NURS - 481 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
Additional Interest with Quality Care Correct Answer -
accrediting bodies
-> joint commission
->> concerned with pt safety goals and core measures
-> an accreditation process that determines is the hospital meets
the quality of care it should
After PICOT Correct Answer - Ensure ethical rights of
participants are protected
-> IRB Approval
-> HIPAA
-> Benefits versus risks
-> Informed consent
-> Consideration of vulnerable populations
Agency, Policies, Procedures, and Protocols Correct Answer -
policy -> hard rule; has to be followed and documented
- procedure -> step by step tool for certain task
- protocol -> written plan for performing certain treatment or
plan
ex.) stroke protocol
- should be in line with your state's nurse practice act
American Nurses Association Correct Answer - publishes 2
resources that guides professional nursing practice
-> nursing code of ethics
-> nursing scope and standards of practice
->> who, what, when, why, and how of nursing
,ANA and Quality Correct Answer - "the degree to which
nursing services for health care consumers, families, groups,
communities, and populations increase the likelihood of
desirable outcomes and are consistent with evolving nursing
knowledge"
- 3 aspects:
-> nursing interventions (service)
-> desirable pt outcomes
-> evidence-based practice consistency (evolving nursing
knowledge) -> are we aligning what we do at the bedside with
the research we are finding and implementing it in the bedside
practice
- research to bedside
- are interventions appropriate for what pit is there for?
- are we getting desired outcomes?
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance Correct Answer
- ethics
- advocacy
- respectful and equitable practice
- communication
- collaboration
- leadership
- education
- scholarly inquiry
- quality of practice
- professional practice evaluation
- resource stewardship
- environmental health
, ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: advocacy
Correct Answer - biggest thing that we do in nursing
- supporting the pt fully
- SDOH -> everyone's culture
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: collaboration
Correct Answer - nursing is a team effort
- group of nurses, support staff, ancillary services (lab, dietary,
etc.)
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: communication
Correct Answer - between pt, other healthcare member, pt's
family
- phone calls, EHR (communicate with other providers)
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: education
Correct Answer - lifelong learner degree
- some hospitals can help cover costs to further education
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: environmental
health Correct Answer - workplace safety -> OSHA (federal
organization that focuses on occupational safety)
-> check offs to use equipment, violence and safety for staff
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: ethics Correct
Answer - values, beliefs, wrongs, and rights
- ethical dilemmas (from own beliefs, learned in nursing school,
and law and regulations to follow)
Additional Interest with Quality Care Correct Answer -
accrediting bodies
-> joint commission
->> concerned with pt safety goals and core measures
-> an accreditation process that determines is the hospital meets
the quality of care it should
After PICOT Correct Answer - Ensure ethical rights of
participants are protected
-> IRB Approval
-> HIPAA
-> Benefits versus risks
-> Informed consent
-> Consideration of vulnerable populations
Agency, Policies, Procedures, and Protocols Correct Answer -
policy -> hard rule; has to be followed and documented
- procedure -> step by step tool for certain task
- protocol -> written plan for performing certain treatment or
plan
ex.) stroke protocol
- should be in line with your state's nurse practice act
American Nurses Association Correct Answer - publishes 2
resources that guides professional nursing practice
-> nursing code of ethics
-> nursing scope and standards of practice
->> who, what, when, why, and how of nursing
,ANA and Quality Correct Answer - "the degree to which
nursing services for health care consumers, families, groups,
communities, and populations increase the likelihood of
desirable outcomes and are consistent with evolving nursing
knowledge"
- 3 aspects:
-> nursing interventions (service)
-> desirable pt outcomes
-> evidence-based practice consistency (evolving nursing
knowledge) -> are we aligning what we do at the bedside with
the research we are finding and implementing it in the bedside
practice
- research to bedside
- are interventions appropriate for what pit is there for?
- are we getting desired outcomes?
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance Correct Answer
- ethics
- advocacy
- respectful and equitable practice
- communication
- collaboration
- leadership
- education
- scholarly inquiry
- quality of practice
- professional practice evaluation
- resource stewardship
- environmental health
, ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: advocacy
Correct Answer - biggest thing that we do in nursing
- supporting the pt fully
- SDOH -> everyone's culture
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: collaboration
Correct Answer - nursing is a team effort
- group of nurses, support staff, ancillary services (lab, dietary,
etc.)
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: communication
Correct Answer - between pt, other healthcare member, pt's
family
- phone calls, EHR (communicate with other providers)
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: education
Correct Answer - lifelong learner degree
- some hospitals can help cover costs to further education
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: environmental
health Correct Answer - workplace safety -> OSHA (federal
organization that focuses on occupational safety)
-> check offs to use equipment, violence and safety for staff
ANA's Standards of Professional Performance: ethics Correct
Answer - values, beliefs, wrongs, and rights
- ethical dilemmas (from own beliefs, learned in nursing school,
and law and regulations to follow)
