Exam 13: Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing Practice Environment

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?

A nurse is concerned because novice nurses are having their orientation period shortened and are being placed in charge nurse positions. The nurse has documented unsafe care and decisions by these novice nurses. To be protected from retaliation by the employer, this nurse must "blow the whistle" by:

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:

A newly hired nurse is asked to serve on a committee formed to recruit and retain nurses. At the committee meeting, the nurse learns that:

The key to organizational success for health care facilities is:

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"?

According to the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (2000):

Studies conducted to determine enrollment trends in nursing schools have found that in the last years:

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?

Hospitals surveyed nurses who terminated their employment to determine why they chose to leave. One of the most common reasons for leaving was:

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?

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?

The priority intervention to improve work-related quality of life for nurses is to:

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

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)

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

When an RN is asked to accept an assignment that he or she may not be qualified to perform, the nurse should:

The Institute of Medicine report (2011):

One workplace issue-the nursing shortage-is caused by several complex issues, including:

Qualified nursing school applicants have continued to be turned away, limiting enrollment due to a shortage of faculty, which is attributed to several factors, including: