QUESTION Sarah is a second-year nursing student. The clinical instructor overhears Sarah telling a patient that she “always” checks patients’ bracelets before giving medication and she is not sure how the nurses on the unit “get away with” not making more errors than they do. The clinical instructor pulls Sarah aside and explores with her […]
QUESTION The Rehabilitation Unit at Pleasant Valley Hospital has a high number of falls. Which of the following interventions might assist to reduce the number of falls on the unit? a. Determining who is responsible for the falls b. Strengthening unit policies to avoid inappropriate admissions c. Encouraging involvement of nurses in education related to […]
QUESTION Which of the following would managers and staff review annually in order to ensure compliance with the Joint Commission (TJC) to improve patient safety? a. Appropriateness of charting terms and abbreviations b. Nursing hours per patient c. Acuity of patient admissions d. Wait times for care ANSWER: ANS: A The Joint Commission issues […]
QUESTION To increase safety in patient care areas of the Valley Hospital, the executive begins by: a. Asking the community what the safety issues are. b. Consulting with a management expert about staffing schedules. c. Ensuring that the senior nursing officer attends the board meetings. d. Instituting improved practices to reduce needle-stick injuries. ANSWER: […]
QUESTION In an effort to control costs and maximize revenues, the Rehabilitation Unit at Cross Hospital reduced the number of its managers and increased the number of units for which each manager was responsible. Within a year, the number of adverse events on the units had doubled. This may be attributable to: a. The overload […]
QUESTION The political team for a campaign asks a nurse to help the candidate with the health care issues affecting the city. In preparation for the task of presenting to the team and the candidate, the nurse investigates issues that affect nursing’s future. Which of the following issues would the nurse present to the committee […]
QUESTION A student wishing to pursue an education in nursing identifies that the program he has been looking into does not meet his needs. He searches for other programs that may do so. Which of the following characteristics of ideal nursing-education programs outlined by Ironside and Valiga would provide an opportunity for improved satisfaction of […]
QUESTION A nurse who is contemplating going back to school is looking at her values and the type of nursing that she wants to do. She enjoyed the theorist work in school and decides that she would like to pursue education and research. What role in nursing scholarship best describes the impact that research will […]
QUESTION A faculty member in a community-college setting identifies several concerns that she has with the curriculum and wants to improve the way in which the curriculum is taught. She forms a committee to look at this, and an ideal nursing curriculum is identified and compared to the one that is currently in place. Which […]
QUESTION A grievance brought by a staff nurse against the unit manager requires mediation. At the first mediation session, the staff nurse repeatedly calls the unit manager’s actions unfair, and the unit manager continues to reiterate the reasons for her actions. a. Send the two disputants away to reach their own resolution. b. Involve another […]
