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MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. As the head nurse involved in leading determination of which patient surveillance systems to acquire for your unit, one of your aims is to avoid adverse events through the implementation of appropriate technology. This particular aim recognizes that: a. human error is significant in contributing to adverse events. b. documentation of patient data is often illegible and therefore, misinterpreted. c. data systems provide backup documentation with adverse events that staff ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Sally (RN) and Melissa (RN) have shared an ongoing conflict since the first day that Melissa worked on the unit. Sally has confided to another colleague that she doesn’t even know why the conflict started or what it was about. This is an example of: a. how expectations and objectives need to be made clear in team situations. b. the need to encourage open discussion of disagreements in opinions. c. the importance of involving all staff in discussions in group settings. ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A nurse manager in the ICU works with his staff to develop an appraisal instrument that includes quantitative data and respects standards for an RN working on that unit. This type of appraisal is a: a. rating scale. b. collaboratively based appraisal system. c. narrative instrument. d. behaviorally anchored rating scale. ANS: D Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARSs) describe performance quantitatively and qualitatively. TOP: AONE competency: Business Skill...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Physicians in a small urban hospital are reluctant to discharge older adult patients because many of the patients lack private insurance and the resources to travel distances for follow-up care. The hospital administration pressures the physicians to discharge patients sooner and to be more consistent with the number of hospitalization days specified within the DRGs. Which of the following would most likely prompt the action of administrators? a. The hospital is incurring ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Information that could be conceived as data that has been further contextualized to possess meaning, “data plus meaning”, is: a. data. b. information. c. knowledge. d. wisdom. ANS: B Information is described by Matney et al. (2011) as ―data plus meaning‖. Therefore, information could be conceived as data that has been further contextualized to possess meaning. For instance, the number 110 and 70 are both meaningless data. If the numbers of 110 and 70 are...

Chapter 11: Staffing and Scheduling Chapter 12: Workforce Engagement Through Collective Action and Governance Chapter 13: Solving Problems and Influencing Positive Outcomes Chapter 14: Delegating: Authority, Accountability, and Responsibility in Delegation Decisions Chapter 15: Effecting Change, Large and Small

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Collective action is effective in: a. ensuring that needs of nurses are placed ahead of other disciplines. b. defining nursing as a profession. c. advising patients of the needs of nurses. d. amplifying the influence of individuals. ANS: D Individuals may have limited influence in achieving various purposes such as advancement of quality care or of the profession, whereas collective action helps to define and sustain individuals in achieving the desired purposes. ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Staff members on your unit raise concern that there is rising acuity on the unit and lack of responsiveness in addressing these needs through appropriate staffing. They point to increased incidences of adverse and sentinel events on the unit. To address this concern, your hospital organization would do best to: a. implement a patient-classification system immediately. b. participate in databases that compare the outcomes and staffing levels versus those of similar institu...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. As a nursing leadership student, you have had the opportunity to develop a palliative care manual that will be utilized by the palliative care network (PCN) in your region for teaching healthcare professionals. The PCN has requested that you provide a prioritized plan of action for marketing the manual on a regional and state basis. What is the first priority? a. Motivate the target market. b. Research the target market. c. Communicate benefits to the target group. d. P...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following exemplifies accountability? Karen, the nurse manager on 5E: a. consistently submits her budgets on time. b. gets along well with her staff and with other managers. c. outlines her rationale for reduction of RN coverage on nights to the Nursing Practice Committee after serious patient injury. d. actively solicits ideas regarding scheduling from her staff. ANS: C Reliability, dependability, and obligation to fulfill the roles and responsibilit...