Organizational Structure of Health Care
A model of care in which the nurse assumes full accountability for care of a group of patients is:
A. Case management
B. Functional nursing
C. Total patient care
C. total patient care
A specific action plan should be used for each:
A. strategy
B. goal
C. outcome
A. strategy
The nurse manager must include all staff providing services on the unit to the budget. Indirect cost expenditures in the operating budget would include
A. housekeeping.
B. unit secretary.
C. patient care assistants.
A. housekeeping
A good leader will follow which of the following guidelines?
A. Provide for a friendly atmosphere.
B. Identify missing staff member.
C. Identify goals and objectives.
C. Identify goals and objectives.
Major outcomes of Performance Improvement (PI) include all of the following except which one?
A. Results in solving problems at their root cause.
B. Practiced at personal, unit, and organizational levels.
C. Focused on building and sharing knowledge only on a particular targeted unit.
C. Focused on building and sharing knowledge only on a particular targeted unit
A decentralized leadership structure would be one that allows decisions making:
A. a senior level
B. at the point of care
C. by all involved
B. at the point of care
What is the process by which the specific goals are matched with each strategic goal?
A. short-term goal
B. long-term goal
C. action plan
C. action plan
The cash budget allows for minor expenditures. Which expenditure would the nurse expect to be paid from the cash budget?
A. Travel expenses
B. Reference book
C. Repairs to equipment
B. Reference book
Which of the following attributes is a quality found in the members of a successful team?
A. Friendly
B. Enthusiastic
C. Prompt
B. Enthusiastic
The Pareto principle says that 80% of work is caused by 20% of sources. How might this principle apply to a clinical nursing area?
A. A nurse has 5 patients and 2 of them are being discharged today.
B. A nurse has 5 patients and 1 of them develops acute BP changes.
C. A nurse has 5 patients and 2 leave the unit for tests.
B. A nurse has 5 patients and 1 of them develops acute BP changes.
Which of the following structures arranges services and departments accorrding to thier fucntion ?
A. functional
B. primary
c. organizational
A. functional
Which of the following is not an element of a strategic plan?
A. mission statement
B. organizational policy
C. unit specific goal
C. unit specific goal
Positive variance is best explained by which situation?
A. Decreased patient acuity
B. Decreased census
C. Increased benefits
B. Decreased census
Which of the following qualities are seen in a successful team?
A. Everyone is on time for meetings.
B. Everyone comes with questions.
C. Everyone shows mutual trust.
C. Everyone shows mutual trust.
Which of the following explains why nursing instructors should provide an environment in which students are not intimidated to notify them of their errors?
A. Reporting of errors makes root cause analysis possible.
B. Reporting of errors gives the instructor cause to fail the student.
C. Reporting of errors makes the student feel less responsible.
A. Reporting of errors makes root cause analysis possible.