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Which one of he following is an example of Patient Classification system?

The nurse educator discusses delegation guidelines with a group of new graduates.  Which statement from the group indicates the need for more teaching?

The nurse cares for a client who refuses to have a prescribed treatment.  The health care provider decides to provide the treatment because the provider “knows best”.  Which ethical principle has the health care provider violated?

The nurse supervises licensed practical nurses (LPN/LVNs) in the ambulatory gastrointestinal (GI) clinic.  Which task is most appropriate to assigning the LPN/LVN?

Which choices are components of Deming’s chain reaction?  (Select all that apply.)

The nurse inserts a nasogastric tube in the client’s right nostril after the client has informed the nurse that the procedure is not desired.  Which is the best description of the nurse’s action?

The health care provider ordered 1000 mL Lactated Ringers to run at 125 mL/hr.  The drop factor is 10 ggts/ml.  How many drops/minute should infuse?

The supervisor observes a total of a two-week orientation period for newly employed nurses.  The newly employed nurses are in charge nurse positions shortly after orientation.  The supervisor has documented unsafe care and decisions by the nurses.  Which is the best action the supervisor will take to protect him/herself from retaliation by the employer?

Bobby, a bright young man who earned a scholarship to Harvard, has begun hearing voices. The voices tell him that terrorists are searching for him and can use his thoughts as a tracking device. Bobby stops going to classes and spends most of his day walking in a park and shouting at ‘the terrorists.’ Bobby’s roommate Toby returned from spring break to find the inside of the dorm room papered with aluminum foil and Bobby hiding in the closet. When the Toby questions Bobby about his behavior, Bobby speaks in jumbled words about terrorist plots and vacuum cleaners. Unable to understand Bobby and fearing for his own safety, Toby calls Bobby’s parents.

The nurse cares for a comatose client.  Diagnostic tests show no brain activity.  The client’s family member notes hand movement during verbal interaction and asks the nurse, “Is my parent responding to my voice?”  The nurse is aware that the hand movement is involuntary, but tells the family member, “It appears she did.”  Which code of ethics is the nurse violating with this action?