NUR 270 Final Exam Questions and 100% Correct Answers
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NUR 270
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NUR 270
A nonprofit organization that distributes to governmental agencies, the public, business, and health care professionals knowledge related to health care for the purpose of improving health is the: A. Institute for Safe Medication Practices. B. Institute of Medicine. C. National Committee for Qualit...
NUR 270 Final Exam Questions and
100% Correct Answers
A nonprofit organization that distributes to governmental agencies, the public, business,
and health care professionals knowledge related to health care for the purpose of
improving health is the:
A. Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
B. Institute of Medicine.
C. National Committee for Quality Assurance.
D. The Joint Commission ✅B. Institute of Medicine
A nurse is removing a saturated dressing from an abdominal incision and must cut the
tape to remove the dressing. The nurse accidentally cuts the sutures holding the
incision, and evisceration occurs. In quality improvement, this incident is best identified
as a:
A. Root cause.
B. Sentinel event.
C. Variation in performance.
D. Causal factor. ✅B. Sentinel Event
A patient is ordered a low-protein, low-calorie diet but the patient's family brings fish,
lentils, and unleavened bread for a meal to observe a cultural practice. The nurse works
with the dietitian to adjust the next few meals to accommodate for this variance. This
situation would represent:
A. A sentinel event.
B. An adverse event.
C. Patient-centered care.
D. The communication technique of "call-out." ✅C. Patient-centered care
A patient with complicated diabetes is scheduled for a below the knee amputation at 7
AM. The surgical team adheres to the 2012 National Patient Safety Goals by
implementing which protocols? (select all that apply)
A. The surgical team asks the patient to verify his or her name, type of surgery, and limb
to be removed.
B. Ask each member of the surgical team to provide a copy of licensure and, if
applicable, certification to patient and family.
C. The surgical team uses the chart number and name/hospital number to ensure they
have the correct patient.
D. Mark the procedure site with "X" and again ask the patient to verify correct site.
E. After arrival in the operating room, perform a "time-out" for final identification of
patient and operative site along with agreement of what procedure is scheduled.
✅A,C,D,E
, A nurse is interviewing at an agency owned by a national religious organization that
serves homeless and uninsured patients. A large poster display shows a proposed
addition that would add 16 beds to the facility that will be funded from profits of the
previous 3 years of operation. The nurse recognizes that the agency is most likely what
type of agency?
a. For-profit
b. Not-for-profit
c. Publicly-owned
d. Investor-owned ✅B. Not-for-profit
A nurse is reported for taking prescribed patient medications for their personal use. Who
has direct authority over deciding if the nurse may keep their professional license to
continue practicing as a nurse?
a. The hospital where the nurse is currently employed
b. The American Nurses Association
c. The National League for Nursing
d. The State Board of Nursing who issued the license ✅D. state board of nursing
The annual report for a hospital shows that external environment factors are affecting
the amount of new staff hired. What is a likely factor contributing to this outcome?
a. The recent implementation of becoming a not-for-profit institution
b. The implementation of a hospital electronic medical record system
c. A national recession that has been occurring for 3 years
d. The closure of a hospital-based school of nursing due to lack of funding ✅C.
national recession that has been occurring for 3 years
A quality improvement committee is reviewing discharge surveys. Results show that
patients and their families have difficulty finding departments and areas of the hospital.
What action by the committee would best address this concern for the organization?
a. Continue to review future surveys to monitor the situation.
b. Give additional training to the receptionists and switchboard personnel to give better
directions.
c. Form a multidisciplinary committee to identify options to help travel through the
hospital.
d. Send a work order to the maintenance department requesting that brighter lights be
installed. ✅C. form multidisciplinary committee to identify options to help travel through
the hospital
The nurse who is certified as a Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN™) represents the
unit on the organizational performance improvement team. This is an example of _____
leadership.
a. formal
b. unit
c. organizational
d. informal ✅D. informal
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