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Question 1
What provides direction for individualized care and
assures the delivery of accurate, safe care through a
definitive pathway that promotes the client's
progress toward positive outcomes?
A) Physician's orders
B) Progress notes
C) Nursing care plan
D) Client health history
Answer: C) Nursing care plan
Rationale: The nursing care plan provides direction
for individualized care and assures the delivery of
accurate, safe care through a definitive pathway
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,that promotes the client's progress toward positive
outcomes .
Question 2
The nurse is performing behaviors and actions that
assist clients and significant others in meeting their
needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of
care. What is the correct term for these nursing
behaviors?
A) Assessments
B) Interventions
C) Planning
D) Evaluation
Answer: B) Interventions
Rationale: Caring interventions are those nursing
behaviors and actions that assist clients and
significant others in meeting their needs and the
identified outcomes of the plan of care .
Question 3
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,The nurse understands the importance of being
answerable for all actions and the possibility of
being called on to explain or justify them. What
term best describes this concept?
A) Reliability
B) Maturity
C) Accountability
D) Liability
Answer: C) Accountability
Rationale: Accountability means that a person is
answerable for his or her actions and may be called
on to explain or justify them .
Question 4
The nurse manager is providing an in-service about
conflict resolution. What modes of conflict
resolution should be addressed? (Select all that
apply.)
A) Suppression
B) Accommodation
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, C) Compromise
D) Avoidance
E) Collaboration
F) Competition
Answer: B, C, D, E, F
Rationale: The modes of conflict resolution include
accommodation, collaboration, compromise,
avoidance, and competition .
Question 5
What are the characteristics of an effective leader?
(Select all that apply.)
A) Effective communication
B) Rigid rules and regulations
C) Delegates appropriately
D) Acts as a role model
E) Consistently handles conflict
F) Focuses on individual development
Answer: A, C, D, E
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