The question What changes can we make that will result in improvement? is an integral part of:
a. TQM c. FOCUS
b. PI d. PDSA
D
The question What changes can we make that will result in improvement? is one of three that are utilized at the beginning of each application of the PDSA methodology for improvement.
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A nurse is demonstrating the professional role of provider of care to a nursing student. Which action by the nurse is most relevant to this professional role?
A. Assesses the patient's priority physical needs B. Gives the patient a bath instead of delegating it C. Supervises unlicensed assistive personnel D. Uses monitoring and IV equipment correctly
A health care practice has changed its mix of patients and now accepts fewer self-paying and more insured patients. The office manager tells the staff to anticipate
a. caring for more-educated patients. b. offering expanded office hours and days. c. ordering more diagnostic tests. d. providing more preventive care.
A nurse working in the emergency department is assigned to a child who is arriving by ambulance after being involved in a spill of organophosphate insecticides. What will the nurse expect to be the initial priority for treating this child?
a. Administering diphenhydramine to control secretions b. Giving diazepam to control seizures c. Providing mechanical ventilation and oxygen d. Reporting the spill to the Environmental Protection Agency
An older patient with a newly diagnosed peptic ulcer asks why lifestyle alterations are necessary. What should the nurse explain to the patient about their new diagnosis?
1. "It is important to reduce alcohol; it stimulates gastric acid secretion." 2. "It is important to reduce alcohol; it acts to suppress gastric immunity." 3. "It is important to eat two large meals per day; this will reduce abdominal pain." 4. "It is important to reduce smoking because tobacco reduces the effectiveness of gastric ulcer medications."