Exam 13: Care Delivery Strategies

In comparing team and functional models of care,a nurse manager favors the team model.In particular,she finds that the team model:

The relief charge nurse has assigned a newly licensed baccalaureate-prepared nurse to be one of the team leaders for the 3-11 shift.In making this decision,the charge nurse has overlooked this nurse's:

During times of nursing shortage and increased nursing costs in health care,which of the following nursing care delivery models might come under greatest scrutiny?

Case managed care may enhance profit in a for-profit health organization by:

In considering whether or not to accept a job offer as a nurse manager at a Magnet™ hospital,you look at an environment that you might encounter as a head nurse at the hospital.You determine that you could expect to:

When comparing functional nursing and primary nursing,a nurse manager,after evaluating particular models of nursing care for potential adoption,determines that patient and nurse satisfaction in primary nursing are:

For a nurse manager in the functional nursing model,an approach that will assist in maintaining staff satisfaction in this specific model is:

In hiring nurses during the transition from team nursing to a primary nursing model,Benner's work would suggest that you give priority to nurses who are at least at which level of competency?

In an acute care unit,the nurse manager utilizes the functional nursing method as the care delivery model.The nurse manager's main responsibility is the needs of the:

Complex care of acutely ill patients is required on a surgical unit,which utilizes differentiated nursing practice as its model of care delivery.The concept of differentiated nursing practice is based on:

A nurse manager questions the true difference between primary nursing and total patient care.After careful consideration of both models,the nurse manager concludes that primary nursing differs significantly from total patient care in:

A conflict develops between an associate nurse and a primary nurse over the assessment of a patient with pulmonary edema.Based on her assessment of the patient,the associate nurse insists that it is her role to change the care plan because she is the one who has made the assessment.As the nurse manager,you clarify that:

You are considering putting forward a proposal to move the model of care from team nursing to a primary nursing hybrid: patient-focused care model.In considering this proposal,you recognize that significant costs specific to operationalizing this model are related to:

When interviewing an applicant for a position,the nurse manager describes the unit's care delivery system as one in which each nursing assistant is cross-trained to perform specific tasks,and the RNs do all treatment,medication administration,and discharge teaching.The nurse applicant knows this nursing care delivery strategy to be:

When hiring a case manager for a rehabilitation setting,you would most likely consider a:

The nurse case manager is working with a client admitted for end-stage renal disease.The case manager's major goal during this hospitalization is to:

A patient is admitted to a medical unit with pulmonary edema.His primary nurse admits him and then provides a written plan of care.What type of educational preparation best fits the role of primary nurse?

The model outlined in Question 12 might be particularly effective in:

To effectively delegate in a team nursing environment,the RN team leader must be familiar with the legal and organizational roles of each group of personnel and must:

A patient complains to you that she has no idea who "her nurse" is on any given day."I ask one nurse for my pills and she says 'that is not my job.' I ask the pill nurse about my lab tests and she says that I should ask another nurse." The nursing care delivery model most likely employed in this situation is: