AMBULATORY CARE NURSE CERTIFICATION
FINAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
● Organizational roles include - Policies and procedures
● Professional roles include - Evidence-based practice
● Clinical roles include - Assessment and critical thinking
● Social workers - Provide PSYCHOSOCIAL assessments, ongoing
counseling & tx
Serve as a consultant to the team
● Dietician - Nutritional screen/assessments
● Definition of Case Management - The collaborative process that
assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates
options & services to meet an individual's needs
● 5 Rights of delegation - Right Task
,Right Circumstance
Right Person
Right Directions/communication
Right supervision & evaluation
● If a task is not w/in the scope of nursing practice, it cannot be delgated
- No
● Definition of Staffing Ratio - Ratio of nurses or nursing personal to
providers
● Airborne dz - Chicken Pox
Measles
TB
Influenza
Sars
● Definition of Disinfection - Process that destroys many or all
pathogenic microorganisms (EXCEPT bacteria/spores), or inanimate
objects usually by use of liquid chemical or wet pasteurization
● Vs Sterilization - Eliminates all microbial life
,● "Critical Items" - Enters Sterile Tissue
Must be sterilized
● Semi-critical items - HIgh-level disinfection
Items that contact mucous membranes or non-intact skin
Ex. Respiratory/anesthesia equipment, endoscopes, laryngoscopes
blades, cystoscope, esophageal/anorectal, diaphragms
● Non-critical items - Must be cleaned/decontaminated
Items that contact intact skin, but NOT mucous membranes
BP cuffs/environmental items
● Total Costs of running an ambulatory practice has 3 Categories - Fixed
Variable
Mixed Costs
● Definition of Net Income - Revenue, less expense, after all expenses
are paid
*needs to be determines for funding new projects
● Definition of Service Unit - Basic measure of a product or service
being provided by an organization
, ● Example of Service Unit - Individual pt encounter (Office visit, NV,
Procedures)
● Definition of Direct Cost - Costs of resources for providing a specific
service directly r/t the delivery of patient care
● Example of Direct Cost - Nursing Salaries
Supplies
Medications
● Definition of Indirect Costs - Costs within a service unit that are not
incurred for direct pt care
● Example of Indirect Costs - Clerical support staff
Rent
Laundry
Housekeeping
Utilities
● Definition of Revenue - Total amount of income received or that is
entitles to be received based on services rendered
FINAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
● Organizational roles include - Policies and procedures
● Professional roles include - Evidence-based practice
● Clinical roles include - Assessment and critical thinking
● Social workers - Provide PSYCHOSOCIAL assessments, ongoing
counseling & tx
Serve as a consultant to the team
● Dietician - Nutritional screen/assessments
● Definition of Case Management - The collaborative process that
assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates
options & services to meet an individual's needs
● 5 Rights of delegation - Right Task
,Right Circumstance
Right Person
Right Directions/communication
Right supervision & evaluation
● If a task is not w/in the scope of nursing practice, it cannot be delgated
- No
● Definition of Staffing Ratio - Ratio of nurses or nursing personal to
providers
● Airborne dz - Chicken Pox
Measles
TB
Influenza
Sars
● Definition of Disinfection - Process that destroys many or all
pathogenic microorganisms (EXCEPT bacteria/spores), or inanimate
objects usually by use of liquid chemical or wet pasteurization
● Vs Sterilization - Eliminates all microbial life
,● "Critical Items" - Enters Sterile Tissue
Must be sterilized
● Semi-critical items - HIgh-level disinfection
Items that contact mucous membranes or non-intact skin
Ex. Respiratory/anesthesia equipment, endoscopes, laryngoscopes
blades, cystoscope, esophageal/anorectal, diaphragms
● Non-critical items - Must be cleaned/decontaminated
Items that contact intact skin, but NOT mucous membranes
BP cuffs/environmental items
● Total Costs of running an ambulatory practice has 3 Categories - Fixed
Variable
Mixed Costs
● Definition of Net Income - Revenue, less expense, after all expenses
are paid
*needs to be determines for funding new projects
● Definition of Service Unit - Basic measure of a product or service
being provided by an organization
, ● Example of Service Unit - Individual pt encounter (Office visit, NV,
Procedures)
● Definition of Direct Cost - Costs of resources for providing a specific
service directly r/t the delivery of patient care
● Example of Direct Cost - Nursing Salaries
Supplies
Medications
● Definition of Indirect Costs - Costs within a service unit that are not
incurred for direct pt care
● Example of Indirect Costs - Clerical support staff
Rent
Laundry
Housekeeping
Utilities
● Definition of Revenue - Total amount of income received or that is
entitles to be received based on services rendered
