QUESTION A patient visits his primary-care physician and is seen initially by the nurse to take vital signs following a request by the administrative assistant to complete insurance paperwork. The doctor then comes in to perform a history and physical and diagnoses the patient with an upper respiratory infection. Which of the following people in […]
QUESTION A political action committee is formed by a business, and a nurse is asked to be on the committee. What is the major purpose of a political action committee? A) Financing campaigns for political office B) Advising politicians on campaign issues C) Lobbying key politicians for pieces of legislation D) Creating jobs for political […]
QUESTION A strategy best used as a strategic improvement in health care has been implemented at a neighboring hospital. Whose quality-management strategy utilizes a system that involves design, measure, analyze, improve, and control that the above hospital implemented? A) Juran B) Six Sigma C) Toyota’s Lean Operations D) Deming’s Cycle ANSWER: B
QUESTION An LPN decides to do some research on models for political action and how nurses can be utilized more in the process. Which of the following is a quality of agenda development and policy formation according to the Kingdon Model for Political Processes as described in the text? A) Dynamic B) Linear C) Sequential […]
QUESTION A local hospital noticed a large amount of ventilator-acquired pneumonias when reviewing patient charts. The hospital devised a plan to try to reduce the number of pneumonias and implemented interventions to reduce the rate. Data was collected after 6 months to see if the changes were successful, and the hospital realized a reduction in […]
QUESTION A nurse has lobbied her state legislator frequently regarding a bill that is to come to the floor in the coming months. She has contacted the legislator at least 25 times through the use of email. Which of the following strategies used to lobby elected officials is the best-known lobbying practices? A) Telegrams B) […]
QUESTION A 65-year-old female patient recently had a hip replacement and had a straight catheter placed following surgery to empty her bladder. Forty-eight hours after the catheter was placed, the patient developed symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI). The nurse manager approached the nurse who placed the catheter, blaming her for the cause of […]
QUESTION A practice manager working for a busy pediatric orthopedic practice is worried that the wait time for the patients is becoming far too long. She decides to do some research about similar practices regarding standard waiting-room time to see how her practice compares. What is this comparison an example of? A) Consumer satisfaction B) […]
QUESTION A hospital wants to improve quality with its customers. It sends out a questionnaire to all patients who have stayed in the hospital in the last year and asks about their needs and how well they were met. Which aspect of the Six Sigma process is the questionnaire going to provide data for? A) […]
QUESTION An administrator reviews the nursing-sensitive outcomes report for the hospital. Which of the following nursing-sensitive outcomes would be a concern for the administrator regarding employee satisfaction as it relates to nursing? A) Nurse turnover rate of 1% B) Job satisfaction rate of 30% C) BSN/RN education level rate of 60% D) RN intention to […]
