Leading and Managing in Nursing sixth edition test bank 2 questions and correct answers

Management - ANSWERS The activities needed to plan, organize, motivate, and control the human and material resources needed to achieve outcomes consistent with the organization's mission and purpose. Followership - ANSWERS Those with whom a leader interacts; involves assertive use of personal behaviors in contributing toward organizational outcomes while still acquiescing certain tasks to the leader or other team members. Leadership - ANSWERS The use of personal traits to constructively and ethically influence patients, families, and staff through a process in which clinical and organizational outcomes are achieved through collective efforts Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) - ANSWERS Legislation aimed at increasing access to uninsured Americans to quality, affordable care while reducing costs of unnecessary services. The PPACA was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court in 2012 Institute of Medicine (IOM) - ANSWERS An organization that works outside of the federal government to provide independent, scientific advice. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - ANSWERS The primary federal agency devoted to improving quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care. Magnet Recognition Program - ANSWERS The only national designation built on and evolving through nursing research that is designed to recognize nursing excellence of healthcare organizations through a self-nominating, appraisal process. The Joint Commission - ANSWERS An organization that accredits healthcare organizations and is deemed by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as holding healthcare facilities to CMS standards. Mentor - ANSWERS An experienced person who helps a less experienced person navigate into expertise. Transformational Leadership - ANSWERS An act of encouraging followers to follow the leader's style and change their interests into a group interest with concern for a broader goal Case Management - ANSWERS A person-oriented service that reflects multidisciplinary cooperation and coordination. Organizational Culture - ANSWERS The attitudes, behaviors, and policies evident in an organization that create the ambiance and operation of the workplace. Quantum Theory - ANSWERS A physics theory stating that energy is not a smooth flowing continuum but, rather, bursts of energy that are related. Emancipated Minor - ANSWERS Person younger than adulthood who is no longer under the control and regulation of parents and who may give valid consent for medical procedures; examples include married teens, underage parents, and teens in the armed services. Moral Distress - ANSWERS A type of distress that occurs when faced with situations in which two ethical principles compete, such as when the nurse is balancing the patient's autonomy issues with attempting to do what the nurse knows is in the patient's best interest. Moral distress may occur also when the nurse manager is balancing a staff nurse's autonomy with what the nurse manager perceives to be a better solution to an ethical dilemma. Statute - ANSWERS Rule/regulation created by elected legislative bodies; also known as statutory law. Decision Making - ANSWERS Purposeful and goal-directed effort using a systematic process to choose among options. Problem Solving - ANSWERS Using a systematic process to solve a problem. Accountable Care Organization - ANSWERS Groups of providers and healthcare organizations that agree to work together to provide coordinated high quality care to patients who receive Medicare Managed Care - ANSWERS Care purchased through a public or private healthcare organization whose goal is to promote quality healthcare outcomes for patients at the lowest cost possible through planning, directing, and coordinating care delivered by healthcare organizations that it may own, have contractual agreements with, or have authority over by virtue of the fact that it reimburses the organization for services provided its patients. This model rewards providers for low utilization of care that is relatively low in cost; also, a system of care in which a designated person determines the services the patient uses. Public Institution - ANSWERS Providing health services under the support and direction of local, state, or federal government.