In a health care organization, equity is
a. a willingness to invest in decision-making and express ownership in those decisions.
b. the best method for integrating staff roles and relationships into structures and pro-cesses to achieve positive patient out-comes.
c. recognition and acceptance of the im-portance of everyone's work and of the fact that an organization's success is bound to individual performance.
d. linking health care providers and patients along all points in the system.
ANS: B
Equity is the best method for integrating staff roles and relationships into structures and process-es to achieve positive patient outcomes. Accountability is a willingness to invest in deci-sion-making and express ownership in those decisions. Ownership is recognition and acceptance of the importance of everyone's work and of the fact that an organization's success is bound to individual performance. Partnership is linking health care providers and patients along all points in the system.
You might also like to view...
A client at the crisis clinic has cared for her invalid mother for 10 years. The mother's condition has
deteriorated, and placement in a nursing home has been suggested by the mother's physician. The client states she has always seen herself as capable of caring for her mother despite the personal sacrifice it requires. To place the mother in a home threatens her value system. Successful resolution of the client's crisis will be most closely related to a. resolving the grief associated with the threat to the client's self-concept. b. ability of the client to avail herself of situational supports in the community. c. reliance on assistance from role models within the client's culture. d. mobilization of automatic relief behaviors by the client.
To reduce the risk for ear trauma after tympanoplasty, what should the nurse teach the client?
A. "Avoid crowds and people who are ill." B. "Wear sound protection around loud noises." C. "Do not occlude one nostril while blowing your nose." D. "Frequently clean objects that come into contact with your ear."
A nurse expects that the blood pressure will increase in the patient who
1. Avoids caffeine, nicotine, and a sedentary lifestyle. 2. Is in top physical condition. 3. Has an increased blood volume, as happens during pregnancy. 4. Has a history of hypotension.
A new nurse orienting to a position in a community health center that serves a multi-diverse client population says, "The first thing I need to do is learn everything possible about all the cultures of the clients."
What is the best response staff can give the new nurse? A) "This will come with time as you get to know clients and then encounter problems.". B) "First, you need to understand who you are.". C) "You should always be nonjudgmental.". D) "I will give you a great book that describes all of the critical factors.".