Exam 13: Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing Practice Environment

Nurses entering the workforce at a large urban hospital soon began volunteering for excessive overtime.A focus group found that upon graduation,many of these nurses purchased expensive cars and furniture.They lacked skills in managing their checkbook and were often unable to pay recurring bills;this finding would be relevant to which component of the Workforce Advocacy Ecosystem Model?

What factor has attributed to a situation where qualified nursing school applicants have continued to be turned away,limiting enrollment due to a shortage of faculty?

In determining whether this staffing concern should be reported to an outside agency,the nurse understands that what statement is true concerning the process identified as "whistle-blowing"?

A nurse is concerned about a trend in the hospital to regularly "float" nurses to different areas of the hospital based on staff shortage regardless of recent experience in caring for the population on the unit.When deciding to accept a staffing assignment in this situation,the nurse considers a "safe harbor." What is meant by "safe harbor"?

Hospitals surveyed nurses who terminated their employment to determine why they chose to leave.What is one of the most common reasons nurses are leaving hospital practice?

The occupational health and safety nurse would like to develop programs designed to decrease mortality and morbidity among the workforce.When considering factors related to mortality among health care workers,the nurse should focus efforts on prevention of what most likely outcome?

Managers at an acute care facility value the contributions of their aging nursing workforce and make recommendations to accommodate for an aging nursing workforce.They institute for which changes? (Select all that apply. )

When reading about nursing as a career,a student is interested in learning about violence in the profession.Which statement accurately reflects violence in health care and the profession of nursing?

What information was provided by the Institute of Medicine report?

What is the priority intervention to improve work-related quality of life for nurses?

An acute care facility values job satisfaction among its registered nurses by implementing a shared governance model.Which element is a fundamental characteristic of this model?

According to the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act which statement is true concerning needle safety?

A newly hired nurse is asked to serve on a committee formed to recruit and retain nurses.What information is the nurse likely to learn at the committee meeting?

Nurses who are expected to work overtime as dictated by their employer are being subjected to a ___________ hazard in the workplace.

In the last years what have studies conducted to determine enrollment trends in nursing schools found related to the predicted nursing shortage?

A new graduate nurse is applying for the exciting first position and states,"I am only applying to Magnet hospitals because those work environments:

What is the key to organizational success for health care facilities?

Which situation would be considered a workforce advocacy issue that is reportable to the state nurses association or the Center for American Nurses if it is not resolved at the local level?

A nurse is interviewing for a job and recently read the American Nurses Association's (ANA)recommendation for questions to ask regarding before accepting employment.Which questions should the nurse ask? (Select all that apply. )

What workplace factor has been found to contribute to the nursing shortage?