One of your staff nurses asks for your advice because a patient refuses to sign a consent for surgery. The patient says that he won’t sign because he doesn’t  understand the nature of the surgery. You advise that: Select all that apply. 

A nurse manager is walking down the hall and overhears the nurse practitioner attempting to convince a patient to agree to a procedure. The nurse manager steps into the patients room and asks to speak with the nurse practitioner. The nurse manager and the nurse practitioner step into the hallway where the nurse manager reinforces that the patient has a right to make medical decisions without provider influence, which is ethically enforced under what principle? 

A nurse manager is precepting a newly licensed nurse. She is discussing the role of patient advocate with the nurse. Which of the following situations illustrates the advocacy role? Select all that apply

The law that addresses individual rights is: 

A patient with human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome confides that his employer does not know his HIV status. How should the nurse respond? 

Which term is used to describe quality patient care based in the legal guidelines for care and state nurse practice act? 

Examples of when to fill out an incident report include. Select all that apply

A nurse is preparing a lecture for other nurses on bioterrorism and knows it is most important to include which of the following roles of the nurse in the lecture?

The hormone aldosterone causes the _____ by the kidneys.

The P wave in an electrocardiogram results from