The Instructor Tells a Student Nurse, "You Have Functioned at a Substandard

question 11

Multiple Choice

The instructor tells a student nurse, "You have functioned at a substandard level of clinical performance recently. Now you have a chance to redeem yourself. I'm assigning you to a complex nursing situation. I expect you to function without asking for assistance." The most appropriate response from the student nurse would be

• A) "I'll try my best, but I will need someone on staff to answer my questions."
• B) "Is this your way of asking for my resignation from the program?"
• C) "I cannot accept the assignment. Complex nursing situations are beyond my abilities."
• D) "You'd better remember that if anything goes wrong, the hospital will hold you responsible."

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