Exam 14: Assertiveness: Your Responsibility

A newly graduated LPN/LVN who is orienting to the unit tells a peer,"You should have seen that new associate degree RN trying to take care of three patients! She was so disorganized that it made me glad I'm an LPN/LVN." The LPN/LVN is demonstrating

What are the expected outcomes of using assertive communication in the nursing workplace?

A nurse demonstrates assertive behavior by doing which of the following?

Which behavior should be considered an early sign that a co-worker may have the potential for violence?

A nurse is appointed to a workplace committee to plan changes in the emergency department.The committee's task is to make recommendations that will provide an environment that deters violence.Which recommendations are consistent with this goal?

A nurse demonstrates assertive behavior by doing which of the following?

The intervention that is most effective at reducing patient violence against nurses is

Which of the following measures are most helpful to the nurse who makes a personal commitment to practice violence prevention in the workplace?

A nurse demonstrates nonassertive behavior by doing which of the following?

A student nurse is assigned to care for a patient who is known to be angry.During the caregiving process,the patient hits the student nurse.The action the student nurse should initially take is to

The student nurse has a goal to become a more assertive person.To achieve this,the student nurse must be willing to

A nurse demonstrates assertive behavior by doing which of the following?

The instructor tells a nursing student to hurry with the assignment in order to help a classmate who is behind with work.The student has promised a patient she'd return in 15 minutes to polish the patient's nails.Which response would be considered assertive?

The nurse is assigned to park in a newly created parking lot that is far from the hospital building.Some of the lights in the new parking lot have not been installed.As the nurse is about to leave,she notices several young men loitering near the walkway she must take.The nurse should

When a nurse tells a peer,"You have to watch out for the charge nurse.Sometimes she's OK,but sometimes she's just plain unreasonable.The best thing to do is to tell her off the first time she gets on your back about something.Keep me posted and I'll try to help you." An assertive reply would be

A staff nurse enters the room in which you're giving care to a patient in traction.She calls you aside and states,"I've watched you all morning.You don't seem to know how to do anything right.Look at you now! You're bathing the patient and it's almost time for lunch." An assertive approach would be to say

Which nonverbal behavior is most congruent with a nurse's assertive verbal statement?

A nursing student's mother states,"I need you to watch your younger siblings while I play bingo." The nursing student had planned to prepare for a unit examination.An assertive approach would be to say

A male nurse has been assigned to mentor a newly hired female nurse.Several times during the day,the new nurse perceives her mentor as touching her inappropriately.In the afternoon the mentor tells the new nurse,"I think we should meet after work for a drink.I could give you the lowdown on other staff,and we could get our relationship off to a good start.With my help,you'll be able to get raises and promotions regularly." The new nurse thinks,"I don't want this man's help." The new nurse can correctly determine that these behaviors suggest

A nurse demonstrates assertive behavior by doing which of the following?