role and scope exam complete
questions and answers | verified
Identify the primary purpose for the development of the Quality and Safety Education for
Nurses
(QSEN) project. CORRECT ANSWERS focus nursing education on competencies to
reduce the number of medical errors
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has recommended the following: (Select all that
apply). CORRECT ANSWERS a. Nurses should practice to the full extent of their
education and training.
d. An improved education system should promote seamless academic progression.
e. Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and
information infrastructure.
ANS: A, D, E
The IOM and the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing developed key
recommendations, which include the following: Nurses should practice to the full extent
of their education and training; nurses should achieve higher levels of education and
training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic
progression; nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health care
professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States; and effective workforce
planning and policy making require better data collection and information infrastructure.
Identify the health-care area in which the use of computers has improved the efficiency
of care. CORRECT ANSWERS a. documentation
Identify what a new graduate nurse who is having unresolved role conflicts may
experience. CORRECT ANSWERS high levels of anxiety
Which element(s) is (are) a QSEN competency? CORRECT ANSWERS quality
improvement
teamwork and collaboration
Informatics
What are rules of conduct that protect the community and society overall? CORRECT
ANSWERS laws
What may cause some people to make responses that seem inappropriate or over
emotional? CORRECT ANSWERS the lack of an opportunity to develop coping skills
, Which is a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
requirement for client education? CORRECT ANSWERS nursing staff must provide and
document client education
What is an important role that the nursing process fulfills in professional nursing?
CORRECT ANSWERS forming the ethical basis for nursing practice
Identify the most appropriate political activities for nurses at the state level. CORRECT
ANSWERS suggest legislation and seek sponsors
Statistically, which factor is most likely to increase a client's motivation to learn?
CORRECT ANSWERS the presence of the client's significant other during teaching
session
Identify the most important element in nursing's attempt to gain full autonomy of
practice. CORRECT ANSWERS Gaining and maintaining control of nursing practice by
nurses
After assessing an older adult client in long-term care who has been slowly deteriorating
for
weeks, the nurse manager calls the family and asks them to come in, as the client is
dying.
What are the nurse manager's decision and actions based on? CORRECT ANSWERS
Experience
Which step of the nursing process identifies the success or failure of the plan of care
developed
by a nurse? CORRECT ANSWERS evaluation
What is a recommended method for nurses to prepare for future professional practice?
CORRECT ANSWERS understand and explore issues involved in professionalism as
nurses
The nurse manager decides to involve those to be affected by change early in the
change management process. What can positively result in? CORRECT ANSWERS
conflict
The oxygen saturation for a client with acute infective bronchitis drops to 84%, and the
client develops severe dyspnea. There is a standing order for a handheld nebulizer
(HHN) treatment PRN for shortness of breath. The respiratory therapy department is
designated to give all respiratory treatments in the facility. When the nurse calls the
respiratory therapist, he states that he has several more treatments to give but he
should be there in 10 or 15 minutes. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate at
this time? CORRECT ANSWERS do not wait for the respiratory therapist, give the HHN
treatment himself or herself
questions and answers | verified
Identify the primary purpose for the development of the Quality and Safety Education for
Nurses
(QSEN) project. CORRECT ANSWERS focus nursing education on competencies to
reduce the number of medical errors
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has recommended the following: (Select all that
apply). CORRECT ANSWERS a. Nurses should practice to the full extent of their
education and training.
d. An improved education system should promote seamless academic progression.
e. Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and
information infrastructure.
ANS: A, D, E
The IOM and the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing developed key
recommendations, which include the following: Nurses should practice to the full extent
of their education and training; nurses should achieve higher levels of education and
training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic
progression; nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health care
professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States; and effective workforce
planning and policy making require better data collection and information infrastructure.
Identify the health-care area in which the use of computers has improved the efficiency
of care. CORRECT ANSWERS a. documentation
Identify what a new graduate nurse who is having unresolved role conflicts may
experience. CORRECT ANSWERS high levels of anxiety
Which element(s) is (are) a QSEN competency? CORRECT ANSWERS quality
improvement
teamwork and collaboration
Informatics
What are rules of conduct that protect the community and society overall? CORRECT
ANSWERS laws
What may cause some people to make responses that seem inappropriate or over
emotional? CORRECT ANSWERS the lack of an opportunity to develop coping skills
, Which is a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
requirement for client education? CORRECT ANSWERS nursing staff must provide and
document client education
What is an important role that the nursing process fulfills in professional nursing?
CORRECT ANSWERS forming the ethical basis for nursing practice
Identify the most appropriate political activities for nurses at the state level. CORRECT
ANSWERS suggest legislation and seek sponsors
Statistically, which factor is most likely to increase a client's motivation to learn?
CORRECT ANSWERS the presence of the client's significant other during teaching
session
Identify the most important element in nursing's attempt to gain full autonomy of
practice. CORRECT ANSWERS Gaining and maintaining control of nursing practice by
nurses
After assessing an older adult client in long-term care who has been slowly deteriorating
for
weeks, the nurse manager calls the family and asks them to come in, as the client is
dying.
What are the nurse manager's decision and actions based on? CORRECT ANSWERS
Experience
Which step of the nursing process identifies the success or failure of the plan of care
developed
by a nurse? CORRECT ANSWERS evaluation
What is a recommended method for nurses to prepare for future professional practice?
CORRECT ANSWERS understand and explore issues involved in professionalism as
nurses
The nurse manager decides to involve those to be affected by change early in the
change management process. What can positively result in? CORRECT ANSWERS
conflict
The oxygen saturation for a client with acute infective bronchitis drops to 84%, and the
client develops severe dyspnea. There is a standing order for a handheld nebulizer
(HHN) treatment PRN for shortness of breath. The respiratory therapy department is
designated to give all respiratory treatments in the facility. When the nurse calls the
respiratory therapist, he states that he has several more treatments to give but he
should be there in 10 or 15 minutes. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate at
this time? CORRECT ANSWERS do not wait for the respiratory therapist, give the HHN
treatment himself or herself
