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CCNS Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist

Category - Pediatrics

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A nurse has observed that a co-worker came to work drunk at least four times in the past month. Which of the following would the nurse do to ensure patient safety and obtain necessary assistance for the co-worker?
  1. Report the co-worker’s behavior to the appropriate supervisor
  2. Ignore the co-worker’s behavior and frequently assess the patient’s assigned to the co-worker
  3. Warn the co-worker that this practice is unsafe
  4. Make general statements in the next staff meeting about safety issues
Explanation
Answer - A - What the nurse would most appropriately do to ensure patient safety and obtain necessary assistance for the co-worker is to report the co-worker’s behavior to the appropriate supervisor. The nurse is obligated by ethical considerations of patient safety, as well as by nurse practice acts in many nations, to report substance abuse in health care workers.
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