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The nurse has just hung a new IV bag of 1000 milliliters of Normal saline. A 250 milliliter bolus of IV normal saline is to be infused over 20 minutes per IV pump.   At how many milliliters would the nurse set the volume to be infused?

Heparin 25,000 units in 250 ml D5W is to be infused at a rate of 12 ml per hour. The physician has ordered to decrease the heparin to 1100 units per hour. What milliliters per hour would the nurse set the IV pump rate?

According to the SMART goal system, “A” stands for _____.

Sharing personal information about yourself that exceeds the expectations of the moment is referred to as _____. 

In the _____ stage of team development, a group is typically in conflict and chaos as it has not yet established ways to communicate about these differences.   A.  norming   B.  storming   C.  adjourning   D.  forming

Information overload, time, emotions, and use of slang are considered to be:   A.  potential barriers to communication.   B.  communication tactics.   C.  necessary communication components.   D.  communication enhancers.

Jacob, an employee at a consumer electronics company, is highly enthusiastic about learning new skills, meeting new people, and approaching work-related tasks in a novel way. In the context of the Big Five personality model, which of the following does Jacob best illustrate?   A.  Low agreeableness   B.  Low conscientiousness   C.  High openness to experience   D.  High uncertainty avoidance

Becoming self-aware by understanding your modes of thinking primarily involves being aware of how you:   A.  express your reaction to unexpected things that happen.   B.  interact and work with others in your organization.   C.  respond to a stimuli, events, and people.   D.  take in and make sense of information that helps you make judgments.

_____ involves supervising, coordinating, and directing the differences individuals bring to an organization to create an environment that will allow employees to achieve their full potential while ensuring that strategic organizational goals are being effectively met. 

Which of the following statements is true of stress?