Exam 14: Nursing Education, Practice, and Policy

Which of the following describes what happens when a nurse assumes a new role?

Why is simulation so important in nursing education?

Which of the following is a key nursing role?

Florence Nightingale was interested in all feminist efforts during her time, such as women's right to vote.

Sally always arrives to work 15 minutes late. Often, by the time she finishes listening to a taped report, her partner from the shift before has left angry because she was held over time. If you were the team leader, how would you resolve this conflict?

Describe the steps used to prove malpractice.

Standards are used in legal situations to assess negligence malpractice actions.

A 32-year-old Black female comes in with a complaint of pain in her right breast. As the nurse, you take a history and find that she has had the pain for three months. Applying principles of patient-centered care, what would your first actions be?

Your friend tells you he is angry because he thinks the local hospital is making huge amounts of money at the expense of the patients and the community. How would you respond to him?

Mrs. Ely has a sinus infection. Her physician wrote an order for ampicillin. When this drug is entered into the physician order entry system, an alert is sent to the physician to indicate she is allergic to penicillin. Explain why the use of this type of system is important to health care.

The increase in use of technology has raised concerns about:

In the fall of 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid came out with a major change stating that it would not pay for preventable complications that occur in the hospital. Which of the following would be considered one of these complications?

Why did specialty nursing develop?

Patient-centered care is exemplified by:

Which nursing organization offers accreditation to all types of nursing programs?

Today, more care is taking place in the home or community through primary care and ambulatory services.

A policy should meet which of the following criteria?

Sigma Theta Tau International's mission is to provide:

The Institute of Medicine recommends informatics competencies in the areas of:

Select three areas in which policy affects nursing and explain how.