WorksheetsThe Essentials
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 13mins
A new graduate nurse recognizes the importance of implementing quality improvement practices to reduce hospital acquired infections on her unit. Which action aligns best with the AACN Essentials?
Encouraging colleagues to double their work load during shifts
Participate in monthly quality improvement meetings and reporting areas of improvement
Suggesting that hospital safety policies be ignored if they are inconvenient
Delegating infection control responsibilities solely to nursing assistants
Which of the following actions by a new graduate nurse best demonstrates adherence to evidence-based practice in reducing medication errors?
Administering medications without double-checking the patient's identity
Participating in a workshop on safe medication administration techniques
Ignoring the hospital's medication administration protocols
Delegating medication administration to unlicensed personnel
In an effort to enhance patient outcomes, a new graduate nurse decides to engage in professional development. Which activity best supports this goal?
Skipping continuing education sessions to avoid extra work
Attending seminars on the latest nursing research and practices
Relying on outdated textbooks for clinical decision-making
Disregarding feedback from peers and supervisors
A nurse is implementing electronic health record (EHR) updates to improve continuity of care for her patients. Which statement by the nurse reflects an understanding of the role of informatics according the AACN Essentials.
Technology in healthcare should only be updated if the system crashes
Using the EHR allows me to access patient information quickly, which helps coordinate care across the team
Informatics has no place in nursing
EHR is not needed because it does not impact my daily patient interactions
A nurse practitioner is reviewing recent studies on hypertension management to inform her clinical decision. This activity reflects which area of the AACN Essentials?
Population Health
Quality Improvement
Evidence Based Practice
Nursing as a discipline
During a patient care meeting, the nurse collaborates with the physician, social worker and the physical therapist to create a discharge plan. Which area of the AACN Essentials does this reflect?
Professionalism
Interprofessional collaboration
Systems based practice
Quality Improvement
How do the AACN Essentials impact nursing education?
Diversity, equity and inclusion is included in the Essentials to address?
The four spheres of care
The study of humanities
Racism, social justice.
Competency based nursing
Participation in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, and well-being contribute to lifelong learning and the assertion of leadership is the description of which of the Domains identified in the Essentials by AACN.
Population Health
Person centered care
Personal, Professional and Leadership Development
Scholarship for Nursing Practice
Type one or two words that describe professionalism
A nurse working in a community health center is organizing a diabetes education program for residents in a low income neighborhood. Which piece of the Essentials does this activity demonstrate?
Professional values and ethical decision making
Evidence based practice
Population health and improving health disparities
Leadership and healthcare policy
What should be included in Patient Centered Care?
