Author Question: You are the nurse manager who is preparing the annual reviews for the staff members. You are ... (Read 89 times)

Garrulous · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

You are the nurse manager who is preparing the annual reviews for the staff members.

You are aware that the nurse in the competent stage of clinical performance development would be expected to do what when assigned a patient on beta-blockers scheduled for a stress test?
a. Must be told to hold the beta-blocker for a patient scheduled for a stress test
b. Holds all medications when the patient is NPO
c. Calls the physician for an order to hold the beta-blocker prior to a stress test if there is no order
d. Repeats behavior learned from a previous experience

Question 2

Personal and financial issues, as well as drugs or alcohol, can impair employees and can precipi-tate violence. The nurse manager and all staff must be aware of the signs of drug or alcohol use.

Which of the following indicators should concern the nurse manager in an employee when ad-dressing violence in the workplace? (Select all that apply.)
a. Recent divorce
b. Troubled adolescent
c. Tremors of the hands
d. House foreclosure
e. Religious counseling

soda0602 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The competent nurse understands the rationale for holding the medication and calls the physician when an order is needed. The other options are appropriate for a nurse at a different level of nursing.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B, C, D
Options B, C, and D are symptom of someone under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. Op-tions A and E are not necessarily associated with drugs or alcohol impairment.