Exam 1: Introducing Nursing Management

A client who was discharged yesterday is very upset about the quality of care received during hospitalization for gastric surgery. What options for reporting concerns does this client have? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

The nurse manager's expected outcome is to increase evidence-based practice on the nursing unit. To meet this outcome, the manager encourages nurses to base their practice on which technique?

Which manager statement reflects concern about the most important requirement for today's nurse manager?

To meet the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendation, nursing should strive to have ________% of nurses prepared at the baccalaureate or higher level by 2020.

To be effective in today's healthcare system, the nurse manager must be aware of which trends? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) is based on quality and safety targets of knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) for nursing education. Which targets are associated with QSEN competencies? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

A nurse manager is directing a team of staff nurses working to solve a clinical problem using evidence-based practice (EBP). Which of the following statements would direct these nurses to the forms of strongest clinical evidence? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

A nurse has been invited to discuss healthcare costs at a senior citizens' club. What information should the nurse plan to include in this discussion?

Which strategy is most likely to increase participation in the use of evidence-based practice in nursing?

The nurse manager asks a staff nurse why a procedure is done in a certain manner. The nurse replies, "I don't know why I started doing it this way. I've never read any research on it, but this technique always works for me." The manager would place this technique into which category of evidence?

Hospital administration is considering the purchase of a robotic pharmacy system. What would be the advantage of this system to the nurses who work in the hospital?