The Concept of Managing Care and Exemplars

1. The nurse manager is preparing to create tools to measure the performance of the emergency department staff when responding to cardiac emergencies. Which function is the nurse manager carrying out? ● Planning ● Organizing ●Co ntrolling ● Directing 2. The registered nurse (RN) has asked a licensed practical nurse (LPN) to complete a dressing change for one of the RN's assigned patients. Which is the responsibility of the delegate after the RN explains how to do the dressing change? ●C ommunicating understanding of the dressing change ● Informing the patient when performing the task that it is being done on behalf ● Reviewing provider orders to make sure that the dressing change has been prescribed ● Ensuring that the nurse will be in the room during the dressing change to supervise the process 3. The nurse is reviewing dietary limitations with a patient, when the patient states that they will not follow the recommendations. How should the nurse initially address this situation using a patient-focused approach? ● I nform the patient of the risks associated with not following dietary restrictions ● Acknowledge the patient’s comments and inform the healthcare provider ● Enlist the help of the patient’s family to help persuade the patient to follow the dietary restrictions ● Inform the patient that, if they are noncompliant, they will immediately be discharged 4. An elderly adult patient with diabetes, obesity, and peripheral vascular disease has been admitted for a left below-the-knee amputation. Which service should the nurse initiate to best meet the needs of this patient as they transition in and out of the hospital setting? ●C ase management ● Primary nursing ● Managed Care ● Long-Term care 5. The nurse leader is trying to identify the why, where, when, how, and by whom during unit budget development. Which management function is the nurse