Exam 12: Care Delivery Strategies

Complex care of acutely ill patients is required on a surgical unit,which utilizes differentiated nursing practice as its model of care delivery.On what is the concept of differentiated nursing practice is based?

In comparing team and functional models of care,a nurse manager favors the team model.In particular,she finds that the team model:

For a nurse manager in the functional nursing model,an approach that will assist in maintaining staff satisfaction in this specific model is:

In considering whether or not to accept a job offer as a nurse manager at a Magnet hospital,you look at an environment that you might encounter as a head nurse at the hospital.You determine that you could expect to:

During times of nursing shortages and increased nursing costs in health care,which of the following nursing care delivery models might come under greatest scrutiny?