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One advantage of centralized scheduling is A. better use of resources B. lack of cost containment C. decreased use of resources D. increase in cost correct answer: Guess What is the average number of patients cared for per day for the reporting period called? A. nursing hours per patient ...

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NURS 403 Quiz 3 Questions With
Complete Solutions
One advantage of centralized scheduling is
A. better use of resources
B. lack of cost containment
C. decreased use of resources
D. increase in cost correct answer: Guess

What is the average number of patients cared for per day for the
reporting period called?
A. nursing hours per patient
B. the average daily census
C. the average length of stay
D. direct care hours correct answer: Guess

Which of the following requires knowledge of patient acuity,
nursing productivity, nursing competence, organization finance,
and health care regulations?
A. self- scheduling
B. health care staffing
C. health care scheduling
D. staff mix correct answer: guess

What type of schedule blends aspects of centralized and
decentralized scheduling whereby individual units may manage
staffing?
A. self

,B. centralized
C. mixed
D. decentralized correct answer: guess

one of the most time-consuming concerns of the nurse managers
is the staffing of the unit. Staffing requires having enough staff
to deliver care, and that the staff present are qualified to deliver
that care? What must the nurse manager keep in mind?
A. use of licensed personnel saves the health care facility money
B. better patient care and less errors are made when a unit is
staffed by RNs
C. When a nurse calls out sick, ask present staff to work
overtime
D. the use of travel nurses is better for cost containment correct
answer: guess

The joint commission and other accrediting agencies survey
hospitals on the quality of care provided, but they
A. do not mandate staffing level
B. do assess an organizations' ability to provide the right number
of competent staff to meet the needs of the patients served by the
hospital
C. do not assess safe quality outcomes
D. do not require mandatory, safe licensed nurse-to-patient
rations in all units in acute care facilities at the state level correct
answer: guess

The staffing plan consists of four different elements that must be
addressed. They are
A. the care delivery model, patient acuity, nursing staff, and
staff experience

,B. the health care setting, care delivery model, patient acuity,
and nursing staff
C. the health care setting, patient acuity, nursing staff, and shift
D. the number of patients, care delivery model, patient acuity,
and nursing staff correct answer: guess

As a new nurse you will need to ask how your units schedule is
done. What type of scheduling is using the same schedule
repeatedly?
A. block scheduling
B. rotation scheduling
C. permanent shifts
D. self scheduling correct answer: guess

As mandated by state law, which state requires acute care
hospitals to maintain minimum nurse to patient staffing rations?
A. new jersey department of health services
B. new york department of health services
C. california department of health services
D. oregon department of health services correct answer: guess

What type of scheduling allows an individual to manage staffing
but with the option of consulting a centralized office to help full
open shifts?
A. self scheduling
B. mixed scheduling
C. block scheduling
D. decentralized scheduling correct answer: guess

Which ANA principles for nurse staffing standards are applied
to patient care?

, A. staffing levels that must be sufficient for providing quality
patient care
B. Mandated staffing rations
C. recommended a new method for determining staffing needs
D. staffing based on patient census correct answer: A

Which ANA principles for nurse staffing standard is applied to
staffing?
A. Nurse/ patient rations should be mandated
B. Clinical competencies of the staff are standardized for all
units
C. Support of the staff nurses must come from all levels of
nursing
D. Experienced nurses should work the day shift because it is
the busiest correct answer: C

Which ANA principles for nurse staffing standard is applied to
the organization?
A. nursing rations are mandated
B. The need for documented competencies for all nurses
delivering patient care is supported
C. That nursing budgeted positions are not filled in a timely
manner is accepted
D. the needs of the staff nurse are secondary to the patient's
needs correct answer: B

The process of determining daily staffing incorporates which
factor?
A. competency of staff
B. nursing degree of staff
C. acute change in patient acuity

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