The nurse is caring for a patient who has just signed an inf…

The nurse is caring for a patient who has just signed an informed consent to be included in a research study for an experimental medication. The patient tells the nurse that she really doesn’t want to be part of this study, but her doctor was so excited about the possibilities and talked so ideologically about how her participation could help all of humankind that she felt she couldn’t decline to participate. Which is the nurse’s priority action?

The LPN is asked by a physician to administer a medication t…

The LPN is asked by a physician to administer a medication that can be administered only by an RN or a physician according to facility policy. The LPN explains why she cannot give the medication, but the physician keeps insisting the LPN should give the medication while the physician supervises. Which is the best resource for the LPN to use to base her decision making?

This English practice was highly feared by seaman in America…

This English practice was highly feared by seaman in America.  It was viewed by England as a military draft but, in practice, it was more like kidnapping.  Kidnapped seaman would be forced to serve in the British Royal Navy against their will.  What was it?