Question 1

One reason that the nursing profession must partner with other groups is to:

Accepted Answer

A) Collect data about other organizations so they do not "steal" consumers. 
B) Role model for physicians' best-care practices. 
C) Acquire more resources to give best possible patient care. 
D) Share responsibility of around-the-clock patient care. 
A) Collect data about other organizations so they do not "steal" consumers. 
B) Role model for physicians' best-care practices. 
C) Acquire more resources to give best possible patient care. 
D) Share responsibility of around-the-clock patient care. C

Question 2

One of the most significant qualities of an effective nurse leader who would be successful in shaping the profession toward a preferred future includes:

Accepted Answer

A) Using a collaborative and transformational leadership style 
B) Following the methods that have been successful in the past and not using new ones 
C) Advocating for all nurses so they do not have to cross-train themselves in other specialties 
D) Developing a formula-based staffing process that enforces equal staffing for every unit 
A) Using a collaborative and transformational leadership style 
B) Following the methods that have been successful in the past and not using new ones 
C) Advocating for all nurses so they do not have to cross-train themselves in other specialties 
D) Developing a formula-based staffing process that enforces equal staffing for every unit A

Question 3

A significant focus for today and the future health-care systems is:

Accepted Answer

A) Fee-for-service payments 
B) Primary care to emphasize the importance of prevention of disease 
C) Inpatient care for each acute and chronic episode of disease 
D) Individualized plan of care that promotes intensive care unit (ICU)care for each patient 
A) Fee-for-service payments 
B) Primary care to emphasize the importance of prevention of disease 
C) Inpatient care for each acute and chronic episode of disease 
D) Individualized plan of care that promotes intensive care unit (ICU)care for each patient B

Question 4

To increase compliance of nurses maintaining clinical competency,the nursing profession could enforce all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Mandatory yearly continuing education for RN relicensure 
B) Ongoing certification in one's area of practice 
C) Institutional licensure 
D) Standardized entry into practice 
A) Mandatory yearly continuing education for RN relicensure 
B) Ongoing certification in one's area of practice 
C) Institutional licensure 
D) Standardized entry into practice

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a "wild card" that would greatly affect staffing in an acute-care institution?

Accepted Answer

A) Three ill staff members assigned to the same shift who call in sick 
B) A patient who is diagnosed with Ebola virus 
C) Absence of the nurse manager and assigned charge nurse on the same shift 
D) A community disaster that sends 78 patients to the hospital for burns and other trauma injuries 
A) Three ill staff members assigned to the same shift who call in sick 
B) A patient who is diagnosed with Ebola virus 
C) Absence of the nurse manager and assigned charge nurse on the same shift 
D) A community disaster that sends 78 patients to the hospital for burns and other trauma injuries

Question 6

Senge recommends that leaders must act in three roles including designers,teachers,and stewards.The steward role is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A) Developing the vision to assist followers to remain in the group 
B) Making sure each employee gets his or her paycheck 
C) Being responsible for distributing resources 
D) Acting as a spokesperson for the group and facilitating its long-term growth 
A) Developing the vision to assist followers to remain in the group 
B) Making sure each employee gets his or her paycheck 
C) Being responsible for distributing resources 
D) Acting as a spokesperson for the group and facilitating its long-term growth

Question 7

Two conditions that are more likely affecting patient care in acute care institutions today as a result of our chaotic health-care systems are:

Accepted Answer

A) House foreclosures and bankruptcy 
B) Uncertainty and unpredictability 
C) Anxiety and depression 
D) Managed care and end-of-life care 
A) House foreclosures and bankruptcy 
B) Uncertainty and unpredictability 
C) Anxiety and depression 
D) Managed care and end-of-life care

Question 8

It is significant for the profession of nursing to assist nurses in seeing their work as a collaborative process with the other professional team members rather than as a:

Accepted Answer

A) Handmaiden career that gives orders to the other health-care disciplines 
B) Task-oriented group primarily interested in accomplishing orders from physicians 
C) Profession that prides itself on task completion versus positive patient outcomes 
D) Profession interested only in self-glory that they are knowledgeable about patient conditions 
A) Handmaiden career that gives orders to the other health-care disciplines 
B) Task-oriented group primarily interested in accomplishing orders from physicians 
C) Profession that prides itself on task completion versus positive patient outcomes 
D) Profession interested only in self-glory that they are knowledgeable about patient conditions

Question 9

Which of the following best describes critical pathways?

Accepted Answer

A) Individualized plans of care 
B) Outcomes of primary care 
C) Multidisciplinary-developed patient plans of care 
D) Nursing intervention documentation 
A) Individualized plans of care 
B) Outcomes of primary care 
C) Multidisciplinary-developed patient plans of care 
D) Nursing intervention documentation

Question 10

Which of the following best describes ongoing quality improvement (QI)?

