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NSG-310 Exam Questions with CompleteAnswers
Role Stress - Answer--Refers to when situations affect an individual's ability to carry out
the perceived obligations of the role
-the causes are multifactorial and can be exacerbated when role functions collide with
identity characteristics.
Role Strain - Answer--when role stress is not resolved
-Modest effect on systolic blood pressure and that lower social support increases that
impact
Role Conflict - Answer--Role stress that occurs when an individual feels required to
meet the obligations of two different roles at once (Professional v. professional /
personal v. professional)
Solution:
1. taking short breaks during work, exercising, and getting enough sleep to help
alleviate role strain caused by role conflict.
2. Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ensures that employees who need time off to
provide care to family members are able to return to their existing employment.
Role Overload - Answer--Situations in which the time and resources allotted for a given
role are insufficient to meet the role expectations—too much to do and too little time in
which to do it.
Solutions: Delegation (transferring duties to another person while maintaining
responsibility), Prioritizing (List duties and number according to priority), Appropriate
changes to physical environment
Role Ambiguity - Answer-role stress that occurs when the obligations and privileges of a
given role are not clearly defined. This leaves the individual unsure how to act. There
are two distinct periods in which role ambiguity is likely to occur: during role transition
and in times of role extension.
Solutions:
-Recalling, repeating, or responding with a prepared statement
-Exercise: Develop a one- or two-sentence description of the role
, -Development of a clear definition of the role.
role transition - Answer-occurs when an individual enters a new role.
role extension - Answer-occurs when the duties associated with a particular role expand
role mastery - Answer-A sense of clarity regarding the role expectations and a firm
confidence in the ability to meet those expectations.
role discrepancy - Answer-when an individual's conception of a role is incompatible with
the actual obligations of the role.
role incongruity - Answer--Conflict between the individual's values and the obligations of
the role
-likely to have more severe strain because values are personally determined and deeply
revered
Solution: managed with values clarification and empowerment
role segmentation - Answer-possessing clear boundaries b/w roles
role integration - Answer-The ability to move in a fluid way between multiple roles.
Frances Payne Bolton - Answer-authorized U.S. Public Health Service to establish
Cadet Nurse Corp
---increased # of nurses by subsidizing education
Lillian Ward & Mary Brewster - Answer-Founded national Organization for Public Health
Nursing (1912)
-Established role for nursing in the community because the needs of NY residents were
limitless. With Mary Brewster: Henry Street Settlement House and Henry Street Visiting
Nurse Services
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Answer-1 year program followed by certificate
-Original purpose: Prepare nurses to care for sick and perform homemaking skills
-Later and current purpose: Prepare nurses to perform technical skills under the
supervision of RNs
The Licensed Practical Nurse is not permitted to give any type of drug through an IV line
(depending on the state). The LPN may flush a peripheral IV line in preparation for the
Registered Nurse to give an IV medication, but the LPN cannot actually give it
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