NURS 6540 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Components of Situation Monitoring. Answer: STEP
-Status of the Patient
-Team Members
-Environment
-Progress Toward Goals
Cross-Monitoring
-A human error reduction strategy that involves:
•"Watching each other's back"
◉ Mutual Support: Feedback. Answer: Can be given by any team
member at any time
Should be:
•Clear & Considerate
•Brief & Specific
•Timely
•Complete & directed towards improvement
,◉ Mutual Support
CUS. Answer: I am CONCERNED
I am UNCOMFORTABLE
This is a SAFETY ISSUE
-Use of key phrases understood by all team members to mean, "Stop.
We may have a problem."
◉ Teamwork and Collaboration. Answer: •A Core Competency for
nursing practice
•QSEN definition & KSA:
-Function in nursing & interprofessional teams
Knowledge
Skills
Attitudes
◉ Nursing Teamwork. Answer: Handoff reports
•Use during transitions in care
•Needs to be accurate, specific, & clear, & allow time for questions
-SBAR
-"I PASS the BATON"
,◉ Interdisciplinary Rounds & Team Meetings. Answer: Increase
communication among the whole team
•Physicians, pharmacists, therapists, nurses, &
dieticians
•Linked to decreased length of client hospital stay
-Interdisciplinary team meetings
-Clinical teaching rounds
Can include huddles, callouts and time-outs
◉ Current Challenges in Health Care Delivery. Answer: Complex
Contemporary Health Care System:
•Demographics, economics, health disparities, globalization,
provider shortages
•Earlier discharges & sicker
•Complex medication & treatment
•Technology advances
•Self-management of chronic diseases
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
•More people eligible for health care
•Requires tighter understanding & Implementation
, of care continuity via integrated services.
◉ Continuity of Care (COC). Answer: "A multidimensional
longitudinal construct in health care, which emphasizes seamless
provision and coordination of client-centered quality care across the
clinical setting"(Haggerty, 2003).
◉ Dimensions of COC. Answer: Relational Continuity
•A therapeutic relationship
Informational Continuity
•Use of data
Management Continuity
•Case management approach
◉ Continuity of Care w goal. Answer: "A series of connected client-
care events both within a health care institution & among multiple
settings" (Sparbel & Anderson, 2000).
Goal: Ensure reliable coordinated transition of clients from 1 HC
setting to another.
ASSESSMENT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Components of Situation Monitoring. Answer: STEP
-Status of the Patient
-Team Members
-Environment
-Progress Toward Goals
Cross-Monitoring
-A human error reduction strategy that involves:
•"Watching each other's back"
◉ Mutual Support: Feedback. Answer: Can be given by any team
member at any time
Should be:
•Clear & Considerate
•Brief & Specific
•Timely
•Complete & directed towards improvement
,◉ Mutual Support
CUS. Answer: I am CONCERNED
I am UNCOMFORTABLE
This is a SAFETY ISSUE
-Use of key phrases understood by all team members to mean, "Stop.
We may have a problem."
◉ Teamwork and Collaboration. Answer: •A Core Competency for
nursing practice
•QSEN definition & KSA:
-Function in nursing & interprofessional teams
Knowledge
Skills
Attitudes
◉ Nursing Teamwork. Answer: Handoff reports
•Use during transitions in care
•Needs to be accurate, specific, & clear, & allow time for questions
-SBAR
-"I PASS the BATON"
,◉ Interdisciplinary Rounds & Team Meetings. Answer: Increase
communication among the whole team
•Physicians, pharmacists, therapists, nurses, &
dieticians
•Linked to decreased length of client hospital stay
-Interdisciplinary team meetings
-Clinical teaching rounds
Can include huddles, callouts and time-outs
◉ Current Challenges in Health Care Delivery. Answer: Complex
Contemporary Health Care System:
•Demographics, economics, health disparities, globalization,
provider shortages
•Earlier discharges & sicker
•Complex medication & treatment
•Technology advances
•Self-management of chronic diseases
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
•More people eligible for health care
•Requires tighter understanding & Implementation
, of care continuity via integrated services.
◉ Continuity of Care (COC). Answer: "A multidimensional
longitudinal construct in health care, which emphasizes seamless
provision and coordination of client-centered quality care across the
clinical setting"(Haggerty, 2003).
◉ Dimensions of COC. Answer: Relational Continuity
•A therapeutic relationship
Informational Continuity
•Use of data
Management Continuity
•Case management approach
◉ Continuity of Care w goal. Answer: "A series of connected client-
care events both within a health care institution & among multiple
settings" (Sparbel & Anderson, 2000).
Goal: Ensure reliable coordinated transition of clients from 1 HC
setting to another.
