Leading and Managing in Nursing 7th Edition
by Yoder Wise (chapters 1-30) complete
Update On 2025 Already Graded A+
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Chapter 01: Patient Safety
1.
In an effort to control costs and maximize revenues, the Rehabilitation Unit at Cross
Hospital reduces the number of its managers and flattens its organizational structure.
Within a year, the number of adverse events on the units has doubled. This may be
attributable to:
d.
Fewer clinical leaders and advocates for necessary resources.
2.
Traditional approaches to ensuring patient safety have focused on:
a.
Assigning blame.
3.
To increase safety in patient care areas of the Valley Hospital, the executive begins by:
b.
Consulting with a management expert about staffing schedules.
4.
,During review of back injuries, it is determined that mechanical lifts and transfer belts are
not being properly used. In addressing this concern, the unit manager:
b.
After consultation with the staff about the review, orders new lifts to replace older ones
that are malfunctioning.
5.
Before the IOM report was issued, "To err is human" adverse events were considered:
b.
Rare.
6.
In complying with Crossing the Quality Chasm, you ensure that:
a.
Patients are actively encouraged to make decisions related to care.
7.
After consulting with practice environments about quality and safety concerns in health
care, the Dean of Health Programs at US University develops:
d.
An interdisciplinary program for nurses, pharmacists, and medical practitioners that
emphasizes collaborative learning teams.
8.
In designing a quality, safe healthcare environment, the primary emphasis needs to be on:
d.
The patient.
9.
, As a patient care advocate, you regularly coach patients as to how to stay safe in health
care by educating them about:
a.
The need to understand and record all medications being taken.
10.
As a nurse manager on the West Surgery Unit, you are interested in increasing patient
safety on your unit. Your initial focus is on the two encounters that the Chasm series
identified as most likely to generate concerns about patient safety. As a result, you initiate
which of the following?
a.
Questions on the pre-admission history that specifically explore details of substance use
11.
Which philosophical statement would be MOST consistent with that of a learning
organization?
d.
We believe that change is essential to good service and quality patient care.
12.
To achieve nurse-sensitive care standards developed by the NQF, you advocate for which
of the following in your health facility?
a.
Programming that builds individual nurse competency into smoking cessation
13.
You notice that Sally, a student on your unit, is giving information to an anxious young
teen, who seems very uncertain about preparation for an upper GI series. After Sally
leaves the room, you ask her how she thought her conversation went and:
by Yoder Wise (chapters 1-30) complete
Update On 2025 Already Graded A+
_______________________________________
Chapter 01: Patient Safety
1.
In an effort to control costs and maximize revenues, the Rehabilitation Unit at Cross
Hospital reduces the number of its managers and flattens its organizational structure.
Within a year, the number of adverse events on the units has doubled. This may be
attributable to:
d.
Fewer clinical leaders and advocates for necessary resources.
2.
Traditional approaches to ensuring patient safety have focused on:
a.
Assigning blame.
3.
To increase safety in patient care areas of the Valley Hospital, the executive begins by:
b.
Consulting with a management expert about staffing schedules.
4.
,During review of back injuries, it is determined that mechanical lifts and transfer belts are
not being properly used. In addressing this concern, the unit manager:
b.
After consultation with the staff about the review, orders new lifts to replace older ones
that are malfunctioning.
5.
Before the IOM report was issued, "To err is human" adverse events were considered:
b.
Rare.
6.
In complying with Crossing the Quality Chasm, you ensure that:
a.
Patients are actively encouraged to make decisions related to care.
7.
After consulting with practice environments about quality and safety concerns in health
care, the Dean of Health Programs at US University develops:
d.
An interdisciplinary program for nurses, pharmacists, and medical practitioners that
emphasizes collaborative learning teams.
8.
In designing a quality, safe healthcare environment, the primary emphasis needs to be on:
d.
The patient.
9.
, As a patient care advocate, you regularly coach patients as to how to stay safe in health
care by educating them about:
a.
The need to understand and record all medications being taken.
10.
As a nurse manager on the West Surgery Unit, you are interested in increasing patient
safety on your unit. Your initial focus is on the two encounters that the Chasm series
identified as most likely to generate concerns about patient safety. As a result, you initiate
which of the following?
a.
Questions on the pre-admission history that specifically explore details of substance use
11.
Which philosophical statement would be MOST consistent with that of a learning
organization?
d.
We believe that change is essential to good service and quality patient care.
12.
To achieve nurse-sensitive care standards developed by the NQF, you advocate for which
of the following in your health facility?
a.
Programming that builds individual nurse competency into smoking cessation
13.
You notice that Sally, a student on your unit, is giving information to an anxious young
teen, who seems very uncertain about preparation for an upper GI series. After Sally
leaves the room, you ask her how she thought her conversation went and:
