Question 1

Who is involved in quality control measurement functions? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Facility staff 
B)  Consumers 
C)  All levels management 
D)  Health-care professionals 
A)  Facility staff 
B)  Consumers 
C)  All levels management 
D)  Health-care professionals

Question 2

What is the best course of action to stimulate staff nurses' involvement in quality control research on a nursing unit?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hire a well-qualified researcher to help staff design studies 
B)  Create a joint medical/nursing staff research committee 
C)  Provide staff with paid release time for research activities 
D)  Ensure that research designs are well grounded and scientific 
A)  Hire a well-qualified researcher to help staff design studies 
B)  Create a joint medical/nursing staff research committee 
C)  Provide staff with paid release time for research activities 
D)  Ensure that research designs are well grounded and scientific

Question 3

What is the definition of a standard?

Accepted Answer

A)  A predetermined baseline condition or level of excellence that constitutes a model to be followed and practiced 
B)  Diagnosis-based, step-by-step interventions for nurses to follow in an effort to promote evidence-based, high-quality care 
C)  Process of measuring products, practices, and services against those of best-performing organizations 
D)  Identify not only what and how an event happens but why it happens, with the end goal being to ensure that a preventable negative outcome does not recur 
A)  A predetermined baseline condition or level of excellence that constitutes a model to be followed and practiced 
B)  Diagnosis-based, step-by-step interventions for nurses to follow in an effort to promote evidence-based, high-quality care 
C)  Process of measuring products, practices, and services against those of best-performing organizations 
D)  Identify not only what and how an event happens but why it happens, with the end goal being to ensure that a preventable negative outcome does not recur

Question 4

When working on clinical practice guidelines for a mental health unit, the nursing committee will implement which intervention initially?

Accepted Answer

A)  Assessing the medical psychiatric staff for practice suggestions 
B)  Implementing a search of the literature for current related research results 
C)  Reviewing patient satisfaction data to identify the unit's strengths and weaknesses 
D)  In-servicing all unit nursing staff on the need to adhere to established guidelines 
A)  Assessing the medical psychiatric staff for practice suggestions 
B)  Implementing a search of the literature for current related research results 
C)  Reviewing patient satisfaction data to identify the unit's strengths and weaknesses 
D)  In-servicing all unit nursing staff on the need to adhere to established guidelines

Question 5

What do the critics of prospective payment system argue?

Accepted Answer

A)  Diagnosis-related groups have not helped to contain rising health care costs 
B)  The system has increased the length of hospital stay 
C)  Services provided under this system have only slightly increased 
D)  On the whole quality of care has declines since its implementation 
A)  Diagnosis-related groups have not helped to contain rising health care costs 
B)  The system has increased the length of hospital stay 
C)  Services provided under this system have only slightly increased 
D)  On the whole quality of care has declines since its implementation

Who is involved in quality control measurement functions? Select all that apply.

What is the best course of action to stimulate staff nurses' involvement in quality control research on a nursing unit?

What is the definition of a standard?

When working on clinical practice guidelines for a mental health unit, the nursing committee will implement which intervention initially?

What do the critics of prospective payment system argue?

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Classical Vierws of Leadership and Management

Twenty-First-Century Thinking About Leadership and Management

Ethical Issues

Legal and Legislative Issues

Patient, Sübordinate, Worklace, and Professional Advocacy

Organicational Planning

Planned Change

Time Management

Piscal Plaming

Career Planning and Development in Nursing

Organizational Structure

Organizational, Politicil, Ane Personal Power

Organizing Pationt Care

Employec Recruitment, Selection, Placement, and Indoctrination

Socializing and Educating Staff in a Learning Organization

Staffing Needs and Soheduling

Creating a Motivating Climate

Organizational, Interpersonal, and Group Communication

Delegation

Effective Conflict Resolution and Negotiation

Collective Bargaining, Unionization, and Employment Laws

Performance Appraisal

Problem Employees: Rule Breakers, Marginal Employees, and the Chemically or Psychologically Impaired

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Exam 23: Quality Control

Who is involved in quality control measurement functions? Select all that apply.

What is the best course of action to stimulate staff nurses' involvement in quality control research on a nursing unit?

What is the definition of a standard?

When working on clinical practice guidelines for a mental health unit, the nursing committee will implement which intervention initially?

What do the critics of prospective payment system argue?

Decision Making, Problem Solving Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for Successful Leadership and Management

Classical Vierws of Leadership and Management

Twenty-First-Century Thinking About Leadership and Management

Ethical Issues

Legal and Legislative Issues

Patient, Sübordinate, Worklace, and Professional Advocacy

Organicational Planning

Planned Change

Time Management

Piscal Plaming

Career Planning and Development in Nursing

Organizational Structure

Organizational, Politicil, Ane Personal Power

Organizing Pationt Care

Employec Recruitment, Selection, Placement, and Indoctrination

Socializing and Educating Staff in a Learning Organization

Staffing Needs and Soheduling

Creating a Motivating Climate

Organizational, Interpersonal, and Group Communication

Delegation

Effective Conflict Resolution and Negotiation

Collective Bargaining, Unionization, and Employment Laws

Performance Appraisal

Problem Employees: Rule Breakers, Marginal Employees, and the Chemically or Psychologically Impaired

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