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Chapter 07: Managing Self: Stress and Time Yoder-Wise: Leading and Managing in Nursing, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. As a nurse manager, you observe a staff nurse who over the past few weeks has become withdrawn and has had several absences due to minor ailments. Your best action would be to: a. ask the nurse if she is okay during report. b. refer the nurse to the employee assistance program. c. ask the nurse to meet with you for a few minutes before she leaves for the day. d. ite a no...

The nurse manager of a unit has lost many staff members, and the unit is now staffed with a large number of agency and traveling nurses. She knows that the agency and traveling nurses are all contracted to stay on the unit for the next 3 months. One way to improve morale and decrease stress in the unit would be to: a. plan a social event and include the agency and traveling nurse staff members. b. plan unit-based social events for your remaining permanent staff members. c. request hospital...

Structural Family Therapy Edited.Structural Family Therapy - ANSWERThe theory and therapeutic model dev by Minuchin, which focuses on family organization & boundaries & the ways in which these structures govern interactional patterns. DYSFUNCTION, in this model stems from BOUNDARIES too RIGID or too DIFFUSE, both of which prevent the system and its subsystems from achieving its goals. Structure - ANSWERStructural Family Therapy Minuchin A concept/term... The interrelationship amoung system...

Paramedic Care Principles Practice, V2, 5e Bledsoe SM Completed with Answers Paramedic CarePrinciples _ Practice, V2, 5e Bledsoe SM©2017 Pearson Education, Inc. Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, Volume 2, 5th Ed. 1 Detailed Lesson Plan Chapter 1 Scene Size-Up 80–85 Minutes Chapter 1 objectives can be found on text p. 1. These objectives, which form the basis of each chapter, were developed from the new Education Standards and Instructional Guidelines. Minutes Content Outlin...

NUR_212_PQ2, Questions and Answers What is the goal of family therapy as a component of treatment for a patient who has schizophrenia? Assess family history of schizophrenia. Increase family's caregiving ability. Reduce family's stress level. Teach family case management skills. 1) This is not the appropriate goal. 2) See 1). *3) Family stress is a very real need for the family with a member who has schizophrenia. Reducing the family's stress level is the priority goal. 4) S...

c. purchase a handheld personal digital assistant to help remind her of important meetings. d. determine her personal and professional goals. ANS: D Personal time management refers, in part, to “the knowing of self.” Self-awareness is a critical leadership skill, and being self-aware and setting goals helps managers determine how their time is best spent. TOP: AONE competency: Leadership 5. A hospice nurse has been feeling very stressed at work because of both the physical strain an...

Leadership Exam 1 A nurse manager of a 20-bed medical unit finds that 80% of the patients are older adults. She is asked to assess and adapt the unit to better meet the unique needs of the older adult patient. Using complexity principles, what would be the best approach to take for implementation of this change? a. Leverage the hierarchical management position to get unit staff involved in assessment and planning. b. Engage involved staff at all levels in the decision-making process. c. Fo...

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 1 - ANSWER Biological and Physiological needs: basic life needs - air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 2 - ANSWER Safety Needs: protection, security, order, law, limits, stability, etc. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 3 - ANSWER Belongingness and Love needs: family, affection, relationships, work group, etc. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 4 - ANSWER Esteem needs: achievement, status, responsibili...