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A few weeks ago, a nurse worked a shift with a colleague during which three oxycodone tablets went missing from the narcotic cupboard.
 
  As well, the nurse has noted that the colleague
  has sometimes documented the administration of oxycodone to patients only to have the patients continue to complain of pain. The nurse suspects that the colleague is taking the
  oxycodone from the unit for personal use. How should the nurse best follow up these suspicions?
 
  A) Organize coworkers and the colleague's family members to carry out an intervention
  B) Contact representatives from the state board of nursing
  C) Report these suspicions to the unit supervisor
  D) Confront the colleague with these suspicions

Question 2

A nurse on a palliative care unit has attended an educational inservice on ethics. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the concept of ethics?
 
  A) Ethics offers a process that can be used to guide behavior.
  B) Ethics is the expression of social and culture values, priorities, and norms.
  C) Ethics is the basis for evaluating personal character.
  D) Ethics is the tangible application of religious and spiritual truths.



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l.stuut

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Reasonable suspicions of chemical abuse should be reported to a nurse's immediate
supervisor. Confrontation, either face-to-face or in a group setting, should normally be avoided.
It would be premature to contact the state board of nursing.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Ethics offers a formal process for answering the question about what one ought to
do in a given situation. Ethics is not considered to be simply an expression of cultural or
religious principles and it does not specify criteria for evaluating an individual's character.




future617RT

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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