“CH 21 EAQ MANAGING PATIENT CARE NURSING
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Ch 21 EAQ Managing Patient Care
Which nursing care delivery model improved registered nurse (RN)
accountability but is rarely used today because of high costs?
>Primary nursing
>Total patient care
>Case management
>Patient-centered care
Primary nursing
Building an empowered nursing team starts with the nurse executive. Which
responsibility lies with the nurse executive in this process?
>Provide training to the nursing staff
>Maintain the patient's record in a systematic way
>Teach the patients about health and well-being
>Establish a philosophy for nursing staff to provide quality nursing care
Establish a philosophy for nursing staff to provide quality nursing care
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Which nursing model focuses on improving the accountability of nursing for
patient outcomes?
>Team nursing
>Primary nursing
>Total care
>Secondary nursing
Primary nursing
Which statement describes accountability?
>Managing employees
>Being answerable for one's actions
>Having freedom to choose aspects of care
>Recommending appropriate teaching strategies
Being answerable for one's actions
Which statement is true regarding responsibility?
>It is the freedom of choice
>It reflects a person's ownership
>It is a legitimate power to give a command
>It refers to an individual being answerable for his or her actions
It reflects a person's ownership
Which responsibility does a nurse manager have?
>Recruiting new health care providers
>Making rounds with the health care provider
>Dealing with the cost-effectiveness of the care plan
>Establishing structure to achieve the organization goal
Making rounds with the health care provider
Which element of the leadership quality of decision making gives the
registered nurse the legitimate power to give commands and make final
decisions specific to a given position?
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>Authority
>Autonomy
>Responsibility
>Accountability
Authority
Which element of leadership involves the freedom of choice?
.>Authority
>Autonomy
>Responsibility
>Accountability
Autonomy
When was the primary nursing model of care adopted?
>During the 1970s
>During World War 1
>During World War 2
>During the 2000s
During the 1970s
Which type of care management approach coordinates and links health care
services to patients and their families while streamlining costs and
maintaining quality?
>Primary nursing
>Total patient care
>Team nursing
>Case management
Case management
Which factor is essential to a philosophy of care? SELECT ALL
>Management of patient care
>Selection of proper interventions
>Selection of the management structure
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>Selection of a nursing care delivery model
>Knowledge of roles and responsibilities of a nurse
>Selection of the management structure
>Selection of a nursing care delivery model
Which nursing care delivery model involves the registered nurse (RN)
providing direct patient care with the help of assistive personnel (AP)?
>Team nursing
>Primary nursing
>Toal patient care
>case management
team nursing
Which nursing care delivery model delivers health care services with high-
quality and cost-effective care?
>Team nursing
>Total patient care
>case management
>patient-centered care
case management
The registered nurse (RN) checks on a patient who was admitted to the
hospital with pneumonia. The patient is coughing profusely and requires
nasotracheal suctioning. Prescriptions include an intravenous infusion of
antibiotics. The patient is febrile and asks the RN if he can have a bath
because he has been perspiring profusely. Which task is appropriate to
delegate to the nursing assistant?
>Assessing vitals signs
>Changing IV dressing
>Performing nasotracheal suctioning
>Administering a bed bath
Administering a bed bath