A nurse manager was orienting new staff members to computerized charting. To understand computerized charting, staff members must understand informatics. The three core concepts in informatics are:
a. Hardware, software, and printers.
b. Data, information, and knowledge.
c. Decision making, data gathering, and reporting.
d. Wireless technology, voice recognition, and handheld devices.
Question 2
As a new manager in the ED, you meet with each of the staff to ask about their priorities and what they think is going well in the department or what is of concern to them.
Almost all of the staff express frustration and distress at being treated rudely or disrespectfully by patients, staff from other departments, and physicians and complain that they feel that nurses in the ED are not valued. With the staff, you brainstorm to raise the profile of nurses. Which of the following strategies would be most effective? (Select all that apply.)
a. Requesting increased compensation
b. Speaking positively about one's work
c. Dressing and grooming in a clean and neat manner
d. Using titles (e.g., Mr., Mrs., Ms.) and last names
e. Submitting a written complaint to senior administration regarding rude behaviors
f. Developing a code of conduct for the ED staff.
C, A nurse can also administer the medication by setting the dose and rate with an electronic infusi
B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
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A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
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