Professional Issues in Nursing Solved Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Professional Issues in Nursing explores the complex ethical, legal, and professional challenges that nurses face in healthcare settings. The course examines topics such as professional values, standards of practice, advocacy, diversity, teamwork, leadership, and healthcare policy. Students will analyze current trends and issues, including workplace safety, patient rights, interprofessional collaboration, and the impact of technology on practice. Through case studies and critical discussions, the course encourages development of critical thinking skills, ethical reasoning, and effective communication necessary for responsible and professional nursing practice in an evolving healthcare environment.
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Quality and Safety for Transformational Nursing Core Competencies 1st Edition by Kim Amer Available Study Resources on Quizplus
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Chapter 1: Risk and Threats to Safe Quality Care in Hospital Settings
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Q1) An organization is planning strategies to ensure the safety of their patients while receiving care. Which strategies would be consistent with those of the Institute of Medicine to ensure a safe healthcare system? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Have strong leaders
B) Master workforce planning
C) Support team collaboration
D) Conduct expert data collection
E) Support continuing education initiatives Correct
Answer: A,C,E
Q2) The organization administrator is analyzing demographics of patients admitted to the organization for care. What characteristic is consistently being seen amount newly admitted patients?
A) Poor health promotion behaviors
B) Compliance with medication regimens
C) Adherence to recommended diet
D) Successful smoking cessation Correct
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Quality and Safety Models
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Q1) A Shared Governance committee is working on a project to improve the quality of patient care provided in a major city hospital. What would the committee use as the definition of quality?
A) Lack of errors
B) Lack of falls
C) No medication errors
D) Defined by the patient Correct
Answer: D
Q2) The nurse identifies an issue with the labeling of a medication for a patient. What can the nurse do to prevent this situation from creating a medication error?
A) Write over the medication label.
B) Notify the nurse manager about the issue.
C) Contact the pharmacy and discuss ways to eliminate the issue.
D) Document the identification of the issue in the medical record. Correct
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Transition to Practice: an Essential Element of
Quality and Safety
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Q1) The nurse manager is evaluating the competency of new graduate nurses when providing patient care. On which area do most graduate nurses need more assistance and focus?
A) Delegation
B) Conflict resolution
C) Tracking multiple responsibilities
D) Understanding quality improvement Correct
Answer: A
Q2) The nurse manager is analyzing why the number of medication errors and patient safety issues has significantly increased over the early summer months. What would be the reason for this increase? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Experiencing a patient care problem for the first-time
B) New nurses not being aware of the big picture
C) Extreme disciplinary action by the preceptors
D) Lack of knowledge about unit work flows
E) Novices assisting novices Correct
Answer: A,B,D,E
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Chapter 4: Power, Empowerment, and Change in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) The nurse manager is planning to distribute the Power to Knowingly Participate in Change Tool to the staff during the next meeting. What purpose will this tool serve?
A) Identifies the staff's commitment to quality patient care
B) Recognizes which staff members are not aware of patient safety issues
C) Measures the level of power a person experiences and perceives
D) Describes the staff that is willing or not willing to change Correct
Q2) The staff nurse is researching professional nursing organizations that focus on social justice. What would be the purpose for the nurse to join this type of organization?
A) Improve the quality of patient care
B) Recognize ways to make changes
C) Reduce the incidence of medical errors
D) Support oppressed members of society Correct
Q3) The nurse has decided to apply to graduate school. In what way will additional formal education support the nurse's future power?
A) Work in a position of formal power
B) Improve the health of oppressed people
C) Learn the budgeting process
D) Learn to complete a risk assessment Correct
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Chapter 5: Quality and Safety Education Strategies
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Q1) The nurse manager observes a staff nurse initiating actions to resolve a conflict between a physician and another nurse. Which category of teamwork and collaboration criterion did the staff nurse exemplify?
A) Skill
B) Attitude
C) Creativity
D) Knowledge Correct
Q2) The nurse manager is reviewing the assertion cycle to be used by staff to improve assertive communication. Place in order the steps of this cycle beginning with the first step to the last.Standard Text: Click and drag the options below to move them up or down.Choice
A) Reach a decision
B) State the problem
C) Propose an action
D) Express your concern
E) Get the person's attention Correct
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Chapter 6: Evaluating a Program: Metrics and Stakeholders
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Q1) A healthcare organization is collecting data to determine the progress of meeting identified metrics. To make sure that the data represents the stakeholders' interests, what would be done at this time?
A) Publish the data in the hospital newsletter.
B) Release the data to the media for reporting.
C) Share the data with a small group of stakeholders.
