Exam 19: Empowerment for Nurses

For the past few months Matthew has complained about inadequate staffing on all shifts to the administrator of the nursing home where he works as a nurse. He documented poor patient care, which included patients not being fed appropriately and several patients who developed serious bedsores after being left for hours on wet linens without being turned. When the administrator repeatedly refused to make any changes, citing economic reasons, Matthew spoke to a reporter at the local paper about the situation. How would this action of Matthew's be viewed?

Which of the following does the process of motivating and empowering individuals and groups require?

What is a nurse demonstrating when sharing knowledge about health care decisions and involving patients in making those decisions?

Which of the following is implied by the term power over?

Which of the following is a potential barrier to patient empowerment?

Which of the following factors influences professional empowerment in nursing?

What skills does nursing knowledge foster in order to enable empowerment?

To enable patient empowerment, what do nurses need to recognize?

What nursing focus does patient empowerment evolve from?

What descriptive term do nurse scholars use when discussing people who are empowered?

Which of the following nursing attitudes enables patient empowerment?

How is nursing empowerment derived from the perspective of power with or power to?

Which of the following might hinder nursing empowerment?

A patient tells you that the more he exercises and the healthier he eats, the healthier he gets. What is he demonstrating?

What is the term for a person who waits and hopes something or someone else will change, and makes excuses for not taking action?

A patient tells you that he cannot lose weight because his job keeps him on the road so he cannot exercise, and his wife fixes too many high-calorie meals. What is he demonstrating?