Effective leadership and management
in nursing. (9th edition)
A nursing curriculum includes integrated content on critical thinking. Which
statement reflects movement toward designing the curriculum to meet
Carnegie Foundation recommendations? - Ans--"Our emphasis must
change to improving nursing students' clinical reasoning skills."
The nurse manager asks a staff nurse why a procedure is done in a certain
manner. The nurse replies, "I don't know why I started doing it this way. I've
never read any research on it, but this technique always works for me." The
manager would place this technique into which category of evidence? -
Ans--Anecdotal
Hospital administration is considering the purchase of a robotic pharmacy
system. What would be the advantage of this system to the nurses who
work in the hospital? - Ans--The nurse should get medications more quickly
because the robot can work more consistently without breaks
A 70-year-old client develops a catheter-induced urinary tract infection.
Which statement by the nurse would indicate to the nurse manager a need
for additional understanding of this situation? - Ans--"Thankfully we can
treat this with an antibiotic."
Which situation is an example of a major weakness of service-integrated
structure? - Ans--Two different units have purchased a demonstration
model that could be used by both units.
Which situation is an example of organizational culture? - Ans--ICU nurses
know to take turns covering each other's clients to facilitate eating breakfast
and lunch on the day shift.
A nurse manager encourages nursing staff members to assist in
developing a new creative staffing pattern that can respond quickly when
staff resign or go back to school. This is an example of the use of which
organizational theory? - Ans--Chaos theory
in nursing. (9th edition)
A nursing curriculum includes integrated content on critical thinking. Which
statement reflects movement toward designing the curriculum to meet
Carnegie Foundation recommendations? - Ans--"Our emphasis must
change to improving nursing students' clinical reasoning skills."
The nurse manager asks a staff nurse why a procedure is done in a certain
manner. The nurse replies, "I don't know why I started doing it this way. I've
never read any research on it, but this technique always works for me." The
manager would place this technique into which category of evidence? -
Ans--Anecdotal
Hospital administration is considering the purchase of a robotic pharmacy
system. What would be the advantage of this system to the nurses who
work in the hospital? - Ans--The nurse should get medications more quickly
because the robot can work more consistently without breaks
A 70-year-old client develops a catheter-induced urinary tract infection.
Which statement by the nurse would indicate to the nurse manager a need
for additional understanding of this situation? - Ans--"Thankfully we can
treat this with an antibiotic."
Which situation is an example of a major weakness of service-integrated
structure? - Ans--Two different units have purchased a demonstration
model that could be used by both units.
Which situation is an example of organizational culture? - Ans--ICU nurses
know to take turns covering each other's clients to facilitate eating breakfast
and lunch on the day shift.
A nurse manager encourages nursing staff members to assist in
developing a new creative staffing pattern that can respond quickly when
staff resign or go back to school. This is an example of the use of which
organizational theory? - Ans--Chaos theory
