Exam 50: Quality Improvement

A newly licensed nurse is passing medications with a nurse preceptor.Which action taken by the newly licensed nurse would be inappropriate and require the nurse preceptor to intervene?

The nurse manager is considering increasing the number of RN staff because studies have shown that this decreases infection rates.Which purpose will decreasing infection rates serve?

The nurse manager is planning to implement the Lean Six Sigma system on the nursing unit to improve the quality of care.Which should the manager implement when following this model?

The nursing instructor is speaking to a group of nursing students about standards of care.Which comment made by the nursing student indicates the need for further education about the standards of care?

The nurse on a medical-surgical unit is asked to participate in data collection on skin care for the unit.Which is the rationale for cooperating with this request?

The nurse instructor is preparing a teaching session for staff nurses on intradisciplinary assessments.Which information should the instructor consider when preparing this presentation? Select all that apply.

The nurse manager at an acute care facility is educating the staff nurses on the definition of a sentinel event.Which examples of sentinel events would be appropriate for the nurse manager to present to the staff nurses? Select all that apply.

The nurse provides medication to a client at the wrong time.No harm came to the client as a result of the nurse's error and the nurse files a report about the medication error.Which response by the risk management team is most appropriate?

The quality assurance officer notes that one particular nursing unit has received a higher-than-usual number of negative client responses about aspects of the nursing care during the previous quarter.Based on this data,which benchmarking issue should the quality assurance officer pay particular attention during the review process?

A novice nurse,who has read several articles about the need to contain healthcare costs,asks how a quality improvement program can contain cost of care.Which responses by the more seasoned nurse are appropriate? Select all that apply.

The nurse manager is conducting audits to help increase efficiency and reduce costs to enhance the quality of client care.Which suggestion by the manager may occur as a result of these audits?

While preparing a client for surgery,the nurse marks the arm that is to be amputated and participates in a "time out" procedure before the surgery begins.Which sentinel event should the "time out" procedure prevent?