NURSE EXECUTIVE COMPETENCIES
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
DIVERSITY - Answer-1. Establish an environment that values diversity (e.g. age,
gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture)
2. Establish cultural competency in the workforce
3. Incorporate cultural beliefs into care delivery
4. Provide an environment conducive to opinion sharing, exploration of ideas and
achievement of outcomes
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT - Answer-1. Represent the organization to non-health
care constituents within the community
2. Serve as a resource to community and business leaders regarding nursing and
health care
3. Represent the community perspective in the decision-making process within the
organization/system
4. Represent nursing to the media
5. Serve on community-based boards, advisory groups, and task forces
MEDICAL/STAFF RELATIONSHIPS - Answer-1. Build credibility with physicians as a
champion for patient care, quality and the professional practice of nursing
2. Confront and address inappropriate or disruptive behavior towards patients
and staff
3. Represent nursing at medical executive committee and other department/medical
staff committees
4. Collaborate with medical staff leaders and other disciplines in determining needed
patient care service lines
5. Collaborate with physicians and other disciplines to develop patient care protocols,
policies and procedures
6. Collaborate to determine patient care equipment and facility needs
7. Use medical staff mechanisms to address physician clinical performance issues
8. Address and model appropriate conflict resolution
9. Create opportunities for physicians and nurses to engage in professional dialogue
ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIPS - Answer-1. Determine current and future supply and
demand for nurses to meet the care delivery needs
2. Identify educational needs of existing and potential nursing staff
3. Collaborate with nursing programs to provide required resources
4. Collaborate with nursing programs in evaluating quality of graduating clinicians and
develop mechanisms to enhance this quality
5. Serve on academic advisory councils
6. Collaborate in nursing research and translate
, evidence into practice
7. Collaborate to investigate care delivery models across the continuum
8. Create academic partnerships to ensure a qualified workforce for the future
KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEALTH
CARE ENVIRONMENT - Answer-1. CLINICAL PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE
2.DELIVERY MODELS / WORK DESIGN
3.HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS AND POLICY
4.GOVERNANCE
5.EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE/OUTCOME
MEASUREMENT AND RESEARCH
6.PATIENT SAFETY
7.PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT/METRICS
8. RISK MANAGEMENT
CLINICAL PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE - Answer-1.Demonstrate knowledge of current
nursing practice and the roles and functions of patient care team members
2.Communicate patient care standards as established by accreditation, regulatory and
quality agencies
3.Ensure compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act, State Board of Nursing
regulations, state and federal regulatory agency standards, federal labor standards and
policies of the organization
4.Adhere to professional association standards of nursing practice
5.Ensure that written organizational clinical policies and procedures are reviewed and
updated in accordance with evidence-based practice
6.Integrate bioethical and legal dimensions into clinical and management decision-
making
7.Ensure protection of human subject rights and safety in clinical research
DELIVERY MODELS / WORK DESIGN - Answer-1.Demonstrate current knowledge of
patient care delivery systems across the continuum
2.Describe various delivery systems and age-appropriate patient care models and the
advantages/disadvantages of each
3.Assess the effectiveness of delivery models
4.Develop new delivery models
5.Participate in the design of facilities
HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS AND POLICY - Answer-1.Understand regulation and
payment issues that affect an organization's finances
2.Describe individual organization's payer mix, CMI and benchmark database
3.Align care delivery models and staff performance with key safety and economic
drivers (e.g., value-based purchasing, bundled payment)
4.Take action when opportunities exist to adjust operations to respond effectively to
environmental changes in economic elements
5.Use knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations that affect the provision of
patient care (e.g., tort reform, malpractice/ negligence, reimbursement)
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
DIVERSITY - Answer-1. Establish an environment that values diversity (e.g. age,
gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture)
2. Establish cultural competency in the workforce
3. Incorporate cultural beliefs into care delivery
4. Provide an environment conducive to opinion sharing, exploration of ideas and
achievement of outcomes
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT - Answer-1. Represent the organization to non-health
care constituents within the community
2. Serve as a resource to community and business leaders regarding nursing and
health care
3. Represent the community perspective in the decision-making process within the
organization/system
4. Represent nursing to the media
5. Serve on community-based boards, advisory groups, and task forces
MEDICAL/STAFF RELATIONSHIPS - Answer-1. Build credibility with physicians as a
champion for patient care, quality and the professional practice of nursing
2. Confront and address inappropriate or disruptive behavior towards patients
and staff
3. Represent nursing at medical executive committee and other department/medical
staff committees
4. Collaborate with medical staff leaders and other disciplines in determining needed
patient care service lines
5. Collaborate with physicians and other disciplines to develop patient care protocols,
policies and procedures
6. Collaborate to determine patient care equipment and facility needs
7. Use medical staff mechanisms to address physician clinical performance issues
8. Address and model appropriate conflict resolution
9. Create opportunities for physicians and nurses to engage in professional dialogue
ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIPS - Answer-1. Determine current and future supply and
demand for nurses to meet the care delivery needs
2. Identify educational needs of existing and potential nursing staff
3. Collaborate with nursing programs to provide required resources
4. Collaborate with nursing programs in evaluating quality of graduating clinicians and
develop mechanisms to enhance this quality
5. Serve on academic advisory councils
6. Collaborate in nursing research and translate
, evidence into practice
7. Collaborate to investigate care delivery models across the continuum
8. Create academic partnerships to ensure a qualified workforce for the future
KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEALTH
CARE ENVIRONMENT - Answer-1. CLINICAL PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE
2.DELIVERY MODELS / WORK DESIGN
3.HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS AND POLICY
4.GOVERNANCE
5.EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE/OUTCOME
MEASUREMENT AND RESEARCH
6.PATIENT SAFETY
7.PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT/METRICS
8. RISK MANAGEMENT
CLINICAL PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE - Answer-1.Demonstrate knowledge of current
nursing practice and the roles and functions of patient care team members
2.Communicate patient care standards as established by accreditation, regulatory and
quality agencies
3.Ensure compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act, State Board of Nursing
regulations, state and federal regulatory agency standards, federal labor standards and
policies of the organization
4.Adhere to professional association standards of nursing practice
5.Ensure that written organizational clinical policies and procedures are reviewed and
updated in accordance with evidence-based practice
6.Integrate bioethical and legal dimensions into clinical and management decision-
making
7.Ensure protection of human subject rights and safety in clinical research
DELIVERY MODELS / WORK DESIGN - Answer-1.Demonstrate current knowledge of
patient care delivery systems across the continuum
2.Describe various delivery systems and age-appropriate patient care models and the
advantages/disadvantages of each
3.Assess the effectiveness of delivery models
4.Develop new delivery models
5.Participate in the design of facilities
HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS AND POLICY - Answer-1.Understand regulation and
payment issues that affect an organization's finances
2.Describe individual organization's payer mix, CMI and benchmark database
3.Align care delivery models and staff performance with key safety and economic
drivers (e.g., value-based purchasing, bundled payment)
4.Take action when opportunities exist to adjust operations to respond effectively to
environmental changes in economic elements
5.Use knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations that affect the provision of
patient care (e.g., tort reform, malpractice/ negligence, reimbursement)
