Answer to Question 1
2,3,4,5
Rationale 1: If certification is made a requirement, then the stimulus to attend is not learning, but survival.
Rationale 2: The cost of materials may be a barrier for some nurses.
Rationale 3: Support by management takes down one common barrier to certification.
Rationale 4: A workplace reward, such as a salary adjustment, is a good incentive to become certified.
Rationale 5: The manager should also seek certification.
Global Rationale:
Answer to Question 2
4
Explanation: 1. Meeting with the nurse to discuss the issues allows the manager to assess what skills are
lacking and develop a plan of action. The matter is a concern for the nursing staff because they
have to work together and provide competent nursing care to the clients. Addressing the
matter with the staff development nurse may occur once an action plan has been determined.
Addressing the matter during the nurses annual appraisal is inappropriate; this type of issue
must be addressed immediately, and client care may suffer as a result of the nurses lack of
competence.
The nurse needs to inform the patient with impaired vision when a touch is to occur and ask permissi
Future Nurses
Health Belief Model
A farm family in Custer, Nebraska, in 1888, a region where Populist sentiment was strong.
Example of Staff Meeting Agenda
Nurse using a stethoscope