Pnr104 Exam 1 Review Questions With Correct Answers

Included in Maslow's hierarchy, physiological needs are those that: a. nurture intimacy. b. foster independence. c. encourage social interaction. d. protect from harm. {Ans: d. protect from harm. Physiological needs are those that are essential to human life, such as oxygenation, nutrition, and elimination. Protection from physical harm, from a nursing standpoint, is often equivalent in importance to physical needs.}A nurse co-worker arrives at work 30 minutes late, smelling strongly of alcohol. The fellow nurses' legal course of action is to: a. have the nurse lie down in the nurses' lounge and sleep while others do the work. b. state that, if this happens again, it will be reported. c. report the condition of the nurse to the nursing supervisor. d. offer a breath mint and instruct the nurse co-worker to work. {Ans: c. report the condition of the nurse to the nursing supervisor. Nurses must report the condition. It is a nurse's legal and ethical duty to protect patients from impaired or incompetent workers. Allowing the impaired nurse to sleep enables the impaired nurse to avoid the consequences of his or her actions and to continue the risky behavior. Threatening to report 1cthe next time 1d continues