C 157 Fast Track OA Success Quiz With Answers. Latest 2021.The surgery department’s monthly case review revealed the need for the
development of a new
... [Show More] innovation to better meet surgical patient outcomes.
Which of the following would the Advance Practice Nurse need to consider
having as part of the innovation committee?
2 points
Surgical technician, risk manager and surgeon
Surgeon, scrub nurse and patient
Referring physician, circulating nurse and patient
Surgeon, risk manager and scrub nurse
An MSN needs to assign a staff member to assist a medical director in the
development of a quality program for a newly established service. Which of
the following staff members is most appropriate for this project?
2 points
a newly hired staff member who has demonstrated competence and has
time to complete the task
a motivated staff member who is actively seeking promotion
a competent staff member who has good interpersonal skills
a knowledgeable staff member who works best on defined tasks
The MSN leader is regularly monitor the number of inappropriate referrals,
the timeliness of discharge planning, and the number of days of discharge
delays. What additional monitor should the MSN leader recommend to the
Discharge Planning team be added to the process for evaluating the
appropriateness of discharge planning interventions?
2 points
adequacy of documentation in progress notes
attainment of discharge planning goals
timeliness of referrals to discharge planning
number of discharge planning referrals from nursing
Pharmacy Services and Nursing are having difficulty developing an action
plan for medication errors. Pharmacy Services states that Nursing Services
cause the majority of the problems related to errors, while Nursing Services
states the opposite. The MSN Leader’s role in resolving this problem is to:
2 points
provide them with directives on how to solve the problem
facilitate discussion between the groups to enable them to assume
ownership of their portions of the problem
assign the task to an uninvolved manager
refer the problem to the facility-wide quality council
In beginning a new quality improvement innovation, the designated
committee identifies a need for change in the medication reconciliation
process, and creates a new documentation form that covers all essential
elements of the process. The committee also develops a way to assess
monthly compliance with use of the new form. These tasks represent which
step of the PDSA model?
2 points
Planning a change.
Pilot testing a change.
Implementing a tested change.
Sustaining a change.
An acute care hospital wants to change their information sharing policy. They
currently share the following information with patients only: diagnoses, care
planning, medications, activity, and discharge information. The change to the
HIPAA privacy policy will enable personal health information to be shared
with any person a patient designates permission to have access. Clinical staff
members are concerned because expanding access to patient information
will result in additional cross-checking work prior to being able to direct
visitors to answer questions about a patient's care. Hospital administration is
considering this change as a way to enhance patient-centered care. How
should this change be evaluated to determine if it is successful?
2 points
compare quality care metrics of medication reconciliation pre-policy and
post-policy change
compare quality care metrics between the acute hospital and the skilled
nurse facility
compare patient satisfaction metrics between pre-policy and post-policy
change
compare clinical staff satisfaction metrics between pre-policy and post-policy
change
As part of the new innovation on the medication reconciliation process, three
nurses on different shifts are using the new medication reconciliation form.
This task represent which step of the PDSA model? [Show Less]