Question: The provision of quality nursing care to clients, wherever delivered, depends on the:

1. appropriate nursing diagnoses.

2. b. current wage scale.

3. c. number of nurse leaders.

4. d. right skill mix.

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6. Question: Staffing management is one of the most critical activities for nurse leaders at every level of the health care organization today because it affects:

7. a. delegation and supervision.

8. b. unit leadership productivity.

9. c. organizational outcomes.

10. d. professional development and quality control.

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12. Question: Evaluation of the effect of nurse staffing on quality patient, financial, and organizational outcomes is known as:

13. a. patient acuity.

14. b. staffing effectiveness.

15. c. nurse-to-patient ratio.

16. d. nursing workload.

17. Answer: ANS: B Staffing effectiveness is the evaluation of the effect of nurse staffing on quality patient, financial, and organizational outcomes.

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19. Answer: ANS: A Patient classification systems aimed at adjusting staffing for acuity have been plagued with an inability to accurately and reliably measure patient care variability. Further, they have lacked organizational credibility and added documentation burden to the direct-care nurse.

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22. Question: A(n) ______ provides logic and order to complex processes for administrators and scientists to consider.

23. a. staffing plan

24. b. organizational chart

25. c. conceptual framework

26. d. nursing care delivery model

27. Answer: ANS: C A conceptual framework provides logic and order to complex processes for administrators and scientists to consider

28. Question: A common element among nursing care delivery models is the:

29. a. ratio of nurses to patients.

30. b. manager is the frontline leader.

31. c. value of the nurse and patient/family relationship.

32. d. needs of the patients drive the competency of the nurse.

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34. Question: Relationship-based care (RBC) is a common model used in care delivery. Person (2004) articulated that _____ is/are central nursing care delivery models.

35. a. continuity of care

36. b. case management

37. c. coordination of care

38. d. the needs or characteristics of the patients

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