Nurse Executive Practice Test 4 || with Errorless Answers.
A patient has requested not to be intubated based on his increasingly poor health and his previous
experience on a ventilator. After he becomes comatose, his daughter arrives from out of state and
demands that her father be intubated. The physician agrees to intubate in order to resolve the
conflict but decides to have an anesthesia intern do the intubation "for practice." The nurse's first
ethical obligation is to the: correct answers Patient
A professional practice model is differentiated from a model of care delivery by the following:
correct answers Clinical decision-making and interdisciplinary communication are basic
elements of a care delivery model.
An area of technology that is increasing access to health care by allowing providers to treat
patients remotely is: correct answers Telehealth
As a nurse executive, you have been asked to seek approval to open five additional NICU beds.
Occupancy approval is a part of the licensing process and rests with the: correct answers State
government
As the leader of the crisis management team responding to a serious issue regarding
contaminated implants placed in patients during surgery, the nurse executive applies this
essential approach to the main public trust. correct answers Truthful disclosure
Evidence of exemplary professional practice in a Magnet hospital would include: correct answers
Self-scheduling
Federal regulations government the quality of care provided by healthcare facilities are enforced
by: correct answers The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
If a nurse leaves a unit without adequate coverage or before relief arrives and something
untoward happens to a patient: correct answers An abandonment argument can be made.
In healthcare, when the term "customers" is used, it usually refers to clients or patients and their
families. However, a broader definition would be: correct answers Those whom we exist to serve
In the Code of Ethics for Nurses, one of the core ethical principals is: correct answers Autonomy,
Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Justice.
In their classic work on managers and leaders, Bennis and Nanus (1985,1987) asserted that
managers and leaders differ in how they think and act. Leaders focus on purposes, use strategy as
common methodology, and are challenged to "do the right things," while managers: correct
answers Focus on structure and procedures, use schedules as common methodology, and are
challenged to "do things right."
Incident reports are a mechanism for formal reporting of critical events so that organizations can
focus on and improve patient safety. However, nurses and physicians should not reference
, incident reports in notes or orders in the patient record because: correct answers It may alter
protection from discovery and alert the plaintiff's attorney to its existence
It is essential to promote a clear flow of information to improve patient safety. One innovation
that is being widely adopted in healthcare is: correct answers Centralized computerized charting
It is important that communication networks are designed to meet the needs of the situation.
Patient care often requires fast and accurate information to be shared with a large network of care
providers. This most accurately describes which communication network? correct answers All-
channel
Key ethical principles that a nurse executive considers when making ethical decisions include:
correct answers Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.
Much health policy change in the U.S. has been incremental. An incremental approach: correct
answers Is often restricted to familiar policy options related to the status quo with limited
usefulness.
New technology renders many work processes ineffective and costly. In this situation, the work
of the leader is to: correct answers Challenge the status quo and encourage new ideas and better
ways to provide care.
One method of assessing customer needs and expectations uses semi structured, guiding
questions, with a small group of customers. It allows the opportunity for follow-up questions,
determining group consensus, and exploring acceptable solutions. What is this method called?
correct answers Focus groups
One of the professional role functions of the team leader or charge nurse is to communicate with
managers and administrators by: correct answers Alerting the team to patient complaints,
reporting staff resource shortages, and invoking chain of command.
One way that hospitals can increase communication among staff, improve quality, and increase
staff satisfaction by providing nurses with an active role in decision making is through: correct
answers Shared governance
One way that organizations are translating the feedback and unique perspectives of diverse
groups of patients and families into quality improvement efforts is through: correct answers
Advisory boards
Organizational culture can be defined as the following: correct answers The values, beliefs, and
behaviors that are shared by members of the organization.
Organizationally impose structure and systems over which people have no control make up about
85% of the work situation. Recognizing this truth allows a leader to: correct answers Spend time
in activities where it can be most effective.
A patient has requested not to be intubated based on his increasingly poor health and his previous
experience on a ventilator. After he becomes comatose, his daughter arrives from out of state and
demands that her father be intubated. The physician agrees to intubate in order to resolve the
conflict but decides to have an anesthesia intern do the intubation "for practice." The nurse's first
ethical obligation is to the: correct answers Patient
A professional practice model is differentiated from a model of care delivery by the following:
correct answers Clinical decision-making and interdisciplinary communication are basic
elements of a care delivery model.
An area of technology that is increasing access to health care by allowing providers to treat
patients remotely is: correct answers Telehealth
As a nurse executive, you have been asked to seek approval to open five additional NICU beds.
Occupancy approval is a part of the licensing process and rests with the: correct answers State
government
As the leader of the crisis management team responding to a serious issue regarding
contaminated implants placed in patients during surgery, the nurse executive applies this
essential approach to the main public trust. correct answers Truthful disclosure
Evidence of exemplary professional practice in a Magnet hospital would include: correct answers
Self-scheduling
Federal regulations government the quality of care provided by healthcare facilities are enforced
by: correct answers The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
If a nurse leaves a unit without adequate coverage or before relief arrives and something
untoward happens to a patient: correct answers An abandonment argument can be made.
In healthcare, when the term "customers" is used, it usually refers to clients or patients and their
families. However, a broader definition would be: correct answers Those whom we exist to serve
In the Code of Ethics for Nurses, one of the core ethical principals is: correct answers Autonomy,
Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Justice.
In their classic work on managers and leaders, Bennis and Nanus (1985,1987) asserted that
managers and leaders differ in how they think and act. Leaders focus on purposes, use strategy as
common methodology, and are challenged to "do the right things," while managers: correct
answers Focus on structure and procedures, use schedules as common methodology, and are
challenged to "do things right."
Incident reports are a mechanism for formal reporting of critical events so that organizations can
focus on and improve patient safety. However, nurses and physicians should not reference
, incident reports in notes or orders in the patient record because: correct answers It may alter
protection from discovery and alert the plaintiff's attorney to its existence
It is essential to promote a clear flow of information to improve patient safety. One innovation
that is being widely adopted in healthcare is: correct answers Centralized computerized charting
It is important that communication networks are designed to meet the needs of the situation.
Patient care often requires fast and accurate information to be shared with a large network of care
providers. This most accurately describes which communication network? correct answers All-
channel
Key ethical principles that a nurse executive considers when making ethical decisions include:
correct answers Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.
Much health policy change in the U.S. has been incremental. An incremental approach: correct
answers Is often restricted to familiar policy options related to the status quo with limited
usefulness.
New technology renders many work processes ineffective and costly. In this situation, the work
of the leader is to: correct answers Challenge the status quo and encourage new ideas and better
ways to provide care.
One method of assessing customer needs and expectations uses semi structured, guiding
questions, with a small group of customers. It allows the opportunity for follow-up questions,
determining group consensus, and exploring acceptable solutions. What is this method called?
correct answers Focus groups
One of the professional role functions of the team leader or charge nurse is to communicate with
managers and administrators by: correct answers Alerting the team to patient complaints,
reporting staff resource shortages, and invoking chain of command.
One way that hospitals can increase communication among staff, improve quality, and increase
staff satisfaction by providing nurses with an active role in decision making is through: correct
answers Shared governance
One way that organizations are translating the feedback and unique perspectives of diverse
groups of patients and families into quality improvement efforts is through: correct answers
Advisory boards
Organizational culture can be defined as the following: correct answers The values, beliefs, and
behaviors that are shared by members of the organization.
Organizationally impose structure and systems over which people have no control make up about
85% of the work situation. Recognizing this truth allows a leader to: correct answers Spend time
in activities where it can be most effective.
