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Institute of Medicine (IOM) - ANSWER Produced "To Err is Human: Building a
Safer Health System."
Non-governmental, independent, and nonprofit organization that provides
unbiased, expert advice to governmental and private decision-makers, as
well as the public.
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) - ANSWER Addresses patient
safety issues. Addresses the challenge to prepare nurses with the
competencies needed to continuously improve the quality of care in their
work environments.
Six competencies: patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration,
evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics.
American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians -
ANSWER Multidisciplinary professional organization that focuses on those
providers in roles r/t quality assurance and utilization review. Provides a
certification program for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare
professionals.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - ANSWER Primary
federal agency devoted to improving quality, safety, efficiency, and
effectiveness of health care.
TeamSTEPPS - ANSWER Provided by AHRQ. Well-used resource in nursing
,practice. Evidence-based system designed to improve various skills,
especially communication.
National Quality Forum (NQF) - ANSWER Membership-based organization
designed to develop and implement a national strategy for healthcare quality
management and reporting.
The Joint Commission (TJC) - ANSWER Not-for-profit organization that
accredits healthcare organizations. Organization that meets its standards also
meets CMS standards.
Magnet Recognition Program - ANSWER The only national designation built
on and evolving through nursing research that is designed to recognize
nursing excellence of healthcare organizations through a self-nominating,
appraisal process. Looks at 5 components: transformational leadership,
structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, new knowledge,
innovation, and improvements, and empirical quality results.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) - ANSWER Dedicated to rapidly
improving care through a variety of mechanisms including rapid cycle change
projects. Has created numerous clinical practice changes for nursing.
Common core of most projects is patient safety.
James and Susan are new graduates employed in a small community hospital.
They see that practices seem to be very physician driven and that patients
have little input into their care. Families are seen as a nuisance rather than as
partners in potential care provision. What is the best approach James and
Susan might use to improve care in this setting?
a. Do nothing. They are too new to the organization to make change.
b. Report the team members to the chief nursing officer who is unlikely to
,know the lack of details on this unit.
c. Share with their team members what they know about the aims of
providing health care.
d. Share with the physician the recommendations from various IOM reports. -
ANSWER c. Share with their team members what they know about the aims
of providing health care.
Mr. Grandion was admitted to a rehabilitation center after discharge from a
hospital. He has not walked in 5 days while he was hospitalized and is
provided a wheelchair. Dining with other residents is expected, and staffing
is limited on a holiday weekend. What is the best strategy to be sure Mr.
Grandion has sufficient nutrition and exercise?
a. Request help from another unit before dinner and indicate the nature of
help needed.
b. Tell Mr. Grandion to stay in bed and someone will bring a tray to his room
because the staff can't get him to the dining room in time for dinner.
c. Order a lift device to transfer Mr. Grandion from his bed to the wheelchair.
d. Assist Mr. Grandion into his wheelchair and remind him that in 2 hours he
must be in the dining room if he wished to eat. - ANSWER a. Request help
from another unit before dinner and indicate the nature of help needed.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - ANSWER a group of nurses,
prepared at the graduate level, with defined roles and scopes who function in
expanded nursing roles. includes CRNAs, certifed nurse midwives, clinical
nurse specialists, certified nurse practitioners
Clinical processes - ANSWER a defined sequence of steps needed to ensure
, that basic functions are fulfilled in a standardized manner, ensuring safety
and quality, such as medication procurement and administration
Complexity theory - ANSWER Nontraditional theory, emerging from the work
of physical sciences and, more recently, social sciences
emotional intelligence - ANSWER characterized by social skills, interpersonal
competence, psychological maturity, and emotional awareness that help
people harmonize to increase their value in the workplace
evidence-based organizational practice - ANSWER Scientifically derived
approaches to delivering care that optimizes professional roles, practices,
and coordination of activities.
followership - ANSWER Each member contributes optimally, but acquiesces
to a peer who is leading or managing in a setting where a team has gathered
to ensure the best clinical decision-making and actions are taken to achieve
clinical or organizational outcomes
leadership - ANSWER the use of individual traits and abilities, in relationship
with others, and the ability to interpret the environment/context where a
situation is emerging, and enter that situation in the absence of a script or
defined plan that could have been projected.
management - ANSWER the ability to plan, direct, control, and evaluate
others in situations where the outcomes are known or preestablished, where
one of more ways of performing have been agreed upon based upon
evidence, where feedback and communication is shared to improve
outcomes, and where sustained relationships advance consistency of
purpose.
motivation - ANSWER energizes what we value, personally and
Complete Solution
Institute of Medicine (IOM) - ANSWER Produced "To Err is Human: Building a
Safer Health System."
