Using the Institute of Medicine competencies, Quality and Safety Education for
Nurses (QSEN) faculty and a National Advisory Board have defined quality
and safety competencies for nursing and proposed targets for the knowledge,
skills, and attitudes to be developed in nursing prelicensure programs for
each competency.
The six competencies are: Right Ans - -Patient-Centered Care
-Teamwork and Collaboration
-Evidence-Based Practice
-Quality Improvement
-Safety
-Informatics
The mission of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) is to: Right
Ans - "promote excellence in medical-surgical nursing"
Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board (MSNCB) offer the certification
of: Right Ans - Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN)
The Current National Patient Safety goals are these: Right Ans - -Identify
patients correctly, using two
identifiers
-Improve staff communication
-Use medications safely
-Use alarms safely
-Prevent infection
-Identify patient safety risks
-Prevent mistakes in surgery
competencies in the nursing process: Right Ans - includes assessment,
diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation and ultimately guides
patient care.
Steps of Evidence-Based Practice Right Ans - • Develop the question
• Search and collate the best evidence
,• Evaluate the quality of the evidence
• Integrate evidence into practice
• Evaluate outcomes of practice change
• Disseminate the evidence
Evaluating Levels of Evidence Right Ans - • Level I from systematic reviews
of randomized controlled studies (RCTs)
• Level II from at least one RCT
• Level III from quasi-experimental studies
• Level IV from case-control and cohort studies
• Level V from systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
• Level VI from a single descriptive or qualitative study
• Level VII from expert individual authorities or committees
SBAR is an acronym that correlates to: Right Ans - Brief statement of the
problem or issue being addressed
Data related to the current situation
Summary of causes, significance, severity of situation
Specific actions needed to address the situation
Which independent, not-for-profit organization accredits and certifies more
than 19,000 health-care organizations in the United States? Right Ans - The
Joint Commission (TJC)
What is the role of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in
medical-surgical nursing in the United States? Right Ans - Testing the
, ability of the registered nurse in various domains of the nursing practice to
confer the credential Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse® (CMSRN).
Which organization's report regarding ineffective communication estimated
that there are approximately 40,000 incidences of client harm per day in US
hospitals? Right Ans - Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Which member of the interprofessional health-care team performs the role of
the care coordinator in a hospital's surgical unit? Right Ans - Medical-
surgical nurses
Which organization works to promote excellence in medical-surgical nursing?
Right Ans - Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses (AMSN)
A transitional care nurse (TCN) is caring for a client who had hip surgery.
Which intervention should the nurse provide for the client? Right Ans -
Visit the client weekly at home during the first month.
Which characteristic is a feature of the Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for
Older Adults Through Safe Transition) program? Right Ans - It uses an
assessment tool called the 8P scale.
Which member of the interprofessional care team (ICT) can lead the team
under the direction of the primary health-care provider? Right Ans -
Certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP)
The case manager is an integral part of the interprofessional care team (ICT).
What is the role of the case manager? Right Ans - Plans health care with
cost-effective outcomes
Which organization confers the credential Certified Medical-Surgical
Registered Nurse® (CMSRN)? Right Ans - Medical-surgical Nursing
Certification Board (MSNCB)
Which model of transitional care did advanced practice nurse Mary Naylor at
the University of Pennsylvania develop? Right Ans - The Transitional Care
Model (TCM)
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