Community Health Nursing Quiz 10

A registered nurse is delegating a task to the nursing staff. Which among the tasks listed is a least appropriate to the nursing assistant?

A nurse has a licensed practical nurse on the nursing team. In planning the client assignments, which client would the nurse most appropriately assign to the LPN?

A nurse manager conducting a forum with the nursing staff regarding concerns and proposals for actions related to the nursing unit. The nurse manager discusses her/his opinion, own analysis of the problem and proposals for action to team members, and invites each member to comment and provide input. Which style of leadership is the nurse manager specifically employing?

A registered nurse assigned the licensed practical nurse to change the colostomy bag on a client. The LPN informed the registered nurse that he/she has no experience in performing the procedure on a client and was afraid he/she might not do it correctly. The appropriate action of the registered nurse is to:

A newly nursing graduate is attending an orientation regarding the nursing model of practice implemented in the hospital. The nurse is told that the nursing model is a primary nursing approach. The nurse understands that which of the following is a characteristic of this type of nursing model of practice?

A nurse manager is providing a lecture for the staff nurses about case management. The nurse manager determines that a review of the material needs to be done if a staff nurse stated that case management:

A registered nurse is in-charge in preparing the assignments of the nursing staff in the nursing unit for the day. The registered nurse assign a nursing assistant to make beds and bathe one of the clients on the unit and assigns another nursing assistant to fill the water pitchers and serve juice to all of the clients. Another registered nurse in the nursing unit is assigned to administer all medication. Based on the assignments scheduled by the registered nurse, which type of nursing care is being practiced?

A hospital administration has implemented a new method in the diatribution of assignments of nurses to nursing units. Nurses will now be required to work in other nursing department and will not be specifically assigned to a nursing unit. A group of registered nurse is resistant to the change and nursing administration anticipates that the nurses will not facilitate the process of change. Which of the following would be the best approach on the part of administration in dealing with the resistance?

A nurse manager is formulating a plan to implement a new method of documentation system in the nursing unit. Many problems have encountered as a result of the present documentation system, and the nurse manager determines that a new system must be used. The initial step in the process of using a new system for the nurse manager is which of the following?

A nurse in charge observes that the staff nurse is not providing quality care to the client, not able to meet Client’s needs in a reasonable time frame, does not solve any problems in the nursing unit and does not prioritize nursing care. Which of the following is the responsibility of the charge nurse?