D) Report the data to the Board of Directors during the next meeting. Correct
Q2) The nurse manager wants to use a questionnaire to gather data about a metric. What could be done to determine the reliability of the questions on this evaluation tool?
A) Share the questionnaire with other nurses who are content experts.
B) Ask the staff development department to analyze the questions.
C) Use the test with different people and match the responses.
D) Examine the consistency of repeat findings. Correct
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Chapter 7: Interprofessional Team Building
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Q1) The nurse manager is working with an architect to physically redesign a patient care area. The new design removes a central nurse's station and creates patient care pods. How will the redesign of the care area influence team development?
A) Facilities collaboration
B) Segregates care givers
C) Maximizes care giver focus
D) Reduces redundancy Correct
Q2) The nurse is informing a physician of a change in a patient's status. Which statement exemplifies assertive communication?
A) "I thought you might want to stop and see the patient to see for yourself what's going on."
B) "The patient's respiratory rate is now 26 and heart rate is 104 with ectopy."
C) "The patient has diabetes and no one has diagnosed it yet."
D) "When you have some time can you look at the patient's laboratory values?" Correct
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Chapter 8: Transforming Care at the Bedside Tcab
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Q1) The nurse manager is evaluating the impact of Transforming Care at the Bedside on a patient care area. Which statement indicates the program is being well-received by the nursing staff?
A) "This is just one more way to keep nurses quiet."
B) "I feel respected when I provide patient care."
C) "No one listens to my complaints anymore."
D) "It will be done for a while and then fade away." Correct
Q2) The professors in a school of nursing are identifying ways to implement the principles of Transforming Care at the Bedside into the nursing curriculum. Which content would be important for the students to learn about this process?
A) Teach how to implement morning huddles.
B) Outline the four focus areas within the process.
C) Explain that the entire focus is to provide safe and reliable care.
D) Encourage talking about the process with nursing staff during clinical. Correct
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Chapter 9: Informatics and Nursing: Using Technology to Improve Quality
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Q1) The nurse is reading about a device that tracks the location of a patient in the home. What are the benefits of this type of device when providing patient care? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Helpful to use for patients who may wander
B) Provides information for the health care provider
C) Identifies location of a patient in the event of a fall
D) Streamlines the care the patient will need in the home
E) Encourages the patient to use technology in the home Correct
Q2) A healthcare organization is applying for federal funding to finance a system-wide electronic health record system. What criteria will the organization need to demonstrate prior to receiving these funds? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) The system is able to track health data over time.
B) Implement a system that is integrated into the care delivery system.
C) Patients and families are using the electronic health system at home.
D) Staff training on the use of the system has been planned and provided.
E) There has to be enough technical, legal, and financial support to maintain system integrity. Correct
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Chapter 10: Patient-Centered Care
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Q1) A patient tells the nurse that "people" have been using the arm, with an arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis, for blood pressure readings and blood draws all day. What actions could the nurse take to improve the quality and safety of this patient's physical care? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Post a sign in the patient's room to not use the arm.
B) Wrap the arm in an elastic bandage and place it on a pillow.
C) Mark on the patient's white board not use the arm with the fistula.
D) Document in the medical record that the arm was used for blood pressure measurements.
E) Ask the patient's physician to assess the integrity of the fistula since the arm was used for other care. Correct
Q2) The nurse is caring for a patient with a visual disorder. What action would support the patient's care environment?
A) Turn off the lights in the room.
B) Keep a night light on in the room.
C) Close the patient's room door.
D) Place eye glasses in the bedside stand. Correct
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Chapter 11: Quality Health Care, Policy and Law
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Q1) After providing morning medications the nurse realizes that a medication error was made. What should the nurse do?
A) Evaluate the patient for effects of the medication error.
B) Document that medications were switched between patients.
C) Encourage the patient to ingest more water throughout the day.
D) Tell the truth and report the medication error according to policy. Correct
Q2) A patient with chronic illnesses desires to have a total knee replacement to improve knee pain. The primary care provider suggests the patient use palliative approaches for knee pain. The family says they support the patient's decision. What should be done about this situation?
A) Follow the patient's decision.
B) Follow the primary care provider's decision.
C) Suggest the ethics committee analyze the situation.
D) Recommend the patient utilize a different primary care provider. Correct
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Chapter 12: Future-Focused Quality Nursing
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Q1) A nurse manager wants to be promoted to a director. Which overall leadership descriptors would this manager strive to emulate? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Wise
B) Brave
C) Creative
D) Articulate
E) Fair minded Correct
Q2) A staff nurse is planning to apply for a nurse manager position. Which behaviors would the nurse prepare to demonstrate during the interview process? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Clear communication
B) Good listening skills
C) Self-confidence
D) Self-motivation
E) Persistence Correct
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