Delegation
Safety
Decision Making
Legal Issues
Chance
100

A person, other than a RN or LPN that some nursing tasks can be delegated to

What is a UAP?

100

The name of a report published that prompted action in healthcare for increased safety

What is the IOM (Institute of Medicine) report?

100

Used by nurses to make decisions regarding standards of care

What are nurse practice acts?

100

Many nursing errors that cause harm to patients are caused by

What are medication errors?

100

A leadership style that allows great flexibility and limited direction is known as

What is lais-sez-faire?

200

This can not be delegated to UAPs

What is clinical decision making?

200

A barrier for patient safety is most commonly related to this 

What is communication?

200

Professional judgement for nursing decisions is also known as

What is critical thinking or clinical judgement or problem solving?

200

The person responsible for ensuring the quality of a delegated task is

What is the Registered Nurse?

200

A leadership style where members of the team take part in making decisions is known as

What is a democratic leadership style?

300

The process used to determine delegation is known as

What are the 5 rights of delegation?

300

When a team has this, they are working well together.

What is synergy?

300

Clinical nursing practice decisions are based upon

What are standards of care/evidence based practice?

300

Common areas of potential nursing liability include

What are medication errors, patient falls and failure to enact physician orders?

300

A leadership style that dictates what should be done with little input from employees is known as

What is autocratic or authoritarian?

400

A method used by the nurse to determine if a person can complete a delegated task

What is reviewing their position description or providing training or knowing their expected scope of duties for their position?

400

Health systems with a higher percentage of these people have better outcomes

What are BSN prepared nurses?

400

A Magnet designated health system impacts decision making for this group of people

What are nurses?


400

Disciplinary action from a board of nursing against a nurse can include

What is removal or suspension of nursing license?

400

A high rate of this is more important than IQ and impacts outcomes in the workplace

What is Emotional Intelligence?

500

The best source of information to determine nursing delegation responsibilities

What is the national guidelines for nursing delegation?

500

The IOM Future of Nursing Report emphasized the importance of

Nursing safety (for example/ as a result of nurse residency programs, increased number of BSN prepared nurses, interprofessional collaboration, etc.)

500

A source for review of ethical dilemmas in nursing

What is the American Nurse's Association Code of Ethics?

Also, consider hospital ethics review boards

500

Nursing boards are responsible for ensuring safe nursing practice by

What is overseeing policies related to nursing practice in each state?

500

A person is known as this when he or she influences others and conveys a team spirit

What is a leader?