Nurs 300 Exam 4 SG UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Building a nursing team · A strong nursing team works together to achieve the best outcomes for patients
and improve patient safety and well being
· Outcomes that are looked at are did patients get an HAI, readmittance, patient
satisfaction scores, falls due to orthostatic hypotension or polypharmacy
· Effective team development requires team building and training, trust,
communication, and a workplace that facilitates collaboration
Empowerment and Leadership · Empowered teams begin with the nurse executive (CNO/CNE)
· Transformational leadership: Big picture goal oriented, innovation, trying to
make changes, trying to develop the team and raise you up
· Servant Leadership: Addressing the needs of the employees first, putting
needs of others before yours, humility, modest, calm leaders who choose to serve
others before they decide to become leaders
Professional practice models · Patient and family centered carte: Family involvement helps result in better
patient outcomes, more people are involved, can recognize baseline
· Case management: Coordinates and links health care services across all levels
of care for patients and their families while streamlining costs and maintaining
quality
Decision Making Definition · Shared governance: decentralized structure, staff involvement in policies and
procedres, staff and management both involved in decision making
· Responsibility: Duties and activities that you are employed to perform, have to
take ownership
· Autonomy: Freedom of choice and responsibility for the choices
· Authority: Legal ability to perform a tast, scope of practice, license
· Accountability: Individuals being answerable for their actions
· Staff involvement: Work environment promotes participation, all staff members
benefit from the knowledge, experience, and skills of the entire work group
Staff support · The nursing manager supports staff involvement through multiple approaches
o Establishing nursing practice through problem solving committees or professional
shared governance councils
o Interprofessional collaboration among nurses and health care providers
o Interprofessional rounding
o Staff communication
o Staff education, ensure learning opportunities are available
, Leadership skills for nursing students · Clinical care coordination
o Clinical judgement
o Priority setting
o Organization skills
o Use of resources
o Time management
o Evaluation
· Team communication
· Delegation: The process of assigning part of your responsibility to another
qualified person in a specific situation
· Knowledge Building
What is the Magnet recognition program? · Standards include shared decision making, leadership, safety, quality, well-being,
professional development
· Nurses are involved and have a say in things
· Hospitals with this recognition should have high patient satisfaction rates and low
falls
What are some environmental factors that affect safety? · A safe environment protects the staff to function optimally
· Basic human needs
o Sufficient oxygen, nutrition, and optimum temperature, influence a persons safety
· Oxygen
o Supplemental poses fire risk
· Nutrition
o Requires knowledge about healthy food and safety
· Temperature
o Extremes pose safety risks to vulnerable populations
What are some physical hazards? · Often result in physical or psychological injury or death
o Motor vehicle accident (car seat use, elderly)
o Poiion, often impair the function of every major organ system
o Falls, ranked as the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury
deaths wordwide
o Fire, the leading cause of fire-related death is careless smoking, especially when
people smoke in bed at home
o Disasters, natural disasters such as flood, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornados, and
wildfires are a major cause of death and injury
Transmission of pathogens Transmission of Pathogens
· A pathogen is any microorganism capable of producing an illness
· Most commonly transmitted by the hands
o Asepsis and hand hygiene are important in preventing HAIs
· Immunizations: Reduce and in some cases prevents, the transmission of disease
from person to person
What are some factors influencing patient safety · Patients developmental level
o Safety awareness, anticipatory guidance (injuries related to motor skills, balance,
coordination, risky behaviors)
o Mobility, sensory, and cognitive statis
§ Falls, medications, delirium, dementia
o Lifestyle choices (occupation, drugs, alcohol
o Knowledge of common safety precautions
CORRECT Answers
Building a nursing team · A strong nursing team works together to achieve the best outcomes for patients
and improve patient safety and well being
· Outcomes that are looked at are did patients get an HAI, readmittance, patient
satisfaction scores, falls due to orthostatic hypotension or polypharmacy
· Effective team development requires team building and training, trust,
communication, and a workplace that facilitates collaboration
Empowerment and Leadership · Empowered teams begin with the nurse executive (CNO/CNE)
· Transformational leadership: Big picture goal oriented, innovation, trying to
make changes, trying to develop the team and raise you up
· Servant Leadership: Addressing the needs of the employees first, putting
needs of others before yours, humility, modest, calm leaders who choose to serve
others before they decide to become leaders
Professional practice models · Patient and family centered carte: Family involvement helps result in better
patient outcomes, more people are involved, can recognize baseline
· Case management: Coordinates and links health care services across all levels
of care for patients and their families while streamlining costs and maintaining
quality
Decision Making Definition · Shared governance: decentralized structure, staff involvement in policies and
procedres, staff and management both involved in decision making
· Responsibility: Duties and activities that you are employed to perform, have to
take ownership
· Autonomy: Freedom of choice and responsibility for the choices
· Authority: Legal ability to perform a tast, scope of practice, license
· Accountability: Individuals being answerable for their actions
· Staff involvement: Work environment promotes participation, all staff members
benefit from the knowledge, experience, and skills of the entire work group
Staff support · The nursing manager supports staff involvement through multiple approaches
o Establishing nursing practice through problem solving committees or professional
shared governance councils
o Interprofessional collaboration among nurses and health care providers
o Interprofessional rounding
o Staff communication
o Staff education, ensure learning opportunities are available
, Leadership skills for nursing students · Clinical care coordination
o Clinical judgement
o Priority setting
o Organization skills
o Use of resources
o Time management
o Evaluation
· Team communication
· Delegation: The process of assigning part of your responsibility to another
qualified person in a specific situation
· Knowledge Building
What is the Magnet recognition program? · Standards include shared decision making, leadership, safety, quality, well-being,
professional development
· Nurses are involved and have a say in things
· Hospitals with this recognition should have high patient satisfaction rates and low
falls
What are some environmental factors that affect safety? · A safe environment protects the staff to function optimally
· Basic human needs
o Sufficient oxygen, nutrition, and optimum temperature, influence a persons safety
· Oxygen
o Supplemental poses fire risk
· Nutrition
o Requires knowledge about healthy food and safety
· Temperature
o Extremes pose safety risks to vulnerable populations
What are some physical hazards? · Often result in physical or psychological injury or death
o Motor vehicle accident (car seat use, elderly)
o Poiion, often impair the function of every major organ system
o Falls, ranked as the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury
deaths wordwide
o Fire, the leading cause of fire-related death is careless smoking, especially when
people smoke in bed at home
o Disasters, natural disasters such as flood, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornados, and
wildfires are a major cause of death and injury
Transmission of pathogens Transmission of Pathogens
· A pathogen is any microorganism capable of producing an illness
· Most commonly transmitted by the hands
o Asepsis and hand hygiene are important in preventing HAIs
· Immunizations: Reduce and in some cases prevents, the transmission of disease
from person to person
What are some factors influencing patient safety · Patients developmental level
o Safety awareness, anticipatory guidance (injuries related to motor skills, balance,
coordination, risky behaviors)
o Mobility, sensory, and cognitive statis
§ Falls, medications, delirium, dementia
o Lifestyle choices (occupation, drugs, alcohol
o Knowledge of common safety precautions
