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Based on data from the patient satisfaction survey,the nurse manager decides that a change should be made in communication with family members.What would be important for a nurse manager to consider when instituting a change to improve customer service?


A) Assess the perceptions of the nursing staff regarding the particular service problem.
B) Include community representatives on a planning committee to address the change.
C) Involve physicians, other healthcare professionals, and ancillary staff.
D) Review all patient complaints with the nursing staff.

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The chief nursing officer is pleased with the nurse manager's strategy of improving patient satisfaction in the pediatric intensive care unit.She decides to implement these changes throughout the hospital.What would be important to consider in implementing a new program focused on improving relationships with consumers?


A) Recognition of the nursing staff for excellence in promoting consumer relationships
B) Holding the staff accountable for resolving patient complaints
C) Selecting a staff nurse leader to implement the program
D) Identifying key staff members who have already demonstrated excellence in consumer relationships

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In the situation described in the Multiple Response Question below,treating the patient with chest pain ahead of the patient with a migraine is a:


A) Product aspect.
B) Service dimension.
C) Compassionate decision.
D) Ritual.

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In orienting new staff nurses to a pediatric intensive care unit,the nurse manager asks the staff nurses to answer the following question: "What is an important consideration in providing information to parents of a critically ill child?"


A) Making sure that they receive complete information during each encounter with a member of the nursing staff
B) Assessing parents' preferences for the amount of information desired
C) Allowing parents to observe key aspects of their child's nursing care
D) Making sure that patient education brochures explaining ICU protocols are readily available

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Which of the following exemplifies a service orientation?


A) Staff members on the unit are encouraged to chart details about family support networks.
B) Chart audit reveals that details related to assessment of family history are missing.
C) The palliative care unit organizes a tree of light fundraiser each year to highlight
Services provided through palliative care.
D) A children's preoperative holding area promotes family interactions for those undergoing surgery.

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Which of the following actions best exemplifies advocacy?


A) Developing a list of agencies that will provide free services for the homeless
B) Working in a needle exchange program for individuals in an inner-city environment
C) Acting on behalf of a patient to promote end-of-life wishes to an ethics committee
D) Working in a free clinic for immigrant workers

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The complexity of the healthcare environment for consumers is increased by:


A) Falling levels of education among the public.
B) Increased levels of poverty.
C) Complex compensatory systems and a variety of delivery systems.
D) Increased numbers of uninsured or underinsured.

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In designing a Web-based program for seniors with Parkinson's disease,it is important to understand that:


A) The program will not be used by half of the target population.
B) Parkinson's disease affects younger patients as well.
C) The program should include graphics as well as text.
D) Seniors find it difficult to read computer screens.

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As a nurse manager,you see an opportunity for patients to be well-serviced through the medical home concept.You recognize that the concept of medical homes:


A) Currently does not include nurses in its vision of multifaceted primary care.
B) Includes nurses as part of an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary team.
C) Restricts nurses to services related to direct care and procedures.
D) Cannot encompass nurses within this framework.

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A nurse makes a medication error that is not serious and does not cause harm to the patient.As the head nurse,your best action would be to:


A) Call attention to it by posting the critical incidents report at the nursing station.
B) Include the mistake on the nurse's performance appraisal.
C) Apologize to the patient for the error, and indicate that discipline has occurred.
D) Educate the nurse on how to provide an apology to the patient.

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As part of performance appraisal,the nurse manager designs strategies to acknowledge staff members.What practices by the nurse manager best acknowledge staff accountability and contribution?


A) Providing new and varied learning experiences for staff members
B) Fostering group cohesiveness through standardization of unit activities
C) Allowing professionals greater influence over their practices
D) Giving recognition for success and support for failure to staff members

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As a head nurse,you are concerned about whether your unit is managing pain well and study the results of a recent patient satisfaction survey very closely.Which of the following findings and approaches might provide useful information for you?


A) Patients find nurses friendly and accessible; data are aggregated for the institution as a whole.
B) Data indicate that nurses are responsive to requests for assistance; data are available for the unit and the institution.
C) Specific questions related to management of comfort are included for the institution as a whole.
D) The survey asks for a range of responses for the unit and the organization, with a focus on facilities, such as cleanliness and responsiveness of administrative services.

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Corrine,a student nurse,often hears that nurses are gatekeepers and wonders what that term means.As a nurse leader,you explain that this is a reference to the:


A) Assessment and admission of patients into care.
B) Orientation of patients to services once they are admitted.
C) Function of controlling which patients see the physician and which do not.
D) Coordination of care, services, advocacy, and access for patients within the healthcare system.

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The chief nursing officer decides to establish a client advocacy position in an oncology unit.Advocacy is best represented by:


A) Establishing private and professional networking systems.
B) Asking social services to handle clients' concerns.
C) Identifying community support groups.
D) Empowering others by promoting self-determination.

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A nurse is admitted to a psychiatric unit.The staff expresses frustration with her because they have explained several times her medication regimen,and yet,when she goes on passes,she fails to follow it.The staff believe that,as a nurse,she should be able to understand what is expected.The nurse's failure to follow the regimen indicates:


A) Early cognitive impairment.
B) Lack of motivation.
C) Lack of health literacy.
D) Worsening health state.

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The nurse manager has to develop a patient satisfaction survey.What is one of the critical elements in selecting a patient satisfaction instrument?


A) Being able to use the same instrument for all clinical units
B) Including items that are important from the patient's perspective
C) Being able to administer the instrument before a patient's discharge from the hospital
D) Being sure that the reading level is no higher than third grade

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During review of a patient's progress,the healthcare team determines that a patient requires treatment that is generally accepted at that time in the usual illness trajectory of a patient.The patient is unable to pay.As the head nurse,you persist in ensuring that this patient receives the treatment.You are:


A) Empowering the patient.
B) Avoiding litigation.
C) Advocating for the patient.
D) Supporting the clinical pathway.

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The nurse manager on a pediatric intensive care unit wants to evaluate patient satisfaction.The nurse manager understands that ultimately,positive relationships with consumers of care are evaluated by the:


A) Cultural sensitivity of staff.
B) Cost-effectiveness of care delivery.
C) Economic value of service.
D) Outcomes for clients and their perceptions of care.

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An example of a factor that would impede a patient's learning would include:


A) Poverty.
B) Recent diagnosis of chronicity.
C) Being an older adult.
D) Heavy sedation.

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Technology is integral to a cardiac ICU.Sue,the nurse manager,implements a patient-centered approach that focuses on the meaning of the experience for the patient and family,primary nursing,and a health literacy approach.Sue is:


A) Using high-tech-low-touch approaches.
B) Using high-tech-high-touch approaches.
C) Providing products.
D) Providing tangible products of satisfaction.

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