NURS300 Exam prep Study Guide with Complete Solutions

NURS300 Exam prep Study Guide with Complete Solutions what are styles of management decision making - Answer-1. autocratic - manager makes the decision w/o others input 2 consultative- manager consults with employeees after making his is increased acceptance f the decision because employees feel 3 participatory: when the manager allows employees to share in the decision 4 collaborative: group decision making. group ,members are more involved, more supportive and there is more potential for creative decisions set of statements of principles, values, and intent that outline expectations and provides a basis for consistent decision making and resource allocation in respect to a specific issue - Answer-what is a policy what is a chief tool of governance for an institution - Answer-a policy a course of action adopted or proposed by the govt, party, business or individual - Answer-policy EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 Page 2/71 what is health policy - Answer-broad range of strategies nd activities in public health, health care and intersecting social systems which are important to peoples well being Broad statement of goals, objectives and means that create the framework for activity. Often takes the form of explicit written documents, but may also be implicit or unwritten. laws, regulations, actions and decisions implemented in the healthcare sector are known as policy health policy advocay social justice - Answer-b t/f community org and pt are involved in the implementation and evaluation of health policies - Answer-true why can policies be useful - Answer-clarifies the value of which the policy is based on = values clarification Defines vision for the future helps to establish objectives and priorities for the present and future EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 Page 3/71 facilitates target and milestone setting for short and medium term consensus can be strengthened various groups can understand what their expected role in implementing the policy the decisions, goals, and actions that determine how care is administered and accessed. - Answer- healthcare policy what is at the top of the four tier of care improvement - Answer-health policy microsystem, macrosystem - Answer-micro: HCP macro: healthcare organization and leadership Canada Health Act (1984) - Answer-Example of a public policy canada federal legislation for publicly funded health care insurance objective protect, promote and restore physical and mental well-being of Canadian residents EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 Page 4/71 what is the aim of the CHA - Answer-ensure that all eligible residents of Canada have reasonable access to insured health services on a prepaid basis, without direct charges at the point of service for such services Types of Regulated nursing personnel in Canada - Answer-RN RPN registered psychiatric nurse LPN •Midwives Advanced practice nurses nurse practitioners unregulated nursing personnel - Answer-HCA, nursing aides, service workers, support workers RPN - Answer-Registered Practical Nurse provide nursing care, supportive counselling and life skills to pt in psyiatric hospitals, mental health clinics and long term care how is LPN different from RPN - Answer-•provide nursing care usually under the direction of medical practitioners, registered nurses, or other health team members. (The term licensed practical nurse is used throughout Canada, except Ontario, where registered practical nurse is used and in Quebec, where nursing assistant is used.) EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 Page 5/71 to be a registered nurse - Answer-you must have passes the NCLEX or Quebec exam and have registered with the province body can specialize in many areas of care Policy development process - Answer-1 - agenda setting 2 formulate a policy 3 adopt the policy 4 implement the policy 5 evaluate the policy outcomes Policymaking Framework - Answer-1.Knowledge synthesis 2. Knowledge translation 3. other policy inputs regarding economics, group lobbying, election pressures 4 Policy-making 4implementing of policy EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 Page 6/71 5. Other policy inputs A process/technique for understanding the nature, intent and impact of a policy—assess the strengths and weakness of a policy - Answer-policy analysis policy analysis question - Answer-• •What is the present policy? How, when and why did the policy come into being? • •Who are the policy makers? Which, if any, interest groups do they represent? What influenced policy- makers to adopt a particular course of action, what were the objectives of the policy? What interested groups, if any, have been consulted and what resources and kinds of advice have been obtained? • •What have been the stages and methods, including organizational arrangements and structures, used in the policy making process? Is the process of policy making that has been adopted the best we can hope for? How it might be improved? • •Is it a good policy? What has it achieved? Would a different policy be likely to yield better results? For whom? Does the present policy need to be changed? Is it feasible to change it and in what ways? Politics - Answer-Using power to influence, persuade, or change EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 Page 7/71 it is the activity in which conflicting interests struggle for advantage or dominance in the making and execution of public policies. •it is the activity in which conflicting interests struggle for advantage or dominance in the making and execution of public policies. - Answer-politics an activity where conflicting interests struggle for dominance in the execution pf public policy - Answer- Why politics exist - Answer-●Politics exist because resources can be limited, and some people control more resources than others. ●Control of health care resources is spread among several vested interest groups, called stakeholders— Stakeholders tend to exert political pressure on health policy makers to make the health care system work to their economic advantage (at the municipal, provincial, or federal level). Health care will be defined and controlledby those with political influence an