Leadership Quiz

How can team rounding help prevent healthcare challenges?

• By improving communication among healthcare providers

• by reducing patient involvement in their care

• by limiting the number of professionals involved in decision-making

• by delaying treatment decisions until all providers are available

Which of the following is a key benefit of using Clinical Decision Support Systems in healthcare?

• Eliminating the need for healthcare professionals in patient care
  

• Increasing reliance on paper-based records

• Improving clinical decision-making through evidence-based guidelines

• Reducing communication between healthcare teams

How can effective nursing and interdisciplinary communication help prevent healthcare challenges?

• By discouraging feedback from team members

• By limiting collaboration between healthcare professionals

• By increasing workplace conflicts and misunderstandings

• By reducing medical errors and improving patient safety

True or False? Over half of patient falls within the hospital occur when the patient is unattended.

• True

• False

What could be effective methods of improving patient safety? (SATA)

• Allowing nurses to use their own methods for preventing infections and pressure ulcers.

• Holding mandatory meetings to reinforce policy and skill.

• Increasing the use of sitters for high risk fall patients.

• Punishing nurses for allowing any type of hospital acquired injury.

Which of the following actions can help prevent medication errors in healthcare settings? (SATA)

• Double checking medication orders and dosage before administering medications

• Leaving a patient’s medications at bedside for self-administering.

• Not verifying the patient’s identity or allergies before administering medication

•  Ensuring that a shift handoff is given to communicate the patients’ needs.

• Using electronic health records (EHR) as a resource to track providers’ orders and doses

Which of the following are Interventions to help resolve patient negligence? (SATA)

• A nurse reporting a medical error to another clinical staff nurse

• Surveillance monitoring patient care and nursing practices.

• Providing simulation-based training and ongoing education to nursing staff 

• A nurse reports an incident they’ve seen to the charge nurse, reviews errors with their peer, and files an incident report

• The following statement requires follow-up by the nurse when the student states:

• “Chronic diseases develop over a long period of time”

•  “Chronic diseases always originate from unhealthy lifestyles”

• “Patients with chronic disease may develop coexisting illnesses”

• “Screenings are considered a primary prevention method for chronic illnesses”

What are some examples of a chronic disease? (SATA)

• Influenza

• stroke

• asthma

•  Pneumonia

• Diabetes

What are some ways that workplace violence can be managed: (SATA)

• Increase security protocols

• Fight them off

• Staff training

• Effective Communication