The capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within the other persons frame of reference i.e., the capacity to place oneself in another person’s position:

While working as nurse in a hospital you notice that a co-worker has unsteady gait and slurred speech. You suspect that she may be an impaired nurse.

Which of the following will be the appropriate action to take?

Nurses who care for patients who are homeless understand that the in the United States:

During a client nurse interaction, which nursing statement may give the client false reassurance?

The set of rules designed to protect patients who are described as vulnerable are known as?

The nursing student is assigned a client to interview and is asked to practice the therapeutic communication techniques of stating the implied and making and observation about their behavior.

Which statement by the student nurse best describes the technique?

A nurse just realized that a medication error just occurred. What should the nurse do first?

The nurse in the Emergency Department finds a woman collapsed on the floor and crying loudly. The woman’s husband was in a car accident and is being attended by the medical staff.

Which statement by the medical nurse best demonstrates acting in a culturally competent manner?

A nurse is caring for a young adult client who has ulcerative colitis and is scheduled for surgery to create an ileostomy. After speaking with the provider, the client says, “how will I ever be able to have a normal life after this?”

Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A female client tells the nurse that she feels very depressed about her recent divorce. Which of the following is the nurses best therapeutic response?

An order written by the physician is reviewed by the nursing staff, and no one is familiar with the treatment instructions. A nurse who is recently hired knows that this treatment is covered by the states nurse practice act.

What is the nurses’ best course of action?