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dollx · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nursing executive attempting to incorporate the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' (AACN's) Healthy Work Environment Standards would formulate which policy? The manager would create a policy to

a. encourage all nurses to return to school to complete degrees.
b. limit environmental hazards currently present in the facility.
c. provide discounts to a local fitness center for all employees.
d. use a standard handoff report format at change of shift.

Question 2

A new graduate nurse is working with an experienced nurse to chart assessment findings. The experienced nurse warns that charting assessment data can be difficult. The best explanation for this statement is that assessment data

a. can sometimes be charted in a biased manner.
b. change as the patient's condition changes.
c. are usually difficult to obtain from the patient.
d. can be time consuming and tedious to chart.

orangecrush · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
The AACN standards contain six areas, including skilled communication. Using a standardized handoff tool would improve nurses' communication skills.
Although important, encouraging all nurses to return to school to complete degrees is not related to the AACN standards.
Although important, limiting environmental hazards currently present in the facility is not related to the AACN standards.
Providing discounts to a local fitness center for all employees would be a nice benefit but is not related to the AACN standards.

Answer to Question 2

A
It is important that the nurse records only what is assessed without adding judgments or interpretations to the record.
Data do indeed change (and need to be charted) as the patient's condition changes, but this would not be the best answer to this question.
Assessment data may at times be difficult to obtain, but that would not occur often enough to warrant a warning about the difficulty in charting it. Also, obtaining data is a clearly different activity than charting it.
Charting can be time consuming and tedious, but this is not the most complete answer to this question.