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imowrer

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on: Jul 19, 2018
The most positive initial action for a health care agency to take for an impaired nurse would be:
 
  a. job dismissal.
  b. eliciting a promise to abstain.
  c. counseling by the nurse manager.
  d. referral to the employee assistance program.

Question 2

Which activity will be most useful to a nurse wishing to provide evidence-based psychiatric nursing care?
 
  a. Relying on findings of one properly designed, randomized, controlled trial
  b. Using a protocol from several well-designed, cohort, quasiexperimental studies
  c. Seeking sound, opinion-based processes and maintaining self-directed practice
  d. Applying findings from a meta-analysis of relevant randomized, controlled trials


karmakat49

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
Most health care agencies have employee assistance programs. Counseling for substance abuse is better provided by professionals in a neutral setting than by peers or administrators in the clinical area.

Answer to Question 2

D
In the hierarchy of research evidence, a meta-analysis of all relevant randomized, controlled trials will give the nurse the highest quality information.


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