The nurse understands that as patients age, vision problems may interfere with the client’s communication and reading processes. The eye condition where the lens become less flexible making it difficult to accommodate shifts from far to near vision is known as?

The patient has a Living Will in which the client does not want to be kept alive by artificial means. The client’s family wants to disregard/ignore the patient’s wishes and maintain artificial life support. Which is the most appropriate initial course of action for the nurse?

Several nurses, who work at the “Villa Nursing Village” tell their nursing supervisor that they would like to attend the funeral of a client for whom they had cared for the past 5 years, who passed due to natural causes. The nurses state they all became very close to the client and the family over the years. What is important for the nursing supervisor to recognize about the nurses’ request to attend the funeral?

When communicating with cognitively impaired elderly clients, the nurse should understand the use of touch. Which of the following is true in relation to using touch with the elderly?

When calling a healthcare provider, the nurse provides their name, the unit and hospital the call is being made from, the assigned patient’s name, and current reason the call is being made. Initially, the nurse states “The patient is having difficulty breathing”. The nurse is demonstrating which of the 4 steps in the SBAR format for communicating with a patient’s primary care provider?

Which statement is True about managing Conflict Communication Skills?

When conducting an in-service on serious medical errors, the nurse teaches that nearly 70% of sentinel events are related to which staff -related issue?

A client who was diagnosed with cancer has missed several appointments for blood work and chemotherapy. When the nurse is meeting with the client, which strategy would help improve this client compliance to treatment?

What does the nurse need to understand about Conflict, when caring for hospitalized clients?

When the nurse is caring for a blind client, who is experiencing communication deficits, what is the most important nursing intervention in this situation?