Think about your future practice as an RN and reflect on how you might deal with an addicted colleague who might be diverting drugs. What signs and symptoms would you look for and how would you approach the subject with your colleague?

Discussion on how the knowledge and skills in counselling assist in better understanding of the patient.

Your patient reports a prior negative experience with a healthcare provider who "didn't listen" and "rushed through exams." The patient appears uncertain and in need of reassurance. What is serving as a barrier to communication with this patient? Describe the techniques that the nurse can use to address this type of situation. Include verbal AND non-verbal techniques.

Registration and regulation at a state level was the beginning of the standardisation of nurse education. How was standardisation achieved?