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Quality and Safety: What action should the nurse-manager and other leaders in the health-care organization perform in order to ensure that a quality control program will be effective?

Context and Environment: A nurse-manager has referred staff members to a clinical practice guideline (CPG) that addresses the prevention of pressure ulcers. What is a characteristic of this CPG?

Context and Environment: A nurse-manager and several colleagues are reviewing the results of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey. These results will allow the team to make what assessment?

Personal and Professional Development: An inexperienced nurse-manager has been excessively favorable to employees in their performance appraisals in an effort to garner their approval and acceptance. This strategy is likely to lead to what unintended consequence?

Every second, 120 mC of charge flow through the cross section of a wire. The wire’s current is

Ohm’s law relate potential difference,  current, and resistance as: ∆ V = I R . The current through a wire is measured as the potential difference is varied. What is the wire’s resistance? Picture3(3).jpg 

If the voltage across a resistor is doubled, what happens to the current through it according to Ohm’s Law?

In Trial 1, a battery is connected to a single lightbulb, and the brightness noted. Now, in Trial 2, a second, identical, lightbulb is added. How does the brightness of these two bulbs compare to the brightness of the single bulb in Trial 1? Picture5(2).jpg

The nurse is caring for a newborn diagnosed with an atrial septal defect (ASD). The parents voice concern and state, “I cannot believe this is happening. Will our baby be okay?” What is the nurse’s best response?

The nurse is caring for an infant with Down syndrome who has been diagnosed with atrioventricular canal defect. The parents asks the nurse, “Why do you not put oxygen on our baby more often when their lips and fingernails are blue?” What is the best response by the nurse?