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The causal factors are the events or circumstances that did not help to cause the incident.

Documenting the accident sequence provides no value to the investigation process.

This is week 3 of the BScN program. What are some of the aspects of the Introduction to nursing course you like? 

In the College of Nurses of Ontario Scope of Practice document, how many key concepts are there? 

Bonus:  The principle of chemical tests to detect occult blood is based on the fact that hemoglobin and its derivatives react in a similar way to:

Which of the following are components of the critical thinking model for clinical decision making? SELECT all that apply.

You are caring for a palliative patient who is not responding to the current nursing care plan for management of respiratory secretions and the patient is becoming more uncomfortable. You contact the physician and request medication to stop the production of secretions. You are demonstrating which level of critical thinking for this patient?

Connell has burns to his lower legs after a fire 2 days ago. He has dressing changes every other day and had pain medication almost two hours ago and is still reporting his pain as 9 out of 10. He is not scheduled to receive another dose of medication for another hour. What should the critically thinking nurse do first?

FREEBIE! Not a trick question – take a moment to check the time, a couple deep breaths if you need them and refocus.  Finish off the test strong. 

A nurse becomes aware that she went to high school with the son of a client under her care. The nurse is delighted to reconnect with her classmate and posts a picture of herself, the client, and her son on social media. According to the CNA Code of  Ethics, which of the ethical values has been ignored in this situation? [BLANK-1]