NUR 425 Exam 1 Training Questions
Solved Correctly.
Affordable Care Act 2010 - Answer - provided healthcare to all americans
- more attention to preventative medicine
- shift towards more NP's
- more outpatient and home care
what kind of costs with medicaid not cover - Answer costs that were caused by an error (hospital
required UTI, falls, wrong site injuries, pressure ulcers)
what is benchmarking - Answer comparing organizational data with other like organizations
vision - Answer - describes the future state of what the organization is to become through the
aspirations of the leaders
- keeps stakeholders' intent on why they have come together and what they aspire to achieve
mission - Answer - broad, general statement of organizations reason for existence
- states what the organization is going to do
philosophy - Answer values, concepts, and beliefs, "we believe..."
organizational culture - Answer - the set of values, ideas, attitudes, and norms of behavior that is
learned and shared among the members of an organization
- unstated rules of the game (how late is considered too late)
organizational climate - Answer - related to personality
- subjective perceptions employees have about the organization
, reductive theory - Answer - enhance employee's efficiency through designated tasks
- division of labor/tasks
- chain of command
humanistic theory - Answer brought in social aspects and employee relationships
system theory - Answer - looking at resources: human, financial & material, design services to treat
illnesses, protect or promote wellnesses thus influencing clinical and organization outcomes
- throughput - moving patients in and out of healthcare systems
contingency theory - Answer - organizational performance is enhanced when leaders attend to and
interact directly with changing environment
- people, objects, and ideas outside the organization can influence or threaten organization
chaos theory - Answer - all system will self regulate over time, that change is plausible from the
bottom-up or through the organization
- leader aims to establish simple rules that promote adaptation in concern with environmental agents
- used in ED, L&D, NICU, ICU
functional shared governance - Answer employees are grouped in departments by specialty and
grouping of similar tasks
service line shared governnance - Answer group of units with similar patient conditions (critical care,
maternal child)
functional nursing - Answer - unit stays as 1 large group and staff are assigned to tasks based on title
- example: RN 1 charge, RN 2 assessments and admissions, LPN meds, tech basic care
team nursing - Answer - more cost effective uses fewer higher paid staff
- teams provide total patient care to group of patients
Solved Correctly.
Affordable Care Act 2010 - Answer - provided healthcare to all americans
- more attention to preventative medicine
- shift towards more NP's
- more outpatient and home care
what kind of costs with medicaid not cover - Answer costs that were caused by an error (hospital
required UTI, falls, wrong site injuries, pressure ulcers)
what is benchmarking - Answer comparing organizational data with other like organizations
vision - Answer - describes the future state of what the organization is to become through the
aspirations of the leaders
- keeps stakeholders' intent on why they have come together and what they aspire to achieve
mission - Answer - broad, general statement of organizations reason for existence
- states what the organization is going to do
philosophy - Answer values, concepts, and beliefs, "we believe..."
organizational culture - Answer - the set of values, ideas, attitudes, and norms of behavior that is
learned and shared among the members of an organization
- unstated rules of the game (how late is considered too late)
organizational climate - Answer - related to personality
- subjective perceptions employees have about the organization
, reductive theory - Answer - enhance employee's efficiency through designated tasks
- division of labor/tasks
- chain of command
humanistic theory - Answer brought in social aspects and employee relationships
system theory - Answer - looking at resources: human, financial & material, design services to treat
illnesses, protect or promote wellnesses thus influencing clinical and organization outcomes
- throughput - moving patients in and out of healthcare systems
contingency theory - Answer - organizational performance is enhanced when leaders attend to and
interact directly with changing environment
- people, objects, and ideas outside the organization can influence or threaten organization
chaos theory - Answer - all system will self regulate over time, that change is plausible from the
bottom-up or through the organization
- leader aims to establish simple rules that promote adaptation in concern with environmental agents
- used in ED, L&D, NICU, ICU
functional shared governance - Answer employees are grouped in departments by specialty and
grouping of similar tasks
service line shared governnance - Answer group of units with similar patient conditions (critical care,
maternal child)
functional nursing - Answer - unit stays as 1 large group and staff are assigned to tasks based on title
- example: RN 1 charge, RN 2 assessments and admissions, LPN meds, tech basic care
team nursing - Answer - more cost effective uses fewer higher paid staff
- teams provide total patient care to group of patients
