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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?

The nurse completes performance evaluations for seven staff members and rates each staff member as “average” in the performance evaluations.  Which evaluator error is this an example of?

How many hours per year are required for full time equivalent (FTE) status?

Betty is a 45-year-old woman who has worked as a secretary for the last seven years.  Betty has been experiencing rapid heartbeat, difficulty breathing and uncontrollable crying.  These episodes come without warning and interfere with her work and other activities.  At this point, Betty has as many as 3 or 4 episodes a day.

Which Staff Factors are important when developing a daily staffing plan?  (Select all that apply.)

The nurse uses restraints on a client inappropriately.  What type of tort is this?

What is the best interpretation of common cause variation that is identified on a control chart?

During development of an API manufacturing process, several materials are used in the synthesis. Which material would most appropriately be considered a potential API starting material?

A BCS Class III medicine is formulated in a test product containing an excipient that is different from that used in the reference product. The test and reference products demonstrate very rapid dissolution (≥85 % dissolved within 15 minutes) in the required media. Which statement is most appropriate regarding a biowaiver?