N432 Test 2: Ch. 12 Care Deliver Strategies
Complex care of acutely ill patients is required on a surgical unit, which utilizes differentiated nursing practice as its model
of care delivery. The concept of differentiated nursing practice is based on:
a. Licensure status.
b. Experience in the agency.
c. Leadership capabilities.
d. Education and expertise.
d
The relief charge nurse has assigned a newly licensed baccalaureate-prepared nurse to be one of the team leaders for
the 3-11 shift. In making this decision, the charge nurse has overlooked this nurse's:
a. Clinical expertise.
b. Leadership ability.
c. Communication style.
d. Conflict-resolution skills.
a
When interviewing an applicant for a position, the nurse manager describes the unit's care delivery system as one in
which each nursing assistant is cross-trained to perform specific tasks, and the RNs do all treatment, medication
administration, and discharge teaching. The nurse applicant knows this nursing care delivery strategy to be:
a. The case method.
, b. Functional nursing.
c. Primary nursing.
d. Nurse case management
b
You are the nurse manager of a nursing service organization that provides around-the-clock care to clients in their homes.
To achieve maximum reimbursement for a client who is recovering from a hip replacement, the nursing staff most likely
will follow the nursing care guidelines presented in the:
a. Nursing care plan.
b. Physician's orders.
c. Critical pathway.
d. Clinical practice guidelines.
c
The nurse case manager is working with a client admitted for end-stage renal disease. The case manager's major goal
during this hospitalization is to:
a. Implement the care pathway on admission.
b. Provide direct nursing care throughout the hospitalization.
c. Supervise the nursing staff members who implement the care map.
d. Prevent additional hospitalizations resulting from complications of the client's disease.
d
The nurse manager at a cardiac rehabilitation unit was asked to select a care delivery model. Which of the following
methods would be the most cost-effective?
Complex care of acutely ill patients is required on a surgical unit, which utilizes differentiated nursing practice as its model
of care delivery. The concept of differentiated nursing practice is based on:
a. Licensure status.
b. Experience in the agency.
c. Leadership capabilities.
d. Education and expertise.
d
The relief charge nurse has assigned a newly licensed baccalaureate-prepared nurse to be one of the team leaders for
the 3-11 shift. In making this decision, the charge nurse has overlooked this nurse's:
a. Clinical expertise.
b. Leadership ability.
c. Communication style.
d. Conflict-resolution skills.
a
When interviewing an applicant for a position, the nurse manager describes the unit's care delivery system as one in
which each nursing assistant is cross-trained to perform specific tasks, and the RNs do all treatment, medication
administration, and discharge teaching. The nurse applicant knows this nursing care delivery strategy to be:
a. The case method.
, b. Functional nursing.
c. Primary nursing.
d. Nurse case management
b
You are the nurse manager of a nursing service organization that provides around-the-clock care to clients in their homes.
To achieve maximum reimbursement for a client who is recovering from a hip replacement, the nursing staff most likely
will follow the nursing care guidelines presented in the:
a. Nursing care plan.
b. Physician's orders.
c. Critical pathway.
d. Clinical practice guidelines.
c
The nurse case manager is working with a client admitted for end-stage renal disease. The case manager's major goal
during this hospitalization is to:
a. Implement the care pathway on admission.
b. Provide direct nursing care throughout the hospitalization.
c. Supervise the nursing staff members who implement the care map.
d. Prevent additional hospitalizations resulting from complications of the client's disease.
d
The nurse manager at a cardiac rehabilitation unit was asked to select a care delivery model. Which of the following
methods would be the most cost-effective?
