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Chapter 04: Managerial Decision Making Huber: Leadership & Nursing Care Management, 6th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. What is the definition of the process of making choices that will provide maxi... mum benefit? 2. A patient has arrived at the critical care unit with a head injury. On admission, the patient is talking and is a little drowsy but oriented. Two hours later, the nurse discovers that the patient is talking at a rapid pace and keeps repeating his words. When the nurse recognizes the change and deploys the rapid response team and physician, which skill is being demonstrated? 3. Which of these concepts is key to refining clinical judgment capabilities? 4. A staff RN is leading a quality improvement team on the care of the total hip replacement patient. The issue is an increased length of stay from 1 year ago. The nurse asks team members to reframe the problem statement from their perspective. Twenty different problem statements were developed. The team is focusing on four of the problem statements. This is an example of which of the following techniques? 5. How is decision making at the staff nurse level exemplified? 6. What is the final step in the clinical reasoning process? 7. A nurse manager has ordered equipment for a new unit. The company has sent two notices that the equipment is on back order. The nurse manager is debating whether to wait for the equipment on back order or to cancel the order and go with another company. She discusses this issue with another nurse manager and they determine that the equipment is urgent for patient safety in the new unit. The manager orders the necessary equipment from another company even though it is slightly more expensive. This is an example of: 8. The nurse in a medical-surgical unit is working short-staffed due to a sick call. Which of these is an example of prioritization? 9. A family member of a patient files a complaint that her mother’s dentures were lost when the patient was transferred from one unit to another. The risk management department interviews the patient and the staff nurses who cared for the patient. Which of the following problem-solving techniques was used? 10. Which of the following scenarios is an example of clinical reasoning? 11. Nurses working on the intermediate care unit have had many hours of overtime in the last 6 months. Before forming a team, the nurse manager gathers data about patient condition severity, staffing ratios, educational levels of staff, and personality mixes on each shift. What level of decision making is this process? 12. How is SBAR used in decision making? 13. The nursing education department is revising its orientation curriculum for nurse externs. The curriculum includes a module on clinical reasoning skills. What is the expected time frame for mastery of clinical reasoning? of Care [Show More]

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