Providing patient-centered care "with sensitivity and respect for the diversity of human experience" is a competency promoted by the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
(QSEN) Institute that overlaps with which of the following communication and behavioral skills that nurses must develop?
A. Awareness of others
B. Asking questions respectfully
C. Understanding patient preferences
D. All of the above
ANS: D
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1. "We have been to two doctors already.". 2. "We have intercourse at least three times a week.". 3. "We are using temperature tracking for ovulation prediction.". 4. "We have been trying to conceive for a year.".
Nurses should teach parents that the most useful action to prevent infections in infants is
a. wearing a mask whenever they have a cold or runny nose b. frequent handwashing by caregivers c. limiting the number of people who see and touch the infant d. bathing the infant frequently
The home health nurse is revising the care plan of a client diagnosed with HIV who has developed a vaginal yeast infection. Nursing diagnoses related to this opportunistic infection include: Select all that apply
1. Acute/Chronic Pain. 2. Impaired Skin Integrity. 3. Deficient Knowledge. 4. Anxiety. 5. Infection transmission.
Staff review committees are the most common specific approach to quality assurance. The audit, the major tool used to evaluate quality of care, consists of six steps
A quality assur-ance manager does an audit and six months later returns to see if a problem has been elimi-nated. This step is: 1. The step that involves selecting explicit criteria for quality care 2. The step where records are reviewed 3. The step that includes a peer review of all cases that do not meet criteria 4. The last step in the audit process