You want to get more funding for your hospital's Rapid Response Team. How should you present this issue to the committee?
a. Stress importance of the team (look up evidence about how team affects outcomes)
b. Describe how to improve and expand the team - correct answer a. stress importance of team
What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involved in policy making?
a. attend legislative days at the state capitol
b. join a hospital committee
c. write your local congressman
d. review literature and give more in-services - correct answer b. join a hospital committee
What is the best way for the AGACNP to demonstrate and advocate for full scope of practice?
a. join a hospital committee
b. petition the government
c. bill for independent services
d. start your own practice - correct answer c. bill for independent services
Which of the following is considered a high acuity role for the AGACNP?
a. primary care clinic
b. cardiology office
c. community health department
d. minute clinic - correct answer b. cardiology office
What is the best way to advocate for gay and lesbian population?
a. participate in a high state or national level
b. join a non-profit advocacy group c. consider lobbying the government
d. start at your facility - correct answer d. start at your facility
Answers are worded differently. "decrease bias in healthcare" "create in-servises in healthcare" "obtain funding to increase access"
Which of the following is most important to evaluate statistical significance when reviewing the literature?
a. consider the sample size
b. make sure the confidence interval is tight
c. see if the p-value is less than the alpha-coefficient
d. determine the error rate - correct answer a. consider the sample size
When closing a practice, the NP is required to do all of the following except
a. give the patient adequate time to find another provder
b. keep all of the patient's records for a minimum of five years
c. send a certified letter with a return receipt requested
d. provide names of other providers for future care - correct answer c. send a certified letter with a return receipt requested
Which of the following components of an evidenced based research process is the most important for NP to participate in?
a. specifying methods of data collection
b. formulating the hypothesis
c. carefully reviewing the literature
d. formulating the research problem - correct answer d. formulating the research problem
A former pt of an NP is writing blog posts, sending emails, and distributing false, accusatory statements about the NP's practice. Which of the following forms of defamation is this?
a. libel
b. slander - correct answer a. libel Can you tell the patient's wife, for her protection, that her husband has HIV? - correct answer No, not without his permission
How can the ANCP prepare to get involved in future mass casualty event? - correct answer Pre enroll in disaster volunteer program
An 80 year old male patient with dementia requires long-term care placement. To which funding agency does the patient apply after "spending down" to qualify? - correct answer Medicaid
Your patient is worried about insurance coverage and asks you for advice on Medicaid. You instruct the patient that Medicaid: - correct answer Pays after insurance and 3rd party payers have paid
You are giving a dinner presentation to a group. The pharmaceutical rep calls you the night before and wants you to say that their drug is the only one that workds. What ethical principles does this challenge?
- correct answer Veracity and fidelity
Health literacy - correct answer Average american: 8th grade level
Quality assurance - correct answer A process for evaluating the care of patients using established standards of care to ensure quality
CPI - correct answer Measures structure, processes, and outcomes
A root cause analysis of a crisis situation in the ICU identified a lack of clinician-family communication as the basis for the resulting adverse outcome. As part of the performance improvement plan, the NP is asked to develop evidence-based policies to establish clinician-family communication standards in the unit. These policies should include: - correct answer Guidelines for having discussions with family members that are geared toward establishing treatment goals
Which clinical scenario does the NP evaluate for a quality improvement process change? - correct answer An increased incidence of postoperative sternal wound infections Goals set forth in healthy people 2020 by the US department of Health and Human services include: - correct answer elimination of health disparities (and increased QOL/LOL)
Based on the individual's culture, ethnicity, and personal choices, the NP can optimize the therapeutic partnership with the patient by: - correct answer Tailoring his or her communication style to the patient's
preference
A 70 year old patient with a history of DM, HTN, OAs, and a new diagnosis of CAD, is being discharged. The adult-gerontology acute care NP teaches the patient that the first point of contact for health care needs is the: - correct answer PCP
The NP is asked to provide evidence to the hospital administration about the safety of NP placing central lines. Which resource provides the strongest level of evidence? - correct answer A systematic review (meta analysis)
What legislation allowed NPs to be recognized Medicare providers in all geographical areas with their own provider number? - correct answer Balanced Budget act
True/false: restraining an unwilling patient is grounds for malpractice? - correct answer False, if they are a danger you can restrain
Patient presents to the clinic for routine f/u and passes out. You revive the patient and admit overnight. Which of the following would qualify as incident to billing? - correct answer Temperature and weight recording
The NP program initiated, primarily, because of what issue in healthcare at the time? - correct answer Pediatric physician shortage
Elderly patient takes a turn for the worse. The husband is crying when you enter the room and begins telling you what end-of-life care he prefers. What do you do? - correct answer Ask him to speak candidly with you
Patient calls to complain about bills and states he has Medicare, which should cover all costs. You explain: - correct answer Since you are healthy, exams are not covered