The nurse has received a commendable progress evaluation and will ...

[Mimi]

The nurse has received a commendable progress evaluation and will receive a 3 percent merit raise. The base salary for an RN is 40,000. Based on this information, what is the new projected base salary for this RN?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A nurse manager is investigating a report made by a staff nurse. The nurses states that a visitor backed the nurse up against a wall and was verbally abusive but did not touch the nurse.
 
  How should the manager describe this incident to the human resources (HR) director? 1. As an encounter with a disgruntled family member
  2. As violence against the nurse
  3. As an incident with a family member
  4. As a physical attack against an employee

[cici]

Answer to Question 1

41,200
Explanation: If a 3 percent cost-of-living raise is projected and the base salary for an RN is 40,000, then the new
base becomes 41,200.

Answer to Question 2

2
Rationale 1: Encounters with disgruntled family members can occur with no threat of violence.
Rationale 2: This incident is an example of violence against the nurse.
Rationale 3: Calling this an incident with a family member does not give it its full importance.
Rationale 4: This is not an actual physical attack; the nurse was not touched.
Global Rationale:

[Mimi]

Excellent

[bblaney]

Gracias!