...

[CharlieWard]

Your preceptor is providing you with a unit-specific orientation. Which of the following would be included in the unit-specific orientation?
 
  a. benefits c. patient safety standards
  b. IV pumps d. CPR

Question 2

Employees and other onlookers consider decisions made by an organization's administrators or board of directors to be a(n) _________________of the organization's actual values.
 
  a. mission statement
  b. vision statement
  c. reflection
  d. pattern

[Li Jun]

Answer to Question 1

B
Unit-specific orientation focuses upon information and competencies that a new nurses needs to care
for the diagnoses and ages of the patients on the assigned unit. Some elements in the unit-specific
orientation include unit-specific policies and procedures such as IV pump usage and acquisition and
paperwork needed for new admissions and discharges. Benefits, patient safety standards, and CPR
validation are covered during general orientation.

Answer to Question 2

c

a. Incorrect: A mission statement is a brief description of the focus or purpose of the organization.
b. Incorrect: A vision statement is a description of where an organization would like to be in the future.
c. Correct: Employees and other onlookers consider decisions made by an organization's administrators or board of directors to be reflections of the organization's actual values.
d. Incorrect: Patterns and cues are recognized by experts in practice to support a recognition-primed decision making model.