Accepted Answer

A) Identification of critical pathway variances 
B) Evaluation of patients' minimum data sets 
C) Measurement of patient satisfaction levels 
D) Ongoing evaluation of quality and patient outcomes 
A) Identification of critical pathway variances 
B) Evaluation of patients' minimum data sets 
C) Measurement of patient satisfaction levels 
D) Ongoing evaluation of quality and patient outcomes

Question 11

Three categories of interdependent quality determinants used in measuring quality care are:

Accepted Answer

A) Level of acuity,outlier,and variable 
B) Diagnosis-related group,variance,and trim point 
C) Structure,process,and outcome 
D) Event,indicator,and issue 
A) Level of acuity,outlier,and variable 
B) Diagnosis-related group,variance,and trim point 
C) Structure,process,and outcome 
D) Event,indicator,and issue

Question 12

The future of effective health care depends on the work environment that is present at the health-care setting.One important aspect of fostering a healthy work environment would be to ensure:

Accepted Answer

A) Allowance for empowerment of each nurse by each other 
B) That no physicians were part of the infrastructure of the unit 
C) That the pharmacy satellite was not located on the unit since it would cause extra off-unit staff coming to the unit 
D) That patients understand that staff always have their meals privately and can not be disturbed whatsoever during these times 
A) Allowance for empowerment of each nurse by each other 
B) That no physicians were part of the infrastructure of the unit 
C) That the pharmacy satellite was not located on the unit since it would cause extra off-unit staff coming to the unit 
D) That patients understand that staff always have their meals privately and can not be disturbed whatsoever during these times

Question 13

Nurses who wish to be a part of creating the future will:

Accepted Answer

A) Use written documentation instead of electronic 
B) Be informed about issues and how they evolve 
C) Use prediction formulas 
D) Begin to stockpile resources to be used only if absolutely necessary 
A) Use written documentation instead of electronic 
B) Be informed about issues and how they evolve 
C) Use prediction formulas 
D) Begin to stockpile resources to be used only if absolutely necessary

Question 14

The best way to describe the plausible future is:

Accepted Answer

A) What is likely to occur if things continue as they are and no changes are made 
B) What can occur if some changes are made in the current state of affairs 
C) What is likely to occur when specific efforts are made to accomplish goals 
D) What we would like to see happen 
A) What is likely to occur if things continue as they are and no changes are made 
B) What can occur if some changes are made in the current state of affairs 
C) What is likely to occur when specific efforts are made to accomplish goals 
D) What we would like to see happen

Question 15

With the ongoing focus on disease prevention and health promotion,nurses seeking a preferred future will need to increase their knowledge regarding:

Accepted Answer

A) Chronic illness management,health promotion,and obesity 
B) Hospice care,acute exacerbations of disease,and emergency resuscitation 
C) Management of the very sick,hospice care,and pathophysiology of acute illness 
D) Knowledge regarding rare illnesses,acute care,and mortality figures 
A) Chronic illness management,health promotion,and obesity 
B) Hospice care,acute exacerbations of disease,and emergency resuscitation 
C) Management of the very sick,hospice care,and pathophysiology of acute illness 
D) Knowledge regarding rare illnesses,acute care,and mortality figures

Question 16

All nurses should be involved in developing health-care policy.Which of the following is an example of this?

Accepted Answer

A) Becoming involved with a collective bargaining group 
B) Aligning closely with a specific legislator interested in policy making 
C) Spearheading a health curriculum change in public education 
D) Attending political group meetings where solutions for health-care issues are determined 
A) Becoming involved with a collective bargaining group 
B) Aligning closely with a specific legislator interested in policy making 
C) Spearheading a health curriculum change in public education 
D) Attending political group meetings where solutions for health-care issues are determined

Question 17

Which of the following are characteristics of a leader who is prepared to shape a preferred future for nursing?

Accepted Answer

A) Credibility,knowledge base,and attractive appearance 
B) Kindness,ability to communicate,and fairness 
C) Creativity,aggressiveness,and ability to facilitate change 
D) Critical-thinking ability,confusion regarding vision,and sense of humor 
A) Credibility,knowledge base,and attractive appearance 
B) Kindness,ability to communicate,and fairness 
C) Creativity,aggressiveness,and ability to facilitate change 
D) Critical-thinking ability,confusion regarding vision,and sense of humor

Question 18

The Magnet Model,developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center,encompasses five components that illustrate the model's premise for the need to maintain an effective nursing staff in health-care agencies.One of these components is:

Accepted Answer

A) Transactional leadership 
B) New knowledge,innovation,and improvements 
C) An all certified and bachelor of science in nursing (BSN)prepared nursing staff 
D) Patient-focused philosophy of care 
A) Transactional leadership 
B) New knowledge,innovation,and improvements 
C) An all certified and bachelor of science in nursing (BSN)prepared nursing staff 
D) Patient-focused philosophy of care

Question 19

The major purpose of a Nursing Workforce Center is to:

Accepted Answer

A) Mandate policy regarding patient-healthcare provider ratios. 
B) Develop all self-care procedures that can be performed by the patients and families at their homes to prevent health-care providers from making home visits. 
C) Conduct health services research. 
D) Develop palliative care medication framework for dying patients with pain. 
A) Mandate policy regarding patient-healthcare provider ratios. 
B) Develop all self-care procedures that can be performed by the patients and families at their homes to prevent health-care providers from making home visits. 
C) Conduct health services research. 
D) Develop palliative care medication framework for dying patients with pain.

