TEST BANK FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT IN NURSING 9TH EDITION ELEANOR
J.SULLIVAN| ULTIMATE GUIDE A+ ISBN:
9780132814546
What are the traditional models of care? - (ANSWER)Total patient care, functional nursing, team
nursing, and primary nursing.
What is total patient care? - (ANSWER)Original model of care where the RN is responsible for
all care.
What are the advantages of total patient care? - (ANSWER)Continuity of care, RN knows
everything about the patient.
What are the disadvantages of total patient care? - (ANSWER)RNs do all the care when it might
be more cost-effective to have a less skilled person complete the task, adds an expense to the
total patient care system.
Where might the total patient care model be used? - (ANSWER)ICUs.
What is functional nursing? - (ANSWER)Group of patients are separated into tasks and different
nursing personnel are assigned based on strengths.
What are the advantages of functional nursing? - (ANSWER)Staff become very skilled and
effective.
What are the disadvantages of functional nursing? - (ANSWER)Issues with continuity,
communication, and lack of understanding of the total patient.
Where might the functional nursing model be used? - (ANSWER)Long term care facilities.
, What is team nursing? - (ANSWER)A team of nursing personnel provides care for a group of
patients, with an RN as the team leader.
What are the advantages of team nursing? - (ANSWER)LPNs and UAPs can do tasks that do not
require an RN, care is more easily coordinated.
What are the disadvantages of team nursing? - (ANSWER)Time needed for communicating,
supervising, and coordinating team members, role confusion and resentment.
What is the key aspect of team nursing? - (ANSWER)The Nursing Care Conference, where the
team leader reviews the patient with team members.
What is primary nursing? - (ANSWER)The RN is the primary caregiver to the patients,
designing, implementing, and being accountable for the care.
What are the advantages of primary nursing? - (ANSWER)Knowledge-based practice model,
decentralization of decisions, authority, and responsibility, improved continuity and coordination
of care, increased nurse, patient, and physician satisfaction.
What are the disadvantages of primary nursing? - (ANSWER)Accountability of associate nurses,
patient transfers disrupt the continuity of care, unwillingness of associates to take direction.
What is a practice partnership? - (ANSWER)A partnership where a senior partner directs a junior
partner.
What is the purpose of working together with the same patients? - (ANSWER)To provide
continuity of care and accountability.
How does a practice partnership create synergistic energy? - (ANSWER)By working in concert,
the two partners enhance each other's efforts.
MANAGEMENT IN NURSING 9TH EDITION ELEANOR
J.SULLIVAN| ULTIMATE GUIDE A+ ISBN:
9780132814546
What are the traditional models of care? - (ANSWER)Total patient care, functional nursing, team
nursing, and primary nursing.
What is total patient care? - (ANSWER)Original model of care where the RN is responsible for
all care.
What are the advantages of total patient care? - (ANSWER)Continuity of care, RN knows
everything about the patient.
What are the disadvantages of total patient care? - (ANSWER)RNs do all the care when it might
be more cost-effective to have a less skilled person complete the task, adds an expense to the
total patient care system.
Where might the total patient care model be used? - (ANSWER)ICUs.
What is functional nursing? - (ANSWER)Group of patients are separated into tasks and different
nursing personnel are assigned based on strengths.
What are the advantages of functional nursing? - (ANSWER)Staff become very skilled and
effective.
What are the disadvantages of functional nursing? - (ANSWER)Issues with continuity,
communication, and lack of understanding of the total patient.
Where might the functional nursing model be used? - (ANSWER)Long term care facilities.
, What is team nursing? - (ANSWER)A team of nursing personnel provides care for a group of
patients, with an RN as the team leader.
What are the advantages of team nursing? - (ANSWER)LPNs and UAPs can do tasks that do not
require an RN, care is more easily coordinated.
What are the disadvantages of team nursing? - (ANSWER)Time needed for communicating,
supervising, and coordinating team members, role confusion and resentment.
What is the key aspect of team nursing? - (ANSWER)The Nursing Care Conference, where the
team leader reviews the patient with team members.
What is primary nursing? - (ANSWER)The RN is the primary caregiver to the patients,
designing, implementing, and being accountable for the care.
What are the advantages of primary nursing? - (ANSWER)Knowledge-based practice model,
decentralization of decisions, authority, and responsibility, improved continuity and coordination
of care, increased nurse, patient, and physician satisfaction.
What are the disadvantages of primary nursing? - (ANSWER)Accountability of associate nurses,
patient transfers disrupt the continuity of care, unwillingness of associates to take direction.
What is a practice partnership? - (ANSWER)A partnership where a senior partner directs a junior
partner.
What is the purpose of working together with the same patients? - (ANSWER)To provide
continuity of care and accountability.
How does a practice partnership create synergistic energy? - (ANSWER)By working in concert,
the two partners enhance each other's efforts.
