Mr. Smith is a 50-year-old patient that has been diagnosed w…

Mr. Smith is a 50-year-old patient that has been diagnosed with COPD using Spirometry. Further assessment results show his FEV1 is 40% of predicted, CAT score of 16, and NO exacerbations in the past year. Based on your knowledge of the refined ABCD assessment tool (GOLD 2017), the NP should label this patient as follow:

A nurse was unable to find insulin pen needles for administe…

A nurse was unable to find insulin pen needles for administering an insulin pen in a hospital setting.  Instead, the nurse accessed the insulin pen cartridge with a U-100 insulin syringe to withdraw the dose, as she had commonly done in a previous job. This is considered an unsafe practice and is against the hospital’s policy. Is the nurse’s action a rule-based mistake, a violation, both, or neither?

The article states that the nurse “failed to read the label…

The article states that the nurse “failed to read the label fully” and provides additional information about how this may have happened (page 156). 1) Classify this action using Just Culture terms 2) Explain why you chose that classification using evidence from the article 3) Identify if the nurse is accountable for this action, according to Just Culture

Solve.A study of grocery buying habits in a particular regio…

Solve.A study of grocery buying habits in a particular region stated that for the years , the annual number of new family-run grocery stores can be estimated by the equation where x is the number of years after 2000. Graph this equation and use the graph to predict the number of family-run stores that will start up in 2008.  

Refer to Table 8: Clinical Steps Taken to Improve Safety of…

Refer to Table 8: Clinical Steps Taken to Improve Safety of Medication Administration in the article (page 162): 1) Identify a “low” leverage strategy from the table and explain why it is “low” leverage. 2) When is it appropriate to use “low leverage” strategies in an RCA?

Aspects of resistance can be overcome through the intentiona…

Aspects of resistance can be overcome through the intentional and appropriate application of Kotter’s 8-Step Model of Change. Match the technique to overcome resistance (on the right) with an example of how the technique will reduce the resistance to change (on the left).