Non-governmental, independent, and nonprofit organization that provides
unbiased, expert advice to governmental and private decision-makers, as
well as the public.
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) - ANSWER Addresses patient
safety issues. Addresses the challenge to prepare nurses with the
competencies needed to continuously improve the quality of care in their
work environments.
Six competencies: patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration,
evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics.
American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians -
ANSWER Multidisciplinary professional organization that focuses on those
providers in roles r/t quality assurance and utilization review. Provides a
certification program for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare
professionals.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - ANSWER Primary
federal agency devoted to improving quality, safety, efficiency, and
effectiveness of health care.
TeamSTEPPS - ANSWER Provided by AHRQ. Well-used resource in nursing
,practice. Evidence-based system designed to improve various skills,
especially communication.
National Quality Forum (NQF) - ANSWER Membership-based organization
designed to develop and implement a national strategy for healthcare quality
management and reporting.
The Joint Commission (TJC) - ANSWER Not-for-profit organization that
accredits healthcare organizations. Organization that meets its standards also
meets CMS standards.
Magnet Recognition Program - ANSWER The only national designation built
on and evolving through nursing research that is designed to recognize
nursing excellence of healthcare organizations through a self-nominating,
appraisal process. Looks at 5 components: transformational leadership,
structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, new knowledge,
innovation, and improvements, and empirical quality results.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) - ANSWER Dedicated to rapidly
improving care through a variety of mechanisms including rapid cycle change
projects. Has created numerous clinical practice changes for nursing.
Common core of most projects is patient safety.
James and Susan are new graduates employed in a small community hospital.
They see that practices seem to be very physician driven and that patients
have little input into their care. Families are seen as a nuisance rather than as
partners in potential care provision. What is the best approach James and
Susan might use to improve care in this setting?
a. Do nothing. They are too new to the organization to make change.
b. Report the team members to the chief nursing officer who is unlikely to
,know the lack of details on this unit.
c. Share with their team members what they know about the aims of
providing health care.
d. Share with the physician the recommendations from various IOM reports. -
ANSWER c. Share with their team members what they know about the aims
of providing health care.
Mr. Grandion was admitted to a rehabilitation center after discharge from a
hospital. He has not walked in 5 days while he was hospitalized and is
provided a wheelchair. Dining with other residents is expected, and staffing
is limited on a holiday weekend. What is the best strategy to be sure Mr.
Grandion has sufficient nutrition and exercise?
a. Request help from another unit before dinner and indicate the nature of
help needed.
b. Tell Mr. Grandion to stay in bed and someone will bring a tray to his room
because the staff can't get him to the dining room in time for dinner.
c. Order a lift device to transfer Mr. Grandion from his bed to the wheelchair.
d. Assist Mr. Grandion into his wheelchair and remind him that in 2 hours he
must be in the dining room if he wished to eat. - ANSWER a. Request help
from another unit before dinner and indicate the nature of help needed.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - ANSWER a group of nurses,
prepared at the graduate level, with defined roles and scopes who function in
expanded nursing roles. includes CRNAs, certifed nurse midwives, clinical
nurse specialists, certified nurse practitioners
Clinical processes - ANSWER a defined sequence of steps needed to ensure
, that basic functions are fulfilled in a standardized manner, ensuring safety
and quality, such as medication procurement and administration
Complexity theory - ANSWER Nontraditional theory, emerging from the work
of physical sciences and, more recently, social sciences
emotional intelligence - ANSWER characterized by social skills, interpersonal
competence, psychological maturity, and emotional awareness that help
people harmonize to increase their value in the workplace
evidence-based organizational practice - ANSWER Scientifically derived
approaches to delivering care that optimizes professional roles, practices,
and coordination of activities.
followership - ANSWER Each member contributes optimally, but acquiesces
to a peer who is leading or managing in a setting where a team has gathered
to ensure the best clinical decision-making and actions are taken to achieve
clinical or organizational outcomes
leadership - ANSWER the use of individual traits and abilities, in relationship
with others, and the ability to interpret the environment/context where a
situation is emerging, and enter that situation in the absence of a script or
defined plan that could have been projected.
management - ANSWER the ability to plan, direct, control, and evaluate
others in situations where the outcomes are known or preestablished, where
one of more ways of performing have been agreed upon based upon
evidence, where feedback and communication is shared to improve
outcomes, and where sustained relationships advance consistency of
purpose.
motivation - ANSWER energizes what we value, personally and
