Assignment: How does “minimum staffing” impact your ability to meet your budgeted numbers? This chapter deals with specific units of service for nursing workload requirements. What role should the nurse leader play and how should the leader interact with the finance department for a standard definition of measurement? As a nurse leader, you have to […]

Over the past month, every member of the Intravenous (IV) Therapy Team has complained to you about the IV Team supervisor. Her direct reports, all RNs, agree that she is technically superb. However, their comments include statements that she is “hyper-critical,” “demeaning,” and that they “feel bad” about coming to work. It would be extremely […]

A 33-year-old Hispanic female comes to the clinic with complaints of erythema under her armpit. She has tiny dark red lesions filled with pus with itching. She states “I am taking antibiotics for it, but it seems to not go away.” Based on her presenting signs, what other questions would you elicit? How would you […]

Benchmark   – Community Teaching Plan: Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal  The benchmark assesses the following competency: 4.2 Communicate therapeutically with patients. The RN to BSN program meets the requirements for clinical competencies as defined by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), using nontraditional experiences for […]

Instructions Many people would say that the 1999 premier of The Sopranos was a turning point in the development of television as an art form. Choose a television or streaming show that you feel perpetuates the idea that television is indeed a form of art. Address the following: Include the name of the show and the director. […]