NR- 541 Week 4 Exposition 2023 Review Questions and Answers

NR- 541 Week 4 Exposition 2023 Review Questions and Answers A nurse is having difficulty in a new role as nurse leader. The role requires the nurse to arrive early and keep detailed lists of staff requests. Frequently, the nurse arrives late, is easily irritated, and loses notes from staff. According to role theory, which may the nurse be experiencing? - CORRECT ANSWER -Role stress Which example indicates a new nurse manager is experiencing role ambiguity? - CORRECT ANSWER -The nurse fails to complete assigned tasks, citing being unaware it was his or her responsibility. Which action demonstrates the nurse's role as a change agent? - CORRECT ANSWER -Identifying patient safety issues and implementing methods to promote patient safety A nurse who was promoted to manage a medical-surgical nursing unit tells his or her immediate supervisor, "This is becoming too much work. I feel like I'm doing everyone's job now." Which activities would the immediate supervisor recommend to the nurse manager? - CORRECT ANSWER -Allow the direct-care nurses autonomy in making patient care decisions Provide educational opportunities for direct-care nurses to facilitate critical thinking skills Advise the new nurse manager to act as a facilitator between the direct-care nurses and administrators Foster independence and allow the new nurse manager to make decisions without going to supervisors A direct-care nurse has accepted a new position as a nurse manager at a new organization. The nurse is struggling to learn the policies of the institution and the responsibilities of the position. Which first step should the nurse implement in adjusting to the new organization and role? - CORRECT ANSWER -Seek a mentor A new nurse leader plans to make staffing changes. Which principle should be used? - CORRECT ANSWER -Build the team 1.How does the nursing social contract allow for autonomy in the nursing profession? - CORRECT ANSWER -The nursing social contract is an agreement between the nursing profession and society that ensures nurses will have proper training, act responsibility, and be mindful that society trusts the profession. 2Which assumptions are made within the ANA social policy statement to allow structure or a framework for a contract between the profession and society to allow trust? - CORRECT ANSWER -Humans are defined by their different contextual or cultural differences or experiences. Humans exist with a unity of mind, body, and soul; therefore, all aspects of the human should be cared for. Public policy and health care delivery systems shape the well-being of society and the profession of nursing. Health and illness are part of the human experience and are parts that make up the whole of a person, not separate entities. 3Which policy statement directs the nursing profession to conduct the nurse-patient relationship within the values and beliefs of both the patient and the nurse regardless of differences? - CORRECT ANSWER -ANA's social policy statement 4Which questions are ethical or moral questions that may result when there is unrest or instability in the health care system? - CORRECT ANSWER -Who has the right to live or die? Who decides the priority of a patient on the organ transplant list? Who should make the decisions about a patient's insurance covering birth control? Should insurance companies be able to decide who gets coverage based on preexisting conditions? 5Which scenarios demonstrate forces that cause unrest, change, or reform in health care? - CORRECT ANSWER -An aging population and advances in technology or genetics