The Responsible and Accountable self

Are you the Responsible and Accountable self? The responsible self exhibits good judgement, completeness of task, awareness of professional responsibilities and a sense of accountability to help others.

The accountable self acts with integrity, takes ownership of task and makes decisions. Let us evaluate your choices in the given scenarios. Will you exhibit qualities of a responsible & accountable nurse? Let's find out! Take the Responsible and Accountable self quiz.

Created by: Shaunna B

It's your birthday and you are in route to your birthday festivities but while driving you witness a roll-over accident on the free way. What would you do?
- Stop make sure everyone is okay and call for help.
- Keep driving because you are not on the clock.
- call for help while you continue to drive to the party!
- Pull over and grab your cell phone to record
You are scheduled to work a 12 hour shift and it's past the time for you to punch out. You need to complete your charting. By law, you have 24 hours to chart the cares you completed today on your shift. Leaving now sounds tempting. What do you do?
- Come back early tomorrow morning and go home and get some rest
- Finish your charting no matter how long it takes
- Ask your co-worker to finish your charting
- Do half of the charting today and the other half tomorrow
You drop a med on the floor and your patient didn't notice. Is it OK to administer the med if?
- You say a little prayer for them
- You blow off any visible residue
- you tell the patient and they say who cares we will all die some day
- Pharmacy can send you a replacement
You are reviewing your patient's charting and you notice that the previous shift did not document any patient output. what do you do?
- ask the patient how much they went during the previous shift?
- make an estimate an put something in
- call the previous nurse/aide at home and ask?
- Do you not worry about it because that was the responsibility of the previous nurse
You learn from a peer that your coworker a nursing assistant is not completing patient baths but she charts that she does. What is the best course of action for you to take after receiving this news
- Do all her patient baths to assure they are completed
- Send an email detailing which coworker it is and who told you
- Privately address the co-worker and explain the importance of personal hygiene and being an accountable employee
- Give it no attention, they are just laying there. How could they get musty?
You are running late for work and it will take you an additional 10 minutes to arrive to the unit. You call your unit to notify them of your tardiness. Your supervisor tells you don't worry about it. Just sign in like everyone else and note that you forgot to punch in so they can edit the time back to your original start time. What is the most responsible action?
- Follow what the unit supervisor suggested and blame her for the advice if anyone finds ou
- Punch in at whatever time you arrive
- Ask your coworker to type in your employee ID while no one is around
You notice that several things on the unit need to be changed and no one is doing anything about it. What could improve conditions?
- Report the manager because you feel they really don't care
- Share your ideas of improvement with your supervisor
- Complain to anyone that will listen, eventually the gossip will travel to the manager too
- Call the state office to get the powers that be to make some changes fast
A new employee just started and she is not catching on as quickly as needed. Everyone is talking about it. How should you respond?
- Offer your assistance to her when you see that she is working
- Join in on the conversation with several coworkers insulting her work performance
- Report her to the manager because someone needs to know
- Give her attitude whenever you work with her because most people would get it by now
There are students working on your unit today and they are pretty nervous. You have had a chaotic day and a student needs your help to work through a patient treatment for another nurse's patient. what do you do?
- Ask them who their nurse is and suggest they look at names badges next time to find the right person
- Confront the instructor because the students obviously need more direction and shouldn't be left alone
- Offer resources to work through the problem and locate the patient's nurse
- Take a few minutes to offer your advice to an upcoming nurse
You need to complete your CPR training and you cannot pass the mannequin simulation. Your coworker offers to do the training segment for you because you've been struggling. What should you do?
- Let your coworker complete the training so you can get credit already
- Watch your coworkers technique and try it for yourself
- Keep trying and never give up
- Report that the equipment is broken to buy yourself more time

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