As a Beginning Student in Nursing, What Is Essential to the Mastery

question 18

Multiple Choice

As a beginning student in nursing, what is essential to the mastery of technical skills, such as giving an injection?

• A) Read the steps of the procedure before clinical assignments.
• B) Even if you do not know how to give an injection, act as if you do.
• C) Practice giving injections in the learning laboratory until you feel comfortable.
• D) Tell your instructor that you don't think you can ever give an injection.

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Definitions:

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