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1.Functional Nursing - ANSWER Nurses & staff assigned to groups of tasks
Pro: Cost effective
Con: Fragmented care
2. Team Nursing - ANSWER RN, LPN, NA assigned to group of pts
Pros: Quality, team input
Cons: Lack of continuity, requires strong leadership
3. Leaders/Managers need 3 skill sets - ANSWER Technical skills (includes
knowledge & hands-on)
People skills
Conceptual skills
4. Levels of Nursing Management - ANSWER First Level
Middle Management
Upper Level
Responsibility/authority ↑ with levels
Accountability on all levels
5. At the staff nurse level of management - ANSWER a considerable amount of
technical skill and clinical expertise is needed
,6. more advanced conceptual skills are needed - ANSWER As one advances from
lower levels to higher levels in the organization
7. Total Patient Care - ANSWER RN assumes total care for group of pts/shift
Pros: Holistic, continuity during the assigned shift
Cons: Cost, shift-based focus; lacks long-term continuity
8. Primary Nursing - ANSWER RN assumes 24 hr care for group of pts during the
length of stay
Pros: 1:1 care, autonomy, improved collaboration
Cons: Cost? And requires strong working relationships with associate nurses
9. Case Management - ANSWER RN responsible for quality & pt outcomes
Admit to discharge
10. Patient-Centered Care - ANSWER Core nursing value
Interdisciplinary team w/assistive personnel functioning as a unit-based team to
meet pts' needs
11. Collaborative Practice Model - ANSWER Nurse & physician work together
12.Purpose of NPA - ANSWER Protect health & safety of citizens
Protect title of Nurse
,13. The Nurse Practice Act
and Scope of Practice - ANSWER Definition of the term "nurse" -
RN/LPN/LVN/APRN
Description of professional nursing functions
Standards of competent performance
Behaviors considered to be misconduct or prohibited practices
Grounds for disciplinary action
Fines & penalties Board may levy when NPA violated
14. Other components of NPA - ANSWER Licensure requirements/renewal
Mandatory continuing education
Criminal background checks
Delegation rules
NLC (compact) rules
15. NPAs written & passed by legislators - ANSWER Sunset legislation - must be
reviewed by a specified date
16. Mississippi's Nurse Practice Act - ANSWER Known as Nursing Practice Law
Accompanied by a second document which outlines the rules/regulations of how
the MS BON administers the law - that document is known as the Administrative
Code
17. Obtaining Licensure - ANSWER Application for initial licensure to one state
MS - print application
AL - online only
, Proof of SON program completion (official transcript)
Criminal Background Check
Register & take NCLEX-RN; NCLEX-PN once cleared by state (Authorization To Test -
ATT); currently administered by PearsonVue http://vue.com/nclex/
State verification of license
18. Organizational Management - ANSWER Centralized/ Tall
Decentralized/Flat*
Matrix
19.Organizational Chart - ANSWER Defines lines of communication, authority,
responsibility and supervision
20. Leaders - ANSWER select and assume their role
21. Managers - ANSWER assigned or appointed their role
22. Leadership - ANSWER a way of behaving: the ability to cause others to respond
23. Management - ANSWER a problem-oriented process with managers having to
focus on both the organization and the staff or process they are managing
24. Autocratic - ANSWER My Way or the Highway
25. Democratic - ANSWER Our Way