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CCNS Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist

Category - Pediatrics

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A nurse is observed as routinely responding to patients in an autocratic, controlling manner and with little consideration for their dignity and rights. After attempts to directly acknowledge the situation with the nurse in question, the nurse’s colleagues plan to meet with the supervisor to express their concern about this unprofessional conduct. The plan to go to the nurse supervisor is:
  1. Inappropriate, because each nurse is responsible only for his or her own practice
  2. Appropriate, because peer review is a professional activity needed to maintain quality care
  3. Inappropriate, because it is up to the supervisor to evaluate the nurse
  4. Appropriate, because the nurse is probably looking for limits to be set on this conduct
Explanation
Answer - B - The plan to go to the nurse supervisor is appropriate, because peer review is a professional activity needed to maintain quality care. Every institution calls for peer review as a mechanism for maintaining quality care. In the above situation, it would be better if a formal peer review system were in place to evaluate the nurse’s performance.
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