A nurse uses effective strategies to communicate and handle conflict with nurses and other health care professionals. Which Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency is the nurse demonstrating?
a. Informatics
b. Quality improvement
c. Teamwork and collaboration
d. Evidence-based practice
C
Teamwork and collaboration uses effective strategies to communicate and handle conflict. In-formatics includes navigating electronic health records. Quality improvement uses tools such as flow charts and diagrams to improve care. Evidence-based practice integrates best current evi-dence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
You might also like to view...
A community health nurse suspects that a family is being exposed to biologic pollutants and asks the family various questions. Which response by the family would help confirm the suspicion?
A) "We used to have a dog years ago in our old house, but we don't have any pets in the house now." B) "Our symptoms don't seem to be as bad at work, but then they come back again when we get home." C) "We painted the dining room recently but haven't done any remodeling or other changes to the house." D) "We have an exterminator come out at least monthly, so we haven't seen any bugs or rodents around."
A nursing student is preparing a presentation for the class on clubfoot. The student determines that the presentation was successful when the class states which of the following?
A) Clubfoot is a common genetic disorder. B) The condition affects girls more often than boys. C) The exact cause of clubfoot is not known. D) The intrinsic form can be manually reduced.
The laboring client requests pain medication. Her contractions last 20-30 seconds and occur every 8-20 minutes. The nurse should explain that analgesics given at this time would likely cause:
A. Fetal respiratory depression. B. Decreased analgesic effectiveness at the end of labor. C. Maternal hypotension. D. Prolonged labor.
A client has been placed in seclusion due to an episode of throwing a chair at another client in the dayroom. Which of the following statements reflects the most accurate understanding about the rationale for the use of seclusion in this instance?
A) "The client needed to be secluded because she could not keep her voice down." B) "The client was secluded after all other options for helping her to control her violent behavior had been utilized and were found to be ineffective." C) "The client would not be able to understand why she is placed in seclusion at this time because of her mental instability." D) "The client was secluded because she behaved badly in this instance."