Delegation & Accountability
When an RN assigns a component of care to a UNP, they remain both accountable and this.
What is responsible?
This leadership theory suggests that leaders are made through experience and learning rather than born with innate traits.
What is the Behavioral view of leadership?
This term describes a period of surprise and disequilibrium when new nurses enter practice.
What is reality shock?
This hospital designation indicates nursing excellence and staff empowerment.
What is Magnet status?
This plan helps hospitals respond effectively to natural disasters like hurricanes.
What is a disaster response plan?
In the 5 Rights of Delegation, this step in delegation involves matching tasks with the person most qualified to perform them.
Answer: What is delegating Right Person.
This communication program focuses on improving team effectiveness and patient safety.
What is TeamSTEPPS? (or Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety
A nurse who can stay calm under pressure likely demonstrates this quality.
What is high stress tolerance or resiliency?
The first step in quality improvement is to identify this.
What is the standard?
A hospital team ensuring readiness for emergencies meets requirements set by this organization.
What is The Joint Commission?
This document defines what tasks may be legally delegated by nurses within a state.
What is the Nurse Practice Act?
A team differs from a group because teams share this.
What is a common goal or purpose?
A nurse taking on too many responsibilities and trying to please everyone may experience this.
What is role conflict?
When a hospital monitors falls, medication errors, and satisfaction, it’s assessing these.
What are quality indicators?
The first action when discovering a fallen patient is this.
What is inspect the client for injuries?
This is the first step in the delegation process.
What is Right Task?
When a nurse manager adjusts work roles to improve collaboration and outcomes, this leadership style is being used.
What is transformational leadership?
Nurses in emergency and trauma settings are at highest risk for this condition.
What is compassion fatigue?
A medication overdose or retained instrument are examples of this kind of event.
What are sentinel events?
Nurses involved in disaster planning contribute to which public health function?
What is community preparedness?
This principle states that even when a nurse assigns a task, accountability remains with the delegating nurse.
What is accountability in nursing delegation?
A nurse manager and staff working together to review evidence-based practices for ventilator care exemplifies this approach.
What is collaboration?
A nurse’s perception of a situation as positive or negative demonstrates that stress is this.
What is subjective in nature?
Advance directives should always be offered to all patients, not only those who are terminally ill. This fulfills which ethical principle?
What is patient autonomy?
When injuries overwhelm available resources, nurses must prioritize using this system.
What is triage?