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Advantages and Disadvantages of Patient-Centered Care - CORRECT ANSWER:

Advantages:

• expedites care
• promotes patient convenience
• capitalizes on professional competence of team members
• emphasizes continuum of care and reduced fragmentation of care
• uses resources efficiently
• fosters teamwork, collaboration, and communication

Disadvantages:

• requires "right staff at right time" to meet patient needs
• difficult to explain; uses several models of care delivery
• requires a lot of RNs; must have both clinical and management skills

Advantages and Disadvantages of Primary Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER:

Advantages:

• high patient and family satisfaction
• promotes RN responsibility, authority, autonomy, and accountability
• nurse can care for entire patient (physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually)
• patient knows nurse well, and nurse knows patient well
• promotes patient-centered decision making
• increases coordination and continuity of care
• promotes professionalism 1 / 4

• promotes job satisfaction and sense of accomplishment for nurses

Disadvantages:

• difficult to hire all RN staff
• expensive to pay all RN staff
• nurses are not familiar w/ other patients, making it difficult to "cover" for each other
• may create conflicts b/w primary and associate nurses
• stress of round-the-clock responsibility
• heavy responsibility, especially for new nurses

Advantages and Disadvantages of Team Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER: Advantages:

• potential for building team spirit
• provides comprehensive care
• each worker's abilities used to the fullest
• promotes job satisfaction
• decreases nonprofessional duties of RNs

Disadvantages:

• ongoing need for communication among team members requires commitment of time
• all team members must promote teamwork, or team nursing is unsuccessful
• team composition varies from day to day, which can be confusing and disruptive and

decreases continuity of care

• may result in blurred role boundaries, resulting in confusion and resentment

Advantages of Case Management Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER: Advantages:

• promotes interdisciplinary collaboration
• increases quality of care
• is cost-effective
• eases patient's transition from hospital to community services 2 / 4

• nurse has increased responsibility

Disadvantages:

• requires additional training
• requires nurses to be off the unit for periods of time
• is time-consuming
• is most useful only w/ high-risk patients and high-cost/high-volume conditions

Appreciate how continued knowledge acquisition is necessary to implement safe, effective, salient nursing care via the nursing process. - CORRECT ANSWER: - nursing process is dynamic, not linear

• continued knowledge is necessary for growth and proper nursing care
• the more knowledge you acquire, the more experienced of a nurse you will become
• continuing one's education through lifelong learning is an excellent way to maintain

and enhance your critical thinking skills

Appreciate the interplay of care, compassion and communication. - CORRECT ANSWER: - being compassionate helps foster a safe environment for patients, improve quality of care, and increase trust and comfort b/w patients and nurses

• compassion promotes effective communication between patients, families, and staff

=> patients are more willing to open up to nurses they trust

Articulate the concept of gracious space - CORRECT ANSWER: - graciously listening, engaging, and responding appropriately to the diverse viewpoints and/or polarity of possible solutions that exist for delivering safe, cost-effective, and quality healthcare solutions

Attributes of a Critical Thinker - CORRECT ANSWER: - A critical thinker: (1) raises questions and problems and formulates them clearly and precisely; (2) gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract ideas for interpretation; (3) arrives at conclusions and solutions that are well-reasoned and tests them against relevant 3 / 4

standards; (4) is open-minded and recognizes alternative ways of seeing problems, and has the ability to assess the assumptions, implications, and consequences of alternative viewpoints; (5) communicates effectively w/ others as solutions to complex problems are formulated ***Reflective Thinking --> asking self questions during and after nurse-patient interactions***

Board of Directors Responsibilities (Not-for-Profit Organizations) - CORRECT

ANSWER: - determination of the organization's mission

• strategic planning
• financial oversight
• selection and evaluation of the CEO
• board self-evaluation and education

BSN Essentials I, III, IV, & IX - CORRECT ANSWER: - Essential I: *Liberal Education for Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice* => A solid base in liberal education provides the cornerstone for the practice and education of nurses

- Essential III: *Scholarship for Evidence Based Practice*

=> Professional nursing practice is grounded in the translation of current evidence into one's practice

• Essential IV: *Information Management and Application in Patient Care Technology*

=> Healthcare policies, including financial and regulatory, directly and indirectly influence the nature and functioning of the healthcare system and thereby are important consideration in professional nursing practice

- Essential IX: *Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice*

=> The baccalaureate-graduate is prepared to practice w/ patients, including individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations across the lifespan and across the continuum of healthcare environments => The baccalaureate graduate understands and respects the variations of care, the increased complexity, and the increased use of healthcare resources inherent in caring for patients

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