Future-Proof Healthcare Leaders - POST TEST

A clinic nurse has observed another nurse deviating from agency policy in performing wound care. The best approach for the clinic nurse to take is to:

• Generate as many solutions as possible.

• Decide on a solution

• Talk about the situation with the concerned staff.

• Assess the risk to the client and the agency before proceeding.

To solve a problem, the nurse manager understands that the most important problem-solving step is:

• Evaluate alternatives

• Decide on a solution

• Accurate identification of the problem.

• Evaluate the outcome

Several nurses on an adolescent psychiatric unit complain that the teens are becoming unmanageable on the 0700-1900 shift. To resolve this problem, the nurse manager decides that the staff should have a brainstorming session. The goal of brainstorming is to:

• Talk about the situation.

• Know the root cause of the problem.

• Generate as many solutions as possible.

• Encouraged equal participation among members.

The nurse manager of a rehab unit wants to purchase a new anti-embolic stocking. To make a high-quality decision, the nurse manager would:

• Involve the rehab staff in the decision

• Know the cost of the material

• Identify the purpose of the anti-embolic stocking

• Follow what you think is right.

The risk manager informs the nurse manager of an orthopedic unit that her unit has had an increase in incident reports about patients falling during the 11-7 shift. The nurse manager knows that the best way to resolve the problem is to:

• Plan for Action

• Implement Strategies

• Ignore the Situation

• Identify the problem