PROFESSIONAL NURSING CONCEPTS
COMPETENCIES FOR QUALITY
LEADERSHIP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
PREP QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED STUDY RESOURCE
●● How is health policy a influence to health quality
Answer: 1. Ex. Stopped making payments on pressure ulcers bc caused
by nursing negligence
2. Incentive to always admit puts to hospitals to keep beds filled
●● Poor Quality
Answer: Nurses in the hospital noticing high rates of falls
●● Poor Quality and Expensive
Answer: CMS Noticing high rates of expenditures on injuries related to
falls in the hospital.
●● Many organizations not changing practice despite
Answer: Calls from nursing about increased falls.
●● Will not pay for poor care
,Answer: CMS indicated creating policy that indicates there will be no
payment to organizations for injuries a patient sustains from a fall while
under the care of the organization
●● Organizations begin losing money because of poor quality care
delivered.
Answer: 1. Create Policies on how to prevent falls
2. Organizations that are the best at this have nursing developing policy
and quality care programs to prevent falls.
●● Nurses definition of quality health care
Answer: 1. Only good as your educated
2. Using resources appropriately
3. Be aware of insurance and what really is necessary
4. Interventions effective are not
5. I need cont education and be updated on resources
●● Patients' definition of quality health care
Answer: 1. Trust
2. Therapeutic comm
3. I want thet nurse to know what they are doing
4. Assessing for backgrounds and ethnicity
5. Do I feel better
, ●● Components of High-Quality Care
Answer: 1. Access to Care
2. Adequate Scientific Knowledge = lack of implementation
3. Competent Health Care Providers = recertify
4. Want to avoid Negligence (Failure to meet the standard of practice)
5. Separation of Financial and Clinical Decisions
6. Organization of Health Care Institutions to Maximize Quality
●● What is Quality Health Care?
Answer: It is care that assists healthy people to stay healthy, cures acute
illnesses, and allows chronically ill people to live as long and fulfilling a
life as possible.
●● Evaluation of quality
Answer: 1. Overuse
2. Underuse
3. Misuse
●● Overuse
Answer: No communication between health care hospitals = 1 MRI
didn't send them to another hospital so gets another MRI
COMPETENCIES FOR QUALITY
LEADERSHIP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
PREP QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED STUDY RESOURCE
●● How is health policy a influence to health quality
Answer: 1. Ex. Stopped making payments on pressure ulcers bc caused
by nursing negligence
2. Incentive to always admit puts to hospitals to keep beds filled
●● Poor Quality
Answer: Nurses in the hospital noticing high rates of falls
●● Poor Quality and Expensive
Answer: CMS Noticing high rates of expenditures on injuries related to
falls in the hospital.
●● Many organizations not changing practice despite
Answer: Calls from nursing about increased falls.
●● Will not pay for poor care
,Answer: CMS indicated creating policy that indicates there will be no
payment to organizations for injuries a patient sustains from a fall while
under the care of the organization
●● Organizations begin losing money because of poor quality care
delivered.
Answer: 1. Create Policies on how to prevent falls
2. Organizations that are the best at this have nursing developing policy
and quality care programs to prevent falls.
●● Nurses definition of quality health care
Answer: 1. Only good as your educated
2. Using resources appropriately
3. Be aware of insurance and what really is necessary
4. Interventions effective are not
5. I need cont education and be updated on resources
●● Patients' definition of quality health care
Answer: 1. Trust
2. Therapeutic comm
3. I want thet nurse to know what they are doing
4. Assessing for backgrounds and ethnicity
5. Do I feel better
, ●● Components of High-Quality Care
Answer: 1. Access to Care
2. Adequate Scientific Knowledge = lack of implementation
3. Competent Health Care Providers = recertify
4. Want to avoid Negligence (Failure to meet the standard of practice)
5. Separation of Financial and Clinical Decisions
6. Organization of Health Care Institutions to Maximize Quality
●● What is Quality Health Care?
Answer: It is care that assists healthy people to stay healthy, cures acute
illnesses, and allows chronically ill people to live as long and fulfilling a
life as possible.
●● Evaluation of quality
Answer: 1. Overuse
2. Underuse
3. Misuse
●● Overuse
Answer: No communication between health care hospitals = 1 MRI
didn't send them to another hospital so gets another MRI
