Question 23
Type: MCMA
The administrators of a small hospital are revising its disaster plan. What should be the primary focus of this plan?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Preparing for a surge of casualties in case of a disaster
2. How to prevent disasters from occurring
3. How to fund disaster management
4. How to reduce disaster impact on clients and staff
5. How to identify risks for disasters
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Planning
Learning Outcome: 1-8: Explain why preparation is the best defense against violence and disasters.
Question 24
Type: MCSA
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Procedural changes are being planned on the unit as a direct result of client satisfaction surveys. Which person is
most strategically placed to handle how these changes are initiated?
1. Staff nurse
2. Nurse manager
3. Chief financial officer (CFO)
4. Chief executive officer (CEO)
2. Decreasing resources
3. Adequate staffing
4. Increasing numbers of retirees
5. Complicated technology
Rationale 2: The number of nurses under age 30 is increasing.
Rationale 3: This does not reflect national statistics.
Rationale 4: This does not reflect national statistics.
Global Rationale:
Cognitive Level: Applying
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Assessment
Learning Outcome: 1-9: Discuss the changes and challenges that nurses face now and into the future.
Question 27
Type: FIB
To meet the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendation, nursing should strive to have ____ % of nurses
prepared at the baccalaureate or higher level by 2020.
Standard Text:
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Planning
Learning Outcome: 1-9: Discuss the changes and challenges that nurses face now and into the future.
Question 28
Type: MCSA
A nursing curriculum includes integrated content on critical thinking. Which statement reflects movement toward
designing the curriculum to meet Carnegie Foundation recommendations?
1. “We must find ways to increase our emphasis on critical thinking.”
2. “The curriculum must focus on ways nurses can quickly and accurately acquire information.”
3. “Our emphasis must change to improving students’ clinical reasoning skills.”
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4. “Our clinical practicums must be graded separately from our theory presentations.”
Cognitive Level: Analyzing
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Implementation
Learning Outcome: 1-9: Discuss the changes and challenges that nurses face now and into the future.
Question 30
Type: MCSA
Which manager statement reflects concern about the most important requirement for today’s nurse manager?
1. “I am taking a day off tomorrow for my annual physical.”
2. “I think this class will help me learn to be innovative.”
3. “I am committed to being a good manager.”
4. “I feel enthusiastic about our new plans for the units.”
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Evaluation
Learning Outcome: 1-9: Discuss the changes and challenges that nurses face now and into the future.
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