A few nurses on a unit have proposed to the nurse manager that the process for documenting care on the unit be changed. They have described a completely new system. Why is it important for the nurse manager to have a critical attitude?
It will help the manager to:
a. Consider all the possible advantages and disadvantages
b. Maintain an open mind about the proposed change
c. Apply the Nursing Process to the situation
d. Make a decision based on past experience with documentation
Question 2
Each U.S. state has its own state board of nursing responsible for protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the general public.
The state board of nursing meets these responsibilities by performing which of the following functions? Select all that apply.
a. Advocating for nursing student issues
b. Determining the nurse's scope of practice
c. Enforcing the rules that govern nursing
d. Writing the laws that regulate nursing
Nurses possess a wide variety of experiences which they take into each patient encounter.
Patients should be encouraged to bring to their health care visit all the substances that they take,
B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
The process of respiration.
Application of an ostomy bag or pouch: B, An ostomy nurse applying an ostomy bag to a stoma;
Nursing process