Which, if any, of the following are not provisions of the ANA ...

[KimWrice]

Which, if any, of the following are not provisions of the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses?
 
  1. The nurse is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practices and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks, consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimum patient care.
   2. The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to preserve integrity and safety, to maintain competence, and to continue personal and professional growth.
   3. The nurse must not knowingly administer or permit the administration of any potentially deleterious substance without a duly authorized prescriber's order and appropriate patient monitoring.
   4. All of the above

Question 2

Exposure therapy should be referred for a child when:
 
  1. The child is experiencing suicidal thoughts.
   2. The child is hyperactive.
   3. The child has a severe phobia toward social situations.
   4. The child experiences alexithymia.

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Answer to Question 1

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1. This is a standard provision for nursing practice.
2. This is a standard provision of nursing practice.
3. Nursing responsibility is covered by more than one provision of the Code of Ethics for Nurses. It is not one provision.
4. Not all meet the provisional standards.

Answer to Question 2

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1. Exposure therapy could cause further suicidal thoughts because the child is unable to cope.
2. Exposure therapy would not be helpful for the child to learn to cope with racing thoughts.
3. Exposure therapy can gradually aid the child in facing fears in order to decrease the phobia of certain situations.
4. The child may experience alexithymia as a characteristic of a phobia, so exposure therapy will not treat the phobia.