Exam 9: Effective Staffing

A strategy used to improve patient care and help reduce hospital costs through the coordination of care is called:

Your nursing unit advocates the use of the factor-type of patient classification system.A new RN graduate states that he has a basic knowledge of this system,but would like to know one advantage to using a system such as this.Your response includes:

An advantage of both the total patient care and the case method of care delivery is:

A measurement tool used to articulate the nursing workload for a specified patient or group of patients over a specific period of time is called:

An FTE works how many hours per year?

One disadvantage of team or modular nursing is that:

You are a nurse manager on a busy pediatric unit in a large metropolitan hospital.You understand that it is important to utilize nursing intensity when determining staffing needs over the upcoming holidays.Which of the following factors will you use when you evaluate the nurse intensity on your unit? Select all that apply.

Holiday time is considered to be:

On your inpatient ob-gyn unit,the model of patient care delivery consists of a group of patients who are cared for by an RN,an LPN,and a nursing assistive personnel (NAP).This patient care model is called:

In which model of care delivery is the focus on patients' needs rather than on staff needs?

When there is inadequate NHPPD which of the following is increased?

Some new options in staffing patterns for nursing units include which of the following? Select all that apply.

An advantage of the protype patient classification system is:

You have been floated to another inpatient unit that utilizes the primary nursing model of care.You are excited about being able to work under this type of care model because one of the advantages of this particular model is _____.

You are a nursing manager on an inpatient medical-surgical unit.How many FTEs per day would you need if your target NHPPD was 8,and you expected to have 22 patients on your 24-bed unit?

California was the first state to mandate nurse-to-patient _____.

You are a perioperative nurse in a small rural hospital and have just received your schedule for the upcoming month.You are dismayed to find that you seem to be scheduled to work on the one day you requested off in order to attend an event at your son's elementary school.Whose responsibility is it to schedule staff,and whom should you talk to about this?

One advantage of functional nursing care is that:

Which of the following are considered to be care delivery management tools that may be used by organizations when trying to reduce LOS? Select all that apply.

Which of the following are disadvantages of the functional nursing care model? Select all that apply.