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A newly licensed nurse performs a skill outside her scope of practice and patient harm occurs.  The nurse stated that she was told to perform the skill by a more experienced nurse and she was unaware that the skill was not within her scope of practice.  What will the most likely legal outcome be for the new nurse?

A way of practicing fidelity when caring for a client would be to:

A nurse damages a physician’s reputation through false written communication.  This is an example of

What is the main difference between stress and burnout?

An instructor assigns a practical nursing student to a client who requires complex nursing care that is beyond the students knowledge base.  The most appropriate response from the student nurse would be

The instructor tells a nursing student to go help a classmate who is behind with a bed bath.  The student has promised another patient she would return in 15 minutes to polish the patient’s nails.  Which response would be considered assertive?

Which part of Medicare provides government approved health plan options that are offered by private insurance companies?

A nurse demonstrates passive behavior by doing which of the following?

Legally, student practical/vocational nurses are held to which level of accountability and liability?

A patient tells the nurse, “I received a questionnaire that said my answers would be used for purposes of continuous quality improvement. I wonder if it’s worth my time to fill it out?” The response that best explains continuous quality improvement is, “Continuous quality improvement activities are used to”