Exam 13: Staffing and Scheduling

Budget cuts,declining inpatient activity,and changing patient care patterns have caused some institutions to carry out "rightsizing." The rightsizing process focuses on:

The Joint Commission calls on hospitals to use which strategy to help address the nursing shortage?

During the 2000s,a paradigm shift occurred in the Magnet Recognition Program.Which of the following was not a part of this shift?

Most differentiated nursing practice models take into account the competency,education,and skill level of nurses.Which model responded to the nursing shortage by recommending that ancillary staff,such as emergency medical technicians and former military corpsmen,be used as nurse extenders?

When figuring time standards for nursing care,the nurse manager needs to consider both direct and indirect care.An example of indirect care is:

Because of a called-in absence,a nurse manager has to find a replacement for the uncovered position on the shift.Which of the following is an option?

The magnet program grew out of several research studies that identified 14 characteristics of magnetism.These features became the conceptual framework for the magnet program.Which of the following is a characteristic of a magnet institution?

Some institutions have initiated variable staffing patterns as a response to the nursing shortage.Which of the following staffing patterns lowers the cost per patient-day?

The nurse manager used variable staffing for a 25-bed postoperative unit at full capacity.On the unit,there were four patients who had undergone total knee replacement and four who had undergone total hip replacement who required blood transfusions.What kind of variable staffing mix would the nurse manager most likely use?

With advances in technology,the creation of a computer-based and network-based community infrastructure has become increasingly important.Which classification system was developed for community health nursing?

An adequate number of nursing staff has a positive effect on:

Between 2010 and 2020,over 40% of the registered nurse workforce will be over 50 years of age and is expected to retire or withdraw from the workforce.The Institute of Medicine has recommended that organizations retain these nurses by:

Hospitals use hours per patient-day as an indicator to measure productivity.Productivity is reported as outputs divided by inputs.Outputs may be measured by:

Functions to support quality patient care should be considered by both the organization and the nurse manager of the unit when staffing levels are determined.Which of the following is a staffing principle that relates to nurses rather than to the organization?

Leaders and managers play different roles in staffing;therefore,one of the functions of the nurse manager with regard to staffing is:

Some organizations have used a number of flexible staffing options to make it easier to recruit and retain nurses.Which of the following is an example of a flexible option?

Various scheduling and staffing methods have advantages and disadvantages for personnel.When new graduates enter the workforce,they are more likely to be given undesirable work schedules if what type of scheduling system is used?

A nurse manager had a few negative experiences when the nurse manager hired travel nurses.Because these travel nurses were coming from different parts of the United States,the nurse manager decided to check which of the following databases to see whether adverse actions had been taken against the nurses?

Some hospitals use a variety of strategies to delay the need for downsizing.One strategy is to:

Centralized scheduling has many advantages,including which of the following?