NUR 133 Chapter 19 Evaluating
- TRUE or FALSE The focus of a process evaluation is the nature and se- quence of
activities carried out by nurses who are implementing the nursing process.
Answer
True
- Evaluation of nursing care and patient outcomes that is conducted by using direct
observation, patient interviews, and chart review is known as
evaluation.
Answer
concurrent
- TRUE or FALSE Evaluative criteria are measurable qualities, attributes, or characteristics
that specify skills, knowledge, or health status.
Answer
True
- The evaluation of one staff member by another staff member on the same level in the
hierarchy of an organization is known as review.
Answer
peer
- The two-part statement includes a determination regarding how well an
outcome was met, along with data or patient behaviors that support this determination. 1 / 3
Answer
evaluative
- TRUE or FALSE Quality by inspection focuses on finding opportunities for improvement
and fosters an environment that thrives on teamwork.
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False
- TRUE or FALSE Criteria and standards refer to measurable qualities or attributes that
identify skills, knowledge, or health states.
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False
- TRUE or FALSE During the evaluation phase of the nursing process, the nurse
independently measures achievement of patient outcome goals and reports this information to the patient.
Answer
False
- A of nursing practice is established by authority, custom, or consent, and
reflects a level of performance accepted by and expected of nursing staff.
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standard
- Programs focused on responding to the public mandate for professional accountability in
nursing are known as assurance programs. 2 / 3
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- quality
- The nurse on a busy acute care floor identifies that several clients with heart failure are
- Implementing a change
- Discovering a problem
- Assessing the change
being readmitted within 2 weeks of discharge. Which step in performance improvement is the nurse demonstrating?
- Planning a strategy using indicators
Answer
- Discovering a problem
Discovering the problem by detecting that there are several readmissions with heart failure is the first step in the process of performance improvement. The next step would be to plan a strategy using indicators, which includes calling an interdiscipli- nary meeting.The team would then implement a change and, lastly, assess whether the change was effective.
- While auscultating a client's lung sounds, the nurse notes crackles in the left lower lobe,
- Maintenance
- Surveillance
- Educational
which were not present at the start of the shift. The nurse is engaged in which type of nursing intervention?
- Psychomotor
Answer
- Surveillance
Surveillance interventions include detecting changes from baseline data and recog- nizing abnormal response. Nurses rely on the senses to detect changes, such as observing the
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