Leadership Exam II Questions With Complete Solutions
_____ and _____ are similar strategies that support the work of
the coordinator of care to reduce expensive variations in care.
Correct Answers clinical pathways and disease-management
protocals
_____ is another type of insurance plan designed to meet the
goals of managed care. To avoid out-of-pocket expenses,
members must use physicians who have agreed to proved
services at a lower price to the insurer. However, members may
use an out of network provider without referrel if they are
willing to pay more for that service. Correct Answers PPO
(Preferred provider organization)
_____ programs are a form of case management that is
beginning to be widely used to coordinate patient care. Correct
Answers nurse navigator programs
____, also known as care maps, are multidisciplinary plans of
"best" clinical practice for groups of patients with a specific
medical diagnosis. Correct Answers Clinical pathways.
A charge nurse provides directions for patient care to a nursing
assistant who has floated from another unit for the shift. The
charge nurse gives the assistant patients for whom to do a list of
tasks and parameters for reporting specific items to the assigned
registered nurse. Which other action by the charge nurse is
important? Correct Answers Ask if the directions are clear and
understood.
,A key distinction between RNs and LPNs is related to the first
step of the nursing process: _____. Correct Answers assessment
A nurse from the quality improvement team makes an
appointment with a unit manager to discuss a quality indicator.
What does the manager understand will be discussed at this
meeting? Correct Answers An item of concern noticed due to a
nursing practice problem on the unit
A nurse is caring for four patients. Which would the nurse refer
to case management?
A. 24 years old; long leg cast and crutches after femur fracture
B. 52 years old; recovering from coronary artery bypass graft
C.68 years old; post stroke, needs total care and tube feedings
D.76 years old; receiving chemotherapy and wound care at
home Correct Answers D.76 years old; receiving chemotherapy
and wound care at home
A nurse is reading a research study and is interested in the
PICOT question. What does this nurse understand the elements
of PICOT to include? (Select all that apply.)
A. Comparison
B. Interest
C. Intervention
D. Outcome
E. Population Correct Answers A,C,D,E
A nurse looking for a job wants a workplace in which the nurse
has 24-hour responsibility for patient care for a specific group of
patients and wants to develop meaningful relationships with
, patients and families. Which nursing pattern of nursing care
should this nurse look for? Correct Answers Primary nursing
A nurse on the unit Research Council is looking for articles to
support a change in practice. Which reference(s) would provide
the highest level of evidence for this change? Correct Answers
One well-designed randomized controlled trial
A nurse wants to work in a setting in which it is possible to have
a dramatic impact on the cost of health care. What type of
setting would this nurse probably choose to work in? Correct
Answers Chronic disease clinic
A nursing faculty member wants to obtain federal funding for a
proposed research study. Which organization should the faculty
apply to first? Correct Answers National Institute of Nursing
Research (NINR)
A nursing manager has asked all staff to submit ideas for the
upcoming year's capital budget. Which item will the staff nurse
suggest?
A. a second medication-dispensing machine
B. Extra linen supplies, especially blankets
C. Two more RN positions
D. new rolling automated blood pressure cuffs Correct Answers
A. a second medication-dispensing machine
A nursing manager wants to control costs in the unit's operating
budget more closely. Which action by the manager is best?
A. Plan to pay for major purchases over 2 years.
B. Purchase a dispensing machine for supplies.
_____ and _____ are similar strategies that support the work of
the coordinator of care to reduce expensive variations in care.
Correct Answers clinical pathways and disease-management
protocals
_____ is another type of insurance plan designed to meet the
goals of managed care. To avoid out-of-pocket expenses,
members must use physicians who have agreed to proved
services at a lower price to the insurer. However, members may
use an out of network provider without referrel if they are
willing to pay more for that service. Correct Answers PPO
(Preferred provider organization)
_____ programs are a form of case management that is
beginning to be widely used to coordinate patient care. Correct
Answers nurse navigator programs
____, also known as care maps, are multidisciplinary plans of
"best" clinical practice for groups of patients with a specific
medical diagnosis. Correct Answers Clinical pathways.
A charge nurse provides directions for patient care to a nursing
assistant who has floated from another unit for the shift. The
charge nurse gives the assistant patients for whom to do a list of
tasks and parameters for reporting specific items to the assigned
registered nurse. Which other action by the charge nurse is
important? Correct Answers Ask if the directions are clear and
understood.
,A key distinction between RNs and LPNs is related to the first
step of the nursing process: _____. Correct Answers assessment
A nurse from the quality improvement team makes an
appointment with a unit manager to discuss a quality indicator.
What does the manager understand will be discussed at this
meeting? Correct Answers An item of concern noticed due to a
nursing practice problem on the unit
A nurse is caring for four patients. Which would the nurse refer
to case management?
A. 24 years old; long leg cast and crutches after femur fracture
B. 52 years old; recovering from coronary artery bypass graft
C.68 years old; post stroke, needs total care and tube feedings
D.76 years old; receiving chemotherapy and wound care at
home Correct Answers D.76 years old; receiving chemotherapy
and wound care at home
A nurse is reading a research study and is interested in the
PICOT question. What does this nurse understand the elements
of PICOT to include? (Select all that apply.)
A. Comparison
B. Interest
C. Intervention
D. Outcome
E. Population Correct Answers A,C,D,E
A nurse looking for a job wants a workplace in which the nurse
has 24-hour responsibility for patient care for a specific group of
patients and wants to develop meaningful relationships with
, patients and families. Which nursing pattern of nursing care
should this nurse look for? Correct Answers Primary nursing
A nurse on the unit Research Council is looking for articles to
support a change in practice. Which reference(s) would provide
the highest level of evidence for this change? Correct Answers
One well-designed randomized controlled trial
A nurse wants to work in a setting in which it is possible to have
a dramatic impact on the cost of health care. What type of
setting would this nurse probably choose to work in? Correct
Answers Chronic disease clinic
A nursing faculty member wants to obtain federal funding for a
proposed research study. Which organization should the faculty
apply to first? Correct Answers National Institute of Nursing
Research (NINR)
A nursing manager has asked all staff to submit ideas for the
upcoming year's capital budget. Which item will the staff nurse
suggest?
A. a second medication-dispensing machine
B. Extra linen supplies, especially blankets
C. Two more RN positions
D. new rolling automated blood pressure cuffs Correct Answers
A. a second medication-dispensing machine
A nursing manager wants to control costs in the unit's operating
budget more closely. Which action by the manager is best?
A. Plan to pay for major purchases over 2 years.
B. Purchase a dispensing machine for supplies.
