The most important approach that a nurse manager can take with an emotionally troubled employee is to:

The nurse manager knows that the most serious effect that absenteeism has on the nursing unit is that:

In an ICU, you order new devices to measure heart rhythm and rate, respiratory rate, oxygen levels, and intracranial pressure. These devices describe:

A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has a new prescription for home oxygen. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

A recent nursing graduate in a busy Emergency Department triages a patient who has sustained a large, deep puncture wound in his foot while working at a construction site. He is bleeding and is in pain. The nurse enters the triage data that she has obtained from the patient into a computerized, standard emergency patient-classification system. After she enters the assessment data, she notices an alert on the computer screen that prompts her to ask the patient about the status of his tetanus immunization. What system of technology is involved in generating the alert?

Nurses complete many tasks that require skill, judgment, fine motor control, and other types of expertise that are difficult to replicate with AI. One such skill would be:

A nurse is planning care for a hospitalized client who is immobile and in a continuous mitten restraint. Which of the following interventions should be included in the client's care plan? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse manager understands that the typical first step in handling an employee with a disciplinary problem is at

A nurse is supervising a new graduate who is caring for a patient who has fallen days ago. Which of the following interventions made by the new graduate REQUIRES CORRECTION by the supervising nurse?

You are in the process of designing a patient education program that will provide education and monitoring for patients with hypertension. To support your planning, you draw out and present patient data from:

The clinic nurse has just accessed a client's chart on the computer. The resident comes over and asks her to stay logged on because he needs to add a note to that client's chart. She should say:

A nurse is preparing to administer intravenous fluids via an infusion pump to a client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to prevent an electrical hazard? Select all that apply.

During the performance appraisal session, the manager should (select all that apply):

During a performance appraisal, Joanne, the nurse manager, indicates that Alysha has difficulty mentoring students on the unit. Alysha responds that this is not her responsibility. In responding to Alysha, Joanne needs to consider:

The nurse in a large hospital working in the emergency room is caring for a patient having a myocardial infarction. The hospital has recently implemented an order entry system that uses artificial intelligence (AI). The nurse should be aware that AI should never take the place of:

As a manager, you are interested in developing behavioral questions for an interview. Knowing that there is team conflict at times on your unit, which of the following questions would satisfy your interest in behavioral questions?

Ellen is a novice nurse on your unit. As her supervisor, you notice Ellen's knowledge and skill deficiencies. These deficiencies have been noticed by her peers as well. Which of the following is likely to be the greatest asset to Ellen in improving her performance?

As part of an information technology implementation team, you are implementing a clinical decision support system. Particular considerations for safe implementation of this project include the following EXCEPT:

A nurse manager is planning to request three new infusion pumps at a cost of approximately $1500 each. This item would typically be included in which budget?

In a nurse managers' meeting, the chief nursing officer encourages the managers to brainstorm ways to reduce costs. Nurse managers have the greatest impact on reducing costs by managing:

A client smoking in his bathroom has dropped a cigarette butt into a wastepaper basket, which begins to smolder. Which of the following actions is the nurse's priority?

After a major flu vaccination campaign, an agency bills a private insurance company for the administration of each vaccination according to the insurance company's reimbursement guidelines. This is an example of which major payment method?

A nurse manager understands that the second step in handling an employee with a disciplinary problem is to document the incident. Which of the following features IS NOT descriptive of effective documentation of personnel problems?

The chief nursing officer of a Magnet® hospital has conducted a study of ways to improve healthcare services. Healthcare services that add value for clients: