NUR 450 Q&A Bundle

What is magnet status? positive culture that affects nurse and patient outcomes and creates an environment that attracts qualified RNs who delivery quality care What is Lewin's Change Theory? 1) unfreezing (assessing/bringing awareness to an issue) 2) moving (planning/implementing) 3) refreezing (...

An ICU nurse modifies a plan of care based on a patient's cultural values. Which of the following nurse characteristics of the Synergy Model is reflected with this intervention? Caring practices. In order to decrease the number of medication errors, one strategy may include focusing on which of th...

Why should the registered nurse practicing bedside nursing be concerned about research for the delivery of quality nursing care? A. Research provides the nurse with knowledge needed to make sound clinical decisions. B.One study can change nursing practice dramatically. C. The Joint Commission on ...

Scientifically defined, pregnancy begins at implantations because: A. a fertiizlied egg can exist outside the human body but, the petri dish is not pregnant B. An early embryo can exisist outside the human body but, the fridge at the fertility clinic is not pregnant. C. The process of implantatio...

What is Transition of Care When a patient is moved around. - A patient handoff to another nurse - Changing floors - Changing facilities - Beings moved to their home Common transition errors: - No comprehensive discharge care plan - Not transferring the patient's medication lists to the new facilit...

Which of the following best describes community oriented nursing? having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention A nurse wants to have a better understanding of the physiological effects of selected chemicals. Which of the following individuals would provide the most useful information ...

What is Clinical Judgement? "Interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs, concerns, or health problems, and/or the decision to take action (or not), use or modify standard approaches, or improvise new ones as deemed appropriate by the patient's response" Characteristics of Clinical Jud...

Leadership can be defined as the use of individual traits and abilities, in relationship with others, and the ability to (often rapidly) interpret the environment/context where a situation is emerging, and enter that situation in the absence of a script or defined plan that could have been projected...

Which represents the management functions that are incorporated into the management process? A) Planning, directing, organizing, staffing, and evaluating B) Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling C) Organizing, planning, staffing, directing, and evaluating D) Organizing, staffin...

Hormone necessary to maintain an established pregnancy: progesterone From what event is the length of a pregnancy calculated: the first day of the last menstrual period Quickening begins at what time: 16-20 weeks What is the role of the placenta during pregnancy: provide nutrients, oxygen, and fi...

Delegation Transferring the authority to perform a selected nursing task in a selected situation to another team member while maintaining accountability Assignment Transferring the author, accountability, and responsibility to another member of health care team The NCSBN 5 rights of Delegation (Na...

A nurse manager is teaching the purpose of the nurses Code of Ethics to a group of high school students. Which statement by one of the students indicates that the teaching has been effective? The purpose of the nurses Code of Ethics is? A. To assist in clarifying the individuals nurses personal valu...

A client is in need of a family-like environment with a high level of support. Which would be most appropriate? Therapeutic foster care Board-and-care home Personal care home Supervised apartment Therapeutic foster care During milieu therapy, nurses offer positive feedback and praise for appropria...

A nurse is obtaining consent from an unemancipated minor to perform an abortion. When would the nurse consider the consent-giving process to be appropriately completed? Select all that apply. When consent has been given specifically by a court When self-consent has been granted by a court order When...