Potter & Perry Ch. 2 The Health Care
Delivery System Review Questions and All
Correct Answers.
A nurse is presenting information to a management class of nursing students on the topic of
financial reimbursement for achievement of established, measurable patient outcomes. The
nurse is presenting information to the class on which topic?
A) Prospective payment system
B) Pay for performance
C) Capitation payment system
D) Managed care systems - Answer B) Pay for performance
Nurses on a nursing unit are discussing the processes that led up to a near-miss error on the
clinical unit. They are outlining strategies that will prevent this in the future. This is an example
of nurses working on what issue in the health care system?
A) Patient safety
B) Evidence-based practice
C) Patient satisfaction
D) Maintenance of competency - Answer A) Patient safety
The nurses on a medical unit have seen an increase in the number of pressure ulcers that
develop in their patients. They decide to initiate a quality improvement project using the Plan-
Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model. Which of the following is an example of "Do" from that model?
A) Implementing the new skin care protocol on all medicine units.
B) Reviewing the data collected on patients cared for using the protocol.
C) Reviewing the quality improvement reports on the six patients who developed ulcers over
the last 3 months.
D) Based on findings from patients who developed ulcers, implementing an evidence-based skin
care protocol. - Answer D) Based on findings from patients who developed ulcers,
implementing an evidence-based skin care protocol.
, A) Conducting blood pressure screenings for older adults at the Senior Center.
B) Teaching a clinic patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease purse-lipped breathing
techniques.
C) Changing the postoperative dressing for a patient on a medical-surgical unit.
D) Doing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the medical intensive care unit.
- Answer C) Changing the postoperative dressing for a patient on a medical-surgical unit.
D) Doing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the medical intensive care unit.
Which of the following are examples of the nurse participating in primary care activities?
Select all that apply.
A) Providing prenatal teaching on nutrition to a pregnant woman during the first trimester
B) Assessing the nutritional status of older adults who come to the community center for lunch.
C) Working with patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program
D) Providing home wound care to a patient
E) Teaching a class to parents at the local grade school about the importance of immunizations.
- Answer A) Providing prenatal teaching on nutrition to a pregnant woman during the first
trimester
B) Assessing the nutritional status of older adults who come to the community center for lunch.
E) Teaching a class to parents at the local grade school about the importance of immunizations.
A nurse is using data collected from the unit to monitor the incidence of falls after the unit
implemented a new fall protocol. The nurse is working in which area?
A) Quality improvement
B) Health care patient system
C) Nursing informatics
D) Computerized nursing network - Answer A) Quality improvement
A group of staff nurses notice an increased incidence of medication errors on their unit. After
further investigation it is determined that the nurses are not consistently identifying the patient
correctly. A change is needed quickly. What type of quality improvement method would be
most appropriate?
Delivery System Review Questions and All
Correct Answers.
A nurse is presenting information to a management class of nursing students on the topic of
financial reimbursement for achievement of established, measurable patient outcomes. The
nurse is presenting information to the class on which topic?
A) Prospective payment system
B) Pay for performance
C) Capitation payment system
D) Managed care systems - Answer B) Pay for performance
Nurses on a nursing unit are discussing the processes that led up to a near-miss error on the
clinical unit. They are outlining strategies that will prevent this in the future. This is an example
of nurses working on what issue in the health care system?
A) Patient safety
B) Evidence-based practice
C) Patient satisfaction
D) Maintenance of competency - Answer A) Patient safety
The nurses on a medical unit have seen an increase in the number of pressure ulcers that
develop in their patients. They decide to initiate a quality improvement project using the Plan-
Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model. Which of the following is an example of "Do" from that model?
A) Implementing the new skin care protocol on all medicine units.
B) Reviewing the data collected on patients cared for using the protocol.
C) Reviewing the quality improvement reports on the six patients who developed ulcers over
the last 3 months.
D) Based on findings from patients who developed ulcers, implementing an evidence-based skin
care protocol. - Answer D) Based on findings from patients who developed ulcers,
implementing an evidence-based skin care protocol.
, A) Conducting blood pressure screenings for older adults at the Senior Center.
B) Teaching a clinic patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease purse-lipped breathing
techniques.
C) Changing the postoperative dressing for a patient on a medical-surgical unit.
D) Doing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the medical intensive care unit.
- Answer C) Changing the postoperative dressing for a patient on a medical-surgical unit.
D) Doing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the medical intensive care unit.
Which of the following are examples of the nurse participating in primary care activities?
Select all that apply.
A) Providing prenatal teaching on nutrition to a pregnant woman during the first trimester
B) Assessing the nutritional status of older adults who come to the community center for lunch.
C) Working with patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program
D) Providing home wound care to a patient
E) Teaching a class to parents at the local grade school about the importance of immunizations.
- Answer A) Providing prenatal teaching on nutrition to a pregnant woman during the first
trimester
B) Assessing the nutritional status of older adults who come to the community center for lunch.
E) Teaching a class to parents at the local grade school about the importance of immunizations.
A nurse is using data collected from the unit to monitor the incidence of falls after the unit
implemented a new fall protocol. The nurse is working in which area?
A) Quality improvement
B) Health care patient system
C) Nursing informatics
D) Computerized nursing network - Answer A) Quality improvement
A group of staff nurses notice an increased incidence of medication errors on their unit. After
further investigation it is determined that the nurses are not consistently identifying the patient
correctly. A change is needed quickly. What type of quality improvement method would be
most appropriate?
