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MGLQZ

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You have been a staff nurse for 5 years. One of your goals has always been to become more politically involved. Which of your roles has had the least impact on your achieving that goal?
 
  a. Voted and wrote members of congress and state legislators
  b. Participated as a member of a professional nursing organization
  c. Ran for a political office and served society as a whole
  d. Educated patients about their medications before discharge

Question 2

A surgeon approaches the charge nurse in an angry manner after his patient fell out of bed, requiring further surgery. Which of the following approaches is most appropriate for the charge nurse to use?
 
  a. Can you step over here out of the hearing of the patients and family members?
  b. I'm sorry, you should have ordered restraints for the patient..
  c. We will accept all liability..
  d. My nurses are all new on the night shift. They didn't know how to handle him..



Galvarado142

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Answer to Question 1

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Educating patients about their medications before discharge is a role of the nurse as an educator, not a
political role. All other answers are political roles for nurses, and they come under the categories of
nurse as an individual, nurse as a citizen, nurse as an activist, and nurse as a politician.

Answer to Question 2

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A It is always the best practice to remove the angry person from the audience. Usually, when removed, the person settles down and becomes more reasonable.
B Not appropriate to the situation and could antagonize the angry physician.
C Not appropriate to the situation and could antagonize the angry physician.
D Not appropriate to the situation and could antagonize the angry physician.



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