QUESTIONS AND THEIR CORRECT
ANSWERS
Delegation
Transfer of responsibility for a nursing activity from a
licensed nurse
The purpose of workplace redesign is to
A. Increase the PCT's responsibilities.
B. Operate the agency more efficiently
C. Eliminate services and personnel.
D. Create more private rooms.
B. Operate the agency more efficiently
Teaching the nursing assistant to provide advanced
technical skills is called
A. Nurses training.
B. Specialization.
C. Multiskilling.
D. Competency evaluation.
C. Multskilling
The purpose of patient-focused care is to
A. Bring services to patients.
B. Bring patients to services.
C. Provide more technical procedures.
D. Study facility practices.
,A. Bring services to patients
In the hospital, the PCT is supervised by the
A. Physician
B. Nursing assistant
C. Registered nurse
D. Unit manager
C. Registered nurse
Nursing practice in each state is regulated by the
A. Physician
B. Nurse practice act
C. Medical board
D. Employer
B. Nurse practice act
Standards of PCT care are based on
A. What the nurse thinks
B. Information in Books, journals, and laws
C. What the doctor would order in a similar situation
D. Information provided by other workers
B. Information in books, journals, and laws
The standard of care involves what the
A. Average, responsible worker in your position would
do
B. Best worker would do in a similar situation
C. Nurse or doctor would do
D. Worker with advanced education would do
A. Average, reasonable worker in your position would do
,A negligent act
A. Is always deliberate
B. Involves a boundary violation
C. Always causes injury or harm
D. Maybe accidental for deliberate
D. May be accidental or deliberate
Malpractice
A. Involves negligence that harms a patient
B. Does not apply to unlicensed worker
C. Is a mistake that is easily corrected
D. Involves adhering to the standards of care
A. Involves negligence that harms a patient
When determining whether to delegate a procedure to
the PCT, the nurse must do all of the following except
A. Know that the PCT is competent it the procedure
B. Believe that the PCT will get the same or similar
results as the nurse
C. Believe that the patients response to the procedure
is reasonably predictable
D. Review each step of the task in the procedure
manual
D. review each step in the procedure manual
You are assigned to perform an unfamiliar procedure.
You should
A. Say nothing and perform the procedure
B. Ignore the assignment
C. Tell the nurse that you have not been told to do the
, procedure
D. Ask another PCT to perform the procedure
C. Tell the nurse that you have not been taught to do that
procedure
A team composed of workers from different
departments, each with different training and
responsibilities, is an
A. Interdisciplinary team
B. Intradepartmental team
C. Intradisciplinary team
D. Interdepartmental team
D. Interdepartmental team
When providing age-appropriate care, the PCT must
consider all of he following except
A. Tact, sympathy, and empathy
B. Safety and security
C. Personal care and comfort
D. Communication
A. Tact, sympathy, and empathy
The principles of restorative nursing care include
A. Allowing the patient to rest as much as possible
B. Stressing the patients disability
C. Treating the whole person
D. Exercising every two hours
C. Treating the whole person
Professional boundaries
A. Apply only to licensed nursing personnel