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A graduate RN on the telemetry unit is on the way to the nurse's station to chart and suddenly hears from a patient's room, Help Nurse This is not the nurse's assigned patient.
 
  Others also hear this cry for help and quickly run in with the crash cart while the graduate RN looks on. In planning care for this patient, the beginning RN must realize the importance of identifying and (select all that apply):
  a. arranging experiences.
  b. correcting weaknesses.
  c. investigating insights.
  d. leveraging strengths.
  e. applying poise.
  f. accepting doubts.

Question 2

Which comments by the graduate RN are examples of interventions that will lead to a successful transition into professional nursing? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. May I care for patients with COPD? I feel I need more experience with that pulmonary condition.
  b. How should I prioritize my five patients in order of importance?
  c. Thanks for your insights about knowing when to appropriately call the physician.
  d. Now that my new role is as an RN, I would like to be treated as any new graduate RN although I've worked here as a LVN for 3 years.
  e. I'm so nervous every day I come to work, hoping nothing happens to my patients.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B, D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, C, D



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