Exam 21: Models and Theories Focused on Competencies and Skills

In the context of the AACN synergy model, which is not regarded as a quality outcome related to nursing?

According to the AACN model, synergy occurs when:

According to Benner's model, all of the following are characteristics of expert nurses except:

Of the following choices, which is not among the seven domains of nursing practice identified by Benner?

The RBC model argues that the care environment cannot be transformed unless nursing leaders have the trait of competency. This means that the leaders must:

Of the following choices, which is not one of the three crucial elements of the RBC model?

Kara has been out of nursing school for about two-and-a-half years. Since graduating, she has worked as an oncology nurse at a local children's hospital. In recent months, Kara has developed a sense of mastery for most of her job tasks, and she has become quite skilled at crafting care plans and seeing the long-term effects of her interactions with patients. Kara's coping skills have also developed dramatically. Still, Kara has a hard time prioritizing tasks, and she tends to move more slowly than the more experienced nurses on her floor. Kara is also somewhat inflexible, performing the same nursing tasks in the same order and the same way for each of her patients. Based on this description, Kara would most likely fall within which characteristic of nursing within the AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care?

Malcolm is a patient in a critical care unit. The nurses on the unit have noted that Malcolm deals extremely poorly with both actual and potential stressors. In fact, every time a stressor arises, Malcolm seems to deteriorate further. Based on this description, the nurses would most likely place Malcolm:

Community Hospital is seeking to transform the nature of its care environment. In order to help achieve this vision, the hospital creates a new mentoring program for its nurses. The hospital also explores various practices for increasing the amount of time nurses spend one-on-one with their patients, and it creates a new system for tracking patient satisfaction with the nurse-patient relationship. In the context of the RBC model, these efforts most directly involve which element for transforming the care delivery environment?

In creating the synergy model for patient care, the AACN's ultimate goal was to: