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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 14e (Hinkle 2017)
Chapter 1 : Health Care Delivery and Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Questions
Question 1 of 5
A team of community health nurses are planning to draft a proposal for a program that will increase the communitys alignment with the principles contained in the Healthy People 2020 report. Which of the following activities would best demonstrate the priorities identified in this report?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Healthy People 2020 addresses social determinants of health such as safety and the state of the environment. This report does not specifically address matters such as hospital funding, nursing education, or resource allocation.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is aware that an increasing emphasis is being placed on health, health promotion, wellness, and self-care. Which of the following activities would best demonstrate the principles of health promotion?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Smoking prevention is a clear example of health promotion. Each of the other listed activities has the potential to be beneficial, but none is considered health promotion.
Question 3 of 5
A group of nursing students are learning about recent changes in the pattern of disease in the United States. Which of the following statements best describes these current changes?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Although some infectious diseases have been controlled or eradicated, others are on the rise. Antibiotic resistance is a more serious problem in acute, not chronic, illnesses.
Question 4 of 5
The Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are evaluating a large, university medical center according to core measures. Evaluators should perform this evaluation in what way?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Core measures are used to gauge how well a hospital gives care to its patients who are admitted to seek treatment for a specific disease or who need a specific treatment as compared to evidence-based guidelines and standards of care. Benchmark standards of quality are used to compare the care or treatment patients receive with the best practice standards. Patient satisfaction is considered, but this is not the only criterion.
Question 5 of 5
Leadership of a medical unit have been instructed to integrate the principles of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency of quality improvement. What action should the units leaders take?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: One of the quality improvement skills is to use tools, such as flow charts and cause-effect diagrams, to make processes of care explicit. Each of the other listed actions has the potential to benefit patients and care givers, but none is an explicit knowledge, skill, or attitude associated with this QSEN competency.