Question 20

As nurses delegate more and more tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP),it becomes essential that nurses learn to:

Accepted Answer

A) Bring out the "best" qualities of each of the team members to foster collaboration. 
B) Test the knowledge of the UAP on a daily basis. 
C) Develop time management lists for each UAP with the specific tasks they must do. 
D) Assign least experienced UAPs the most complex patients. 
A) Bring out the "best" qualities of each of the team members to foster collaboration. 
B) Test the knowledge of the UAP on a daily basis. 
C) Develop time management lists for each UAP with the specific tasks they must do. 
D) Assign least experienced UAPs the most complex patients.

One reason that the nursing profession must partner with other groups is to:

One of the most significant qualities of an effective nurse leader who would be successful in shaping the profession toward a preferred future includes:

A significant focus for today and the future health-care systems is:

To increase compliance of nurses maintaining clinical competency,the nursing profession could enforce all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following is an example of a "wild card" that would greatly affect staffing in an acute-care institution?

Senge recommends that leaders must act in three roles including designers,teachers,and stewards.The steward role is best described as:

Two conditions that are more likely affecting patient care in acute care institutions today as a result of our chaotic health-care systems are:

It is significant for the profession of nursing to assist nurses in seeing their work as a collaborative process with the other professional team members rather than as a:

Which of the following best describes critical pathways?

Which of the following best describes ongoing quality improvement (QI)?

Three categories of interdependent quality determinants used in measuring quality care are:

The future of effective health care depends on the work environment that is present at the health-care setting.One important aspect of fostering a healthy work environment would be to ensure:

Nurses who wish to be a part of creating the future will:

The best way to describe the plausible future is:

With the ongoing focus on disease prevention and health promotion,nurses seeking a preferred future will need to increase their knowledge regarding:

All nurses should be involved in developing health-care policy.Which of the following is an example of this?

Which of the following are characteristics of a leader who is prepared to shape a preferred future for nursing?

The Magnet Model,developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center,encompasses five components that illustrate the model's premise for the need to maintain an effective nursing staff in health-care agencies.One of these components is:

The major purpose of a Nursing Workforce Center is to:

As nurses delegate more and more tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP),it becomes essential that nurses learn to:

The Nature of Leadership: Distinguishing Leadership From Management

The New World and New Leadership: Changing Our Thinking About Leaders

Followership and Empowerment

Leadership As an Integral Component of a Professional Role

Vision and Creativity

Gender Perspectives in Leadership

Chaos and Disequilibrium: Invigorating, Challenging, and Growth-Producing

Developing As a Leader Throughout Ones Career

Conclusions

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Exam 8: Shaping a Preferred Future for Nursing

One reason that the nursing profession must partner with other groups is to:

One of the most significant qualities of an effective nurse leader who would be successful in shaping the profession toward a preferred future includes:

A significant focus for today and the future health-care systems is:

To increase compliance of nurses maintaining clinical competency,the nursing profession could enforce all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following is an example of a "wild card" that would greatly affect staffing in an acute-care institution?

Senge recommends that leaders must act in three roles including designers,teachers,and stewards.The steward role is best described as:

Two conditions that are more likely affecting patient care in acute care institutions today as a result of our chaotic health-care systems are:

It is significant for the profession of nursing to assist nurses in seeing their work as a collaborative process with the other professional team members rather than as a:

Which of the following best describes critical pathways?

Which of the following best describes ongoing quality improvement (QI)?

Three categories of interdependent quality determinants used in measuring quality care are:

The future of effective health care depends on the work environment that is present at the health-care setting.One important aspect of fostering a healthy work environment would be to ensure:

Nurses who wish to be a part of creating the future will:

The best way to describe the plausible future is:

With the ongoing focus on disease prevention and health promotion,nurses seeking a preferred future will need to increase their knowledge regarding:

All nurses should be involved in developing health-care policy.Which of the following is an example of this?

Which of the following are characteristics of a leader who is prepared to shape a preferred future for nursing?

The Magnet Model,developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center,encompasses five components that illustrate the model's premise for the need to maintain an effective nursing staff in health-care agencies.One of these components is:

The major purpose of a Nursing Workforce Center is to:

As nurses delegate more and more tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP),it becomes essential that nurses learn to:

The Nature of Leadership: Distinguishing Leadership From Management

The New World and New Leadership: Changing Our Thinking About Leaders

Followership and Empowerment

Leadership As an Integral Component of a Professional Role

Vision and Creativity

Gender Perspectives in Leadership

Chaos and Disequilibrium: Invigorating, Challenging, and Growth-Producing

Developing As a Leader Throughout Ones Career

Conclusions

Filters