The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) has established which of the following goals to assist nurses to make practice changes in order to benefit patients?
a. Patient satisfaction
b. Employee satisfaction
c. Unit-specific measures
d. Medication errors
ANS: C
The NDNQI tracks unit-specific measures such as fall rates. The other goals were not tracked.
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The American Nurse Association has written guidelines for minimum __________________ of care
ANS:
A performance-based career advancement system provides a means to recognize and reward clinical ____
a. Attitudes b. Behaviors c. Expertise d. Teamwork
The nurse manager's unit has been very short-staffed due to an increased number of employee health issues. The nurse manager began enforcing mandatory overtime for the remaining staff to cover open shifts
The nurse manager is examining a recent set of incident reports that occurred on the unit. Which of the following employee incidents might be related to these staffing issues? Select all that apply. 1. Sixteen units of regular insulin were ordered for the client, but the nurse gave 61 units of regular insulin. 2. All of the clients under the nurse's care received their 9 a.m. medications after 11:30 a.m. 3. The nurse slipped on a wet floor after the client spilled his water on the floor. 4. The nurse was injured while attempting to turn a 420-pound person alone. 5. The nurse gave the client another client's medications.
A public health nurse was trying to persuade the largest employer in town to offer workplace health-promotion programs. Which arguments could the nurse offer as benefits of these programs? (Select all that apply.)
a. Decreased absenteeism b. Decreased incidence of obesity c. Decreased use of insurance benefits d. Decreased accidents e. Decreased turnover f. Decreased commitment to self-improvement