NUR 4590 Final Exam / Rasmussen NUR4590 Final EXAM 2024-2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100 % PASS SOLUTION A+ GRADE
*Which of the following is the final step in the process when utilizing the DECIDE method for
decision making?
a. Establishing the criteria we want to accomplish
b. Development and implementation of an action plan
c. Defining the problem and determining why
d. Evaluating the decision through monitoring, troubleshooting, and feedback - ANSWER-
d. Evaluating the decision through monitoring, troubleshooting, and feedback
What is Magnet Status? - ANSWER-Characteristics of a Magnet hospital include nursing
autonomy, practice control, and collaboration. Nursing support, collaborative partnerships
with physicians, and nursing practice are other aspects.
*Which program can help identify a hospital as having a gold standard of nursing?*
a. Six Sigma
b. HCAHPS
c. American Nursing Credentialing Center
d. Magnet Recognition Program
e. OSHA - ANSWER-d. Magnet Recognition Program
How does the responsibility and accountability of the nurse flow? - ANSWER-Responsibility is
the allocation and acceptance of a task. Responsibility is the obligation to take on and
accomplish work and to secure the desired results. In accepting the obligation of an assigned
task, the staff person is accepting responsibility to accomplish the task. Accountability is the
liability for task performance and is determined in a retrospective analysis of what occurred.
The assignment of responsibility and the granting of authority create accountability.
Accountability flows upward or outward: from staff to manager or from provider to client.
*Which of the following statements are accurate when describing responsibility and
accountability? (Select all that apply.)*
,a. The assignment of responsibility assumes accountability.
b. A manager is assigned responsibility by a subordinate.
c. Accountability is the liability for task performance.
d. The assignment of responsibility and the granting of authority create accountability.
e. Accountability flows upward or outward. - ANSWER-c. Accountability is the liability for
task performance.
d. The assignment of responsibility and the granting of authority create accountability.
e. Accountability flows upward or outward.
*Staffing management is one of the most critical activities for nurse leaders at every level of
the health care organization today because it affects:*
a. Delegation and supervision.
b. Unit leadership productivity.
c. Organizational outcomes.
d. Professional development and quality control. - ANSWER-c. Organizational outcomes.
Negotiation? - ANSWER-Negotiation is a dialogical discussion between two or more parties to
arrive at an agreement about some issue. It is used to solve problems, conflicts, or disputes.
*Which of the following is true about negotiation?*
a. It commonly results in a win-lose situation.
b. It is aimed at solving problems, conflicts, or disputes.
c. It is used only in contract and labor union disputes.
d. It is the exchanging of favors or trading activity. - ANSWER-b. It is aimed at solving
problems, conflicts, or disputes.
,Who are the people most likely to promote violence in the workplace? - ANSWER-Customers,
clients, patients, or students are regarded as the most prevalent source of violence against
nurses
*The most prevalent source of violence against nurses is from:*
a. A current or former employee.
b. Customers, clients, or patients.
c. Criminals with no other connection to the workplace but who simply intend to commit
a crime.
d. Someone who is not employed at the workplace but has a personal relationship with
an employee. - ANSWER-b. Customers, clients, or patients.
What is NVC? - ANSWER-NVC communication utilizes a four-part communication process
grounded in compassion, empathy, and honesty. The four parts include making an
observation, expressing a feeling, expressing a need, and making a request without
demanding.
NVC communication processes are grounded in: (Select all that apply.)
a. confrontation
b. empathy
c. compassion
d. honesty
e. assertiveness - ANSWER-b. empathy
c. compassion
d. honesty
What can happen when communication is poor? - ANSWER-The Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) has collected data regarding patient safety over many years. They
discovered that poor communication was the number one cause of preventable medical errors
, *The number one cause of preventable medical errors is:
a. Hostile work environments.
b. Poor communication.
c. Ineffective leadership.
d. Staff competency. - ANSWER-b. Poor communication.
This is developed after teamstepps? - ANSWER-To address the "communication arm" of the
TeamSTEPPS model strategies such as SBAR have been created to enhance teamwork
communication. One of the strategies that has been well documented and is familiar to nurses
is SBAR, which stands for situation, background, assessment, and recommendation.
*Which communication format was developed to address the communication arm of the
TeamSTEPPS model?*
a. NVC (nonviolent communication)
b. SBAR (situation, background, assessment, and recommendation)
c. VERA (validation, emotion, reassurance, activity)
d. MI (motivational interviewing) - ANSWER-b. SBAR (situation, background, assessment,
and recommendation)
*Which staff member should be assigned to a dying client who is experiencing symptoms of
emotional distress?*
a. UAP who can be spared to sit with the client
b. LPN/LVN who has grown attached to the family
c. RN who has experience as a hospice nurse
d. Newly graduated RN - ANSWER-c. RN who has experience as a hospice nurse
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