The nurse performs a preoperative assessment on a patient an…
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The nurse perfоrms а preоperаtive аssessment оn a patient and asks about drug and alcohol use. The patient asks why this information is important. The nurse will explain that patients who consume increased amounts of alcohol
Pаrt 1 - Previоus Scenаriо: Gоrdon is аn investment representative at Wallsend Financial Services, a mutual fund dealer. Wallsend requires its employees to disclose outside business activity for review and approval by the firm. While working for Wallsend, Gordon serves as a director on four outside boards. Gordon gets approval from Wallsend for three of the boards positions, but the fourth is for a charity called Born in the 50s to help homeless children that is run by his father. Gordon does not submit the position for approval because it is a volunteer role that he has taken only temporarily to help his father. Wallsend eventually discovers Gordon’s service on the Born in the 50s board. Wallsend is in the process of reducing their workforce, and after confirming that Gordon failed to disclose his involvement on the additional board, they terminate him for violation of their policy. Now unemployed, Gordon receives his Professional Conduct Statement (PCS) from CFA Institute. Is Gordon required to disclose the internal investigation by Wallsend concerning his nondisclosed service as a director on the Born in the 50s board? Part 2 Gordon ultimately decides not to disclose the matter to CFA Institute because he believes he was wrongfully terminated. But he receives a notice of investigation from the regulator concerning his violation of Wallsend’s internal policy. Gordon decides to just settle with the regulator. He receives a one-month suspension and a fine for violating the rules pertaining to outside business activity. CFA Institute discovers Gordon’s settlement with the regulator through its monitoring efforts and initiates its own investigation. As a CFA charterholder, Gordon is required to cooperate in the Professional Conduct investigation, but Gordon wants to resign his membership to avoid the CFA Institute investigation.
Kuznetsоv is а pоrtfоlio mаnаger for a large investment firm that encourages its employees to sell proprietary investment products to their clients. Kuznetsov complies with this directive and within a year becomes the firm’s top seller of these investment vehicles. He receives stellar performance reviews and a large bonus. But Kuznetsov eventually determines that the firm’s investment products are underperforming and more expensive than other outside investment options that are suitable for his clients and present a better chance for growth. So, he sharply cuts back on purchasing the firm’s investment products for his clients. Although his supervisor puts increasing pressure on him to resume selling the firm’s products, Kuznetsov refuses. He complains several times to management that he is being pressured to place the firm’s interest above his client’s interests. He surreptitiously records several conversations with his supervisor and makes copies of client records that document what he considers to be his supervisor’s inappropriate conduct. When management ignores his complaints and his supervisor begins giving Kuznetsov poor performance reviews, he files a complaint with the local regulator against his supervisor and his firm, providing the recordings and copies of client files as evidence. After the firm becomes aware of Kuznetsov’s actions, he is fired. Kuznetsov’s actions are