Chapter 55: Nursing Management: Male Reproductive Problems Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. To determine the severity of the symptoms for a 68-year-old patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) the nurse will ask the patient about a. blood in the urine. b. lower back or hip pain. c. erectile dysfunction (ED). d. force of the urinary stream. ANS: D The American Urological Association (AUA) Symptom Index for a patient with BPH asks questions about the force and frequency of urination‚ nocturia
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Chapter 25: Nursing Management: Burns Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. When assessing a patient who spilled hot oil on the right leg and foot‚ the nurse notes that the skin is dry‚ pale‚ hard skin. The patient states that the burn is not painful. What term would the nurse use to document the burn depth? a. First-degree skin destruction b. Full-thickness skin destruction c. Deep partial-thickness skin destruction d. Superficial partial-thickness skin destruction ANS: B With full-thickness skin destruction
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Fredrick Taylor‚ the father of scientific management. He had a firm belief in "one best way" (Samson & Daft‚ 2003)‚ of doing something. In the year 1899‚ Taylor held an experiment that involved German and Hungarian men‚ whose job involved some very heavy-duty work (Gabor‚ 2000). To his disappointment‚ men either refused to work‚ or wouldn ’t work to his expectations. The men hated him utterly; to the extent he required security when going home (Gabor‚ 2000). In his entire dilemma with his employers
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Values Clarification Kristin Goodwin Southern New Hampshire University Nursing 310: Nursing Leadership & Management CoralAnn Hackett‚ RNC‚ MSN Values Clarification Values are the cornerstone of every healthcare organization. When expressed and put into action‚ values become the living energy of the organization (Human Science). An organization’s mission and vision statements clearly define the culture of the organization and its means to complete the defined mission. When each member of
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Lewis: Medical-Surgical Nursing‚ 8th Edition Chapter 69: Nursing Management: Emergency‚ Terrorism‚ and Disaster Nursing Key Points – Printable CARE OF EMERGENCY PATIENT * Triage refers to the process of rapidly determining the acuity of the patient’s problem. It works on the premise that patients who have a threat to life must be treated before other patients. * The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is a five-level triage system that incorporates concepts of illness severity and resource
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vital for organizations’ to have concrete management plans so projects are completed on time and on budget. Many management theories‚ which have been developed over the last several hundred years‚ are still being applied today‚ and with varying industries and organizations using different theories to suit them. In relation to the construction industry‚ Henri Fayol (1841-1925)‚ a French Industrialist‚ may be said to have the most relevant management theory (Jarvis 2004). Figure [ 1 ] Henri Fayol
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Chester Barnard’s Management Theory Management has been in our business culture many years. Ideas of management from the past are applicable to management practices today. In today’s society‚ managers are seen as a ruling authority that get their jobs done through other people; their employees. Most of the time there is a lack of communication between the managers and their employees resulting in conflicts that may place their company at high risk of failure. Leading and motivating should be the
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Chapter 41: Nursing Management: Obesity Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which statement by the nurse is most likely to help a morbidly obese 22-year-old man in losing weight on a 1000-calorie diet? a. “It will be necessary to change lifestyle habits permanently to maintain weight loss.” b. “You will decrease your risk for future health problems such as diabetes by losing weight now.” c. “You are likely to notice changes in how you feel with just a few weeks of diet and exercise.” d. “Most of the weight
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Scientific Method Study of Plants ****** Biology 100 ***** ****** The Scientific Method is a series of steps used to basically form an opinion and test that opinion. The method steps include‚ observation‚ research‚ creating an educated guess‚ or hypothesis‚ testing that hypothesis‚ analyzing the test results‚ and recording the results as true or untrue. If testing of the hypothesis results in disproving it‚ the steps will begin again with a new hypothesis
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MANAGEMENT: SCIENCE‚ THEORY AND PRACTICE One of the most important human activities is managing. Ever since people began forming groups to accomplish aims they could not achieve as individuals‚ managing has been essential to ensure the coordination of individual efforts. As society has come to rely increasingly on group effort and as many organized groups have grown larger‚ the task of managers has been rising in importance. The purpose of this book is to promote excellence of all persons in organizations
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