The nurse applies Maslow's hierarchy of needs to what aspect of care?
1. Judging the patient's behavior
2. Improving the skillfulness of care
3. Understanding the patient's behavior
4. Improving communication skills
Question 2
The nurse reads a peer-reviewed nursing journal article that recommends changing the procedure for caring for a patient with an indwelling urinary catheter. The nurse displays critical thinking with what action?
1. Changing how the nurse provides care for a patient with an indwelling catheter according to the article
2. Taking the journal article to the nurse manager and suggesting the procedure be rewritten
3. Searching for other peer-reviewed articles that support this author's recommendation
4. Ignoring the article and following the procedure as written at the facility where the nurse works
Schematic of an automated external defibrillator (AED) attached to a patient.
Right foot from the plantar aspect
Patient education
Elder Care Resource Phone Numbers
Maslow and Self-Actualization
Variations in patient response to drugs