Exam 13: Care Delivery Strategies

Case managed care may enhance profit in a for-profit health organization by:

When comparing functional nursing and primary nursing,a nurse manager,after evaluating particular models of nursing care for potential adoption,determines that patient and nurse satisfaction in primary nursing are:

A nurse manager questions the true difference between primary nursing and total patient care.After careful consideration of both models,the nurse manager concludes that primary nursing differs significantly from total patient care in:

In a small rural nursing home,a director of nursing decides,because of a shortage of nurses,to implement a partnership model to help with basic tasks that comply with state rules regarding delegation.What type of design constitutes a partnership care delivery model?

When hiring a case manager for a rehabilitation setting,you would most likely consider a:

For a nurse manager in the functional nursing model,an approach that will assist in maintaining staff satisfaction in this specific model is:

You are considering putting forward a proposal to move the model of care from team nursing to a primary nursing hybrid: patient-focused care model.In considering this proposal,you recognize that significant costs specific to operationalizing this model are related to:

In considering whether or not to accept a job offer as a nurse manager at a Magnet™ hospital,you look at an environment that you might encounter as a head nurse at the hospital.You determine that you could expect to:

To effectively delegate in a team nursing environment,the RN team leader must be familiar with the legal and organizational roles of each group of personnel and must:

A conflict develops between an associate nurse and a primary nurse over the assessment of a patient with pulmonary edema.Based on her assessment of the patient,the associate nurse insists that it is her role to change the care plan because she is the one who has made the assessment.As the nurse manager,you clarify that:

You are the nurse manager of a nursing service organization that provides around-the-clock care to clients in their homes.To achieve maximum reimbursement for a client who is recovering from a hip replacement,the nursing staff most likely will follow the nursing care guidelines presented in the:

When interviewing an applicant for a position,the nurse manager describes the unit's care delivery system as one in which each nursing assistant is cross-trained to perform specific tasks,and the RNs do all treatment,medication administration,and discharge teaching.The nurse applicant knows this nursing care delivery strategy to be:

Your organization has made a decision to implement TCAB in your hospital.As a manager,what strategies would you use to implement TCAB? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse case manager is working with a client admitted for end-stage renal disease.The case manager's major goal during this hospitalization is to:

In hiring nurses during the transition from team nursing to a primary nursing model,Benner's work would suggest that you give priority to nurses who are at least at which level of competency?

In an acute care unit,the nurse manager utilizes the functional nursing method as the care delivery model.The nurse manager's main responsibility is the needs of the:

The relief charge nurse has assigned a newly licensed baccalaureate-prepared nurse to be one of the team leaders for the 3-11 shift.In making this decision,the charge nurse has overlooked this nurse's:

Complex care of acutely ill patients is required on a surgical unit,which utilizes differentiated nursing practice as its model of care delivery.The concept of differentiated nursing practice is based on:

The case method of care delivery could be best justified in which of the following scenarios?

In comparing team and functional models of care,a nurse manager favors the team model.In particular,she finds that the team model: