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Which approach should the nursing assistant use to resolve conflict?

The nursing assistant has engaged the hospitalized child in active play. The nursing assistant is providing instructions when the child yells, “No” and refuses to follow the instructions. The nursing assistant recognizes the child’s actions as a developmental task of: 

In which area does culture influence health care?

The nursing assistant cares for Mrs. Burr, who lives in a long term care facility. The nursing assistant allows Mrs. Burr to decide what she is going to wear each day. The nursing assistant then assists Mrs. Burr with her dressing and grooming routine. Which need is the nursing assistant helping Mrs. Burr to meet?

The nursing assistant at a care facility has answered the phone and a resident’s doctor has asked the resident to be given a painkiller. What should the nursing assistant do?

Which setting is most likely appropriate for a person who is unable to care for himself or herself at home but who does not require admission to an acute-care setting?

Sexuality and intimacy are significant priorities in which care setting?

A nursing assistant performed a procedure that a client has not consented to. Which intentional tort has the nursing assistant committed?

The nursing assistant has been charged with abuse of a patient. Abuse is: 

The bed-riddent patient was admitted to the health care facility with a report of not eating. The patient’s clothing was soiled. The patient smelled of ammonia. The nursing assistant began to provide a bed bath and noted multiple bruises on the patient’s arms and back. Which should the nursing assistant do? (Select all that apply.)