1.A nurse is preparing an in-service for an annual skills fair at a community medical facility

about fire safety. Place thesteps in the order in which they should be performed in the

case of a fire emergency. (Move the steps into the box on the right, placing them in the

selected order of performance. Use all the steps.)

A. Rescue the clients.

B. Pull the fire alarm.

C. Confine the fire.

D. Extinguish the fire.

2.A nurse is caring for a client who is dying of metastatic breast cancer. She has a

prescription for an opioid pain medication PRN. The nurse is concerned that

administering a dose of pain medication might hasten the client's death. Which of the

following ethical principles should the nurse use to support the decision not to

administer themedication?

A. Utilitarianism

Rationale:Utilitarianism refers to actions that are right when they contribute to the

greatest good.

B. Nonmaleficence

Rationale: Nonmaleficence is the duty to do no harm. The ethical mandate of

nonmaleficence is that healthcare workers refrain from intentionally

inflicting harm to clients.

C. Fidelity

Rationale: Fidelity is the duty to keep one's promises or word. It refers to the

obligation to be faithful to theagreements, commitments, and

responsibilities that one has made to oneself and others.

D. Veracity

Rationale:Veracity is the duty to tell the truth. It means that one does not

intentionally deceive or misleadclients.

3.A charge nurse notes that a staff nurse delegates an unfair share of tasks to the assistive

personnel (AP) and thenurses on next shift report the staff nurse frequently leaves tasks

uncompleted. Which of the following statementsshould the charge nurse make to

resolve this conflict?

A. "I need to talk to you about unit expectations regarding delegating and completing

tasks."

Rationale: This statement opens the conversation in a nonthreatening way. The

focus is on the issue of theequity of the assignment rather than on any

personal characteristic of the individual.

B. "Several staff members have commented that you don't do your fair share of the

work."

Rationale: This statement is accusatory.

C. "If you don't do your share of the work, I will have to inform the nurse manager."

Rationale: This statement is punitive.