NUR 211 EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH
GUARANTEED PASSED
SOLUTIONS!!
NUR 211
OCTOBER 17, 2024
EVATEE
,NUR 211 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
GUARANTEED PASSED SOLUTIONS!!
nurse-sensitive patient indicators Answer - quality indicators that capture care
or patient outcomes most affected by nursing care
examples of nurse-sensitive indicators Answer - patient falls, medication
administration errors, hospital-aquired pressure ulcers, restraint use,
mislabeled specimens, patient deterioration, pain management
purpose of joint commission's national patient safety goals (NPSGs) Answer -
to promote specific improvements in patient quality and safety
compliance with NPSGs ensures... Answer - quality and safe care for patients
responsibility Answer - the obligation to act or direct to accomplish a goal
accountability Answer - being held to answer for personal actions and actions
of others
authority Answer - ability or legitimate power to make decisions, implement
strategies, or elicit work from others
who does an RN delegate to? Answer - nursing care technicians, LPNs, nursing
students, volunteers, other nurses
,who retains the authority and accountability? Answer - the RN who delegated
the tasks
what care can the RN delegate? Answer - SAFE THINGS! routine tasks and
skills, skills that the person has been taught, tasks in job description, routine
care, care to STABLE patients with predictable outcomes
never delegate... Answer - assessment, teaching, or evaluations of
interventions
four rights of delegation Answer - right task, right person, right
communication, right feedback
right task Answer - routine tasks, skills included in training programs and
orientation, skills and tasks in which they have demonstrated competency,
tasks in job description
right person Answer - properly trained, in job description, demonstrated
competency, licensed vs. unlicensed
right communication Answer - clear directions given, what to report back,
safety precautions, verify understanding that they know what to do, be very
clear with what information you need from them
right feedback Answer - monitor performance based on standards of care,
policies, and procedures, RN is accountable, feedback on performance,
documentation
obligation in ethical decisions Answer - always put the patient FIRST, maximize
the client's well-being, balance client's need for autonomy with family
, members' responsibilities for the client's well-being, carry out hospital policies,
protect nurse's standard of care
how to enhance ethical decisions and practice? Answer - know the dilemma,
know the ethics and standards applied to it, familiarity with ANA code of ethics
for nurses, respect values and opinions of other HCPs
specific ethical issues Answer - HIV/AIDS, abortion, organ transplantation, end-
of-life issues, management of personal health information (HIPPA)
ethical decision-making process Answer - be informed and open, put the
patient first, identify the options, decide which option you can ethically defend
principles of nursing Answer - autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence,
justice, distributive justice, fidelity, veracity, and privacy
autonomy Answer - right to make one's own decisions
nonmaleficence Answer - duty to do no harm
beneficence Answer - doing good
justice Answer - fairness; equal treatment
distributive justice Answer - fairness in allocation of resources
fidelity Answer - be faithful to agreements and promises