NURSE EXECUTIVE END OF COURSE TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Retrospective cohort studies - ✔✔Initiated after a condition develops and data is
collected retrospectively from medical records to evaluate whether members of the
cohort selected had exposure and develop disease
✔✔Cross Sectional studies - ✔✔Assess both disease and exposure at the same time in
a target population's, evaluating the presences of disease at a point in time
✔✔Tracer Methodology - ✔✔Continuum of care a client receives from admission to
post-discharge
✔✔Root Cause Analysis - ✔✔Retrospective attempt to determine the cause of an event
or cluster of event
✔✔Prevention QI's measures - ✔✔Quality of care for disorders (such as diabetes and
heart disease) sensitive to outpatient care, with good care reducing the risk of
complications and the need for hospitalization
Also, measures complications and adverse events in hospitals
✔✔Inpatient QI's measures - ✔✔Quality of care within a hospital to include morbidity
and mortality rates for different disorders, procedures and volumes
✔✔Pediatric QI's measure - ✔✔adverse effects of healthcare exposure int he pediatric
population
✔✔First step in contract negotiation for a nurse executive - ✔✔Research to determine
current market values and utilization.
✔✔FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) - ✔✔Regulates minimum wage
Overtime pay for part and full time
All companies must comply who engage in interstate commerce, buisnesses generate
>500,000$
ALL medical facilities and school must comply with
✔✔A Just organizational Culture - ✔✔Accepts that human error occurs and
differentiates that from risky behavior and reckless behavior, also recognizing that
errors are often the result of a system failure rather than an individual failure
✔✔Succession planning first step
Emergency succession
, Planned succession - ✔✔1st... describe the behaviors, skills, and leadership qualities
necessary for the role
Emergency - Identifies internal candidates with skill and knowledge to fill a role
temporarily
Planned - Internal/External candidates based on future needs of organization
✔✔Positives and Negatives of Groupthink - ✔✔Disadvantage - Strifes dissent as
organization members feel pressure to conform, restricts creative solution, and may
result in resistance to major organization changes
Advantage - Promotes harmony, allows focus on a single goal, and majority support
✔✔Formula for Return on Investment (ROI) - ✔✔(Gain - Cost)/Cost
✔✔Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) payment system - ✔✔Hospitals must
complete 300 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
(HCAHPS) surveys over the four calendar quarters of a year.
✔✔7 Right of Nurses - ✔✔Right to Negotiate conditions of employment
Practice fulfilling societal and patient obligations
Maintain Professional standards and work within their scope of practice
Supports and maintain ethical practice
Advocate for patient/themselves
Receive fair compensation
Work in a Safe Environment
✔✔4 things that Motivate Employees - ✔✔Autonomy
Salary
Recognition
Respect
✔✔Autocratic Leadership is - ✔✔Make decisions independently and strictly enforce
rules, but staff members often feel left out of processes and may not be supportive.
Good in crisis situations
✔✔Crisis Managment (Reactive) - ✔✔Root cause analysis of observed problems
Determination of long- and short-term effects
Assignment of staff to deal with issues
Search for improvement opportunities
✔✔Crisis Managment (Preventive) - ✔✔Establishing control barriers
Conducting direct observations and readiness
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Retrospective cohort studies - ✔✔Initiated after a condition develops and data is
collected retrospectively from medical records to evaluate whether members of the
cohort selected had exposure and develop disease
✔✔Cross Sectional studies - ✔✔Assess both disease and exposure at the same time in
a target population's, evaluating the presences of disease at a point in time
✔✔Tracer Methodology - ✔✔Continuum of care a client receives from admission to
post-discharge
✔✔Root Cause Analysis - ✔✔Retrospective attempt to determine the cause of an event
or cluster of event
✔✔Prevention QI's measures - ✔✔Quality of care for disorders (such as diabetes and
heart disease) sensitive to outpatient care, with good care reducing the risk of
complications and the need for hospitalization
Also, measures complications and adverse events in hospitals
✔✔Inpatient QI's measures - ✔✔Quality of care within a hospital to include morbidity
and mortality rates for different disorders, procedures and volumes
✔✔Pediatric QI's measure - ✔✔adverse effects of healthcare exposure int he pediatric
population
✔✔First step in contract negotiation for a nurse executive - ✔✔Research to determine
current market values and utilization.
✔✔FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) - ✔✔Regulates minimum wage
Overtime pay for part and full time
All companies must comply who engage in interstate commerce, buisnesses generate
>500,000$
ALL medical facilities and school must comply with
✔✔A Just organizational Culture - ✔✔Accepts that human error occurs and
differentiates that from risky behavior and reckless behavior, also recognizing that
errors are often the result of a system failure rather than an individual failure
✔✔Succession planning first step
Emergency succession
, Planned succession - ✔✔1st... describe the behaviors, skills, and leadership qualities
necessary for the role
Emergency - Identifies internal candidates with skill and knowledge to fill a role
temporarily
Planned - Internal/External candidates based on future needs of organization
✔✔Positives and Negatives of Groupthink - ✔✔Disadvantage - Strifes dissent as
organization members feel pressure to conform, restricts creative solution, and may
result in resistance to major organization changes
Advantage - Promotes harmony, allows focus on a single goal, and majority support
✔✔Formula for Return on Investment (ROI) - ✔✔(Gain - Cost)/Cost
✔✔Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) payment system - ✔✔Hospitals must
complete 300 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
(HCAHPS) surveys over the four calendar quarters of a year.
✔✔7 Right of Nurses - ✔✔Right to Negotiate conditions of employment
Practice fulfilling societal and patient obligations
Maintain Professional standards and work within their scope of practice
Supports and maintain ethical practice
Advocate for patient/themselves
Receive fair compensation
Work in a Safe Environment
✔✔4 things that Motivate Employees - ✔✔Autonomy
Salary
Recognition
Respect
✔✔Autocratic Leadership is - ✔✔Make decisions independently and strictly enforce
rules, but staff members often feel left out of processes and may not be supportive.
Good in crisis situations
✔✔Crisis Managment (Reactive) - ✔✔Root cause analysis of observed problems
Determination of long- and short-term effects
Assignment of staff to deal with issues
Search for improvement opportunities
✔✔Crisis Managment (Preventive) - ✔✔Establishing control barriers
Conducting direct observations and readiness
