The Nurse Documents Interventions Periodically During the Shift in Nurses

question 1

Multiple Choice

The nurse documents interventions periodically during the shift in nurses' notes primarily to:

• A) validate the number of nonlicensed personnel who interact with the patient.
• B) indicate that the nursing care plan has been implemented.
• C) briefly summarize activities during the shift.
• D) confirm that the nursing diagnoses in the care plan are appropriate.

Explain the psychological mechanisms behind groupthink, its occurrence, and its impact on decision-making.

Describe how experiments by psychologists such as Asch have contributed to the understanding of social influence.

Understand the role of confederates in psychological experiments and their impact on study outcomes.

Discuss strategies to counteract groupthink in decision-making processes.

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Definitions:

Psychoanalytic Approach

A method in psychology which posits that human behavior is the result of interactions among various unconscious psychological processes.

Mental Conflicts

Internal struggles that occur when incompatible demands, desires, or impulses compete for a person's attention.

Phenomenological Approach

A method in psychology that focuses on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience through the viewpoint of the experiencing person.

Humanistic

A psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person and the uniqueness of each individual's experience.