LEADERSHIP NUR 4590 CORE MAIN QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Nursing data need to include which of the following domains?
a. Fiduciary data
b. Outcome data
c. Client data
d. Tertiary data - ✔✔c. Client data
✔✔_____ was recognized by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as a nursing
specialty in 1992 and is one of the fastest growing practice areas in health care.
a. Nurse anesthesia
b. Nursing informatics
c. Nurse-midwifery
d. Clinical nurse specialist - ✔✔b. Nursing informatics
✔✔The implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) could enhance patient care
by facilitating:
a. communication across the health care continuum.
b. diabetes mellitus education and ongoing care delivery.
c. one-on-one counseling between the provider and the client.
d. physical and occupational therapy dispensing errors. - ✔✔a. communication across
the health care continuum.
✔✔The first person to analyze patient outcomes associated with nursing care delivery
was:
a. Clara Barton.
b. Dorothea Dix.
c. Florence Nightingale.
, d. Luther Christman. - ✔✔c. Florence Nightingale.
✔✔The Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) was designed to:
a. determine differences in care delivery between the holder of an associate degree in
nursing and a bachelor's of science in nursing.
b. evaluate the nursing language of NANDA, Nursing Interventions Classification, and
Nursing Outcomes Classification.
c. provide data for leaders to make decisions about staffing patterns.
d. standardize the collection of nursing data across populations. - ✔✔d. standardize the
collection of nursing data across populations.
✔✔Nursing outcome databases are critical because nurses must be able to:
a. assess the differences between an associate degree in nursing and a bachelor's of
science degree in nursing.
b. compare interventional care strategies between physicians.
c. evaluate nurse's aide- and licensed practical/vocational nurse-sensitive outcomes.
d. measure how nurses influence patient outcomes. - ✔✔d. measure how nurses
influence patient outcomes.
✔✔The collection of data to measure performance is required by:
a. the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
b. the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
c. The Joint Commission (TJC).
d. Health Information Technology - ✔✔c. The Joint Commission (TJC).
✔✔The data analysts within a health care organization pull core measure data from
patient records on a quarterly basis. This data is then analyzed and collated into a
report that is uploaded to TJC for analysis of adherence to core measure requirements.
This is an example of:
a. health information exchange (HIE).
b. effectiveness research.
c. health information management.
d. management information systems. - ✔✔a. health information exchange (HIE).
✔✔The formal process of using patient data for providing evidence for the design of
care protocols is termed:
a. evidence-based practice.
b. practice-based evidence.
c. data analysis.
d. effectiveness research. - ✔✔b. practice-based evidence.
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Nursing data need to include which of the following domains?
a. Fiduciary data
b. Outcome data
c. Client data
d. Tertiary data - ✔✔c. Client data
✔✔_____ was recognized by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as a nursing
specialty in 1992 and is one of the fastest growing practice areas in health care.
a. Nurse anesthesia
b. Nursing informatics
c. Nurse-midwifery
d. Clinical nurse specialist - ✔✔b. Nursing informatics
✔✔The implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) could enhance patient care
by facilitating:
a. communication across the health care continuum.
b. diabetes mellitus education and ongoing care delivery.
c. one-on-one counseling between the provider and the client.
d. physical and occupational therapy dispensing errors. - ✔✔a. communication across
the health care continuum.
✔✔The first person to analyze patient outcomes associated with nursing care delivery
was:
a. Clara Barton.
b. Dorothea Dix.
c. Florence Nightingale.
, d. Luther Christman. - ✔✔c. Florence Nightingale.
✔✔The Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) was designed to:
a. determine differences in care delivery between the holder of an associate degree in
nursing and a bachelor's of science in nursing.
b. evaluate the nursing language of NANDA, Nursing Interventions Classification, and
Nursing Outcomes Classification.
c. provide data for leaders to make decisions about staffing patterns.
d. standardize the collection of nursing data across populations. - ✔✔d. standardize the
collection of nursing data across populations.
✔✔Nursing outcome databases are critical because nurses must be able to:
a. assess the differences between an associate degree in nursing and a bachelor's of
science degree in nursing.
b. compare interventional care strategies between physicians.
c. evaluate nurse's aide- and licensed practical/vocational nurse-sensitive outcomes.
d. measure how nurses influence patient outcomes. - ✔✔d. measure how nurses
influence patient outcomes.
✔✔The collection of data to measure performance is required by:
a. the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
b. the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
c. The Joint Commission (TJC).
d. Health Information Technology - ✔✔c. The Joint Commission (TJC).
✔✔The data analysts within a health care organization pull core measure data from
patient records on a quarterly basis. This data is then analyzed and collated into a
report that is uploaded to TJC for analysis of adherence to core measure requirements.
This is an example of:
a. health information exchange (HIE).
b. effectiveness research.
c. health information management.
d. management information systems. - ✔✔a. health information exchange (HIE).
✔✔The formal process of using patient data for providing evidence for the design of
care protocols is termed:
a. evidence-based practice.
b. practice-based evidence.
c. data analysis.
d. effectiveness research. - ✔✔b. practice-based evidence.
