Deck 15: Performance Measurement of Nursing Care

Question 1

How many nurses are there in the U.S.?

A) 1 million
B) 2 million
C) 3 million
D) 4 million

Answer 1

3 million

Question 2

Nurses work consists of

A) Bedside activities
B) Non bedside activities
C) A & B
D) None of the above

Answer 2

A & B

Question 3

Patients in hospital are

A) Not in need of nursing services
B) Are very acutely ill
C) Prefer family support over nursing care
D) Want a doctor at the bedside

Answer 3

Are very acutely ill

Question 4

The majority of nurses time is spent

A) Documenting
B) On direct patient care
C) On personal issues
D) On administration

Question 5

The availability and compatibility of data sets for nurses work

A) Generally not available
B) Have very different measures
C) Lack uniformity
D) All of the above

Question 6

Nurses performance is influenced by all but one of the following

A) Physical plant and structure
B) Nurses wages
C) Formal training
D) Culture of the work environment

Question 7

The National Quality Forum is

A) A Voluntary consensus standards setting organization
B) A task force Joint Commission
C) A branch of NCQA
D) A part of CMS

Question 8

The Joint Commission accredits and certifies how many health care organizations in the U.S.?

A) 10,000
B) 14,000
C) 17,000
D) 19,000

Question 9

The quality framework used to monitor nursing quality measures is based on the work of

A) Shewart
B) Jung
C) Donabedian
D) Toyota

Question 10

A difference in the adequacy of nurse staffing is determined by

A) Physician orders
B) Patient Case Mix
C) Available technology
D) Insurance coverage

Question 11

Physicians are the largest health profession in the U.S.

Question 12

Nurses are the largest employee group in hospitals.

Question 13

Patient satisfaction is the only quality indicator of nursing performance.

Question 14

Outcome measurement is one of the cornerstones of performance measurement.

Question 15

Counting nurse is a straightforward process.

Question 16

Physical plant impacts nurse staffing needs.

Question 17

All nurses come under the same outcomes database for measuring performance.

Question 18

Part of the American Nurses Association quality framework includes structure, process and outcome measures.

Question 19

The National Quality Forum measures only nursing performance.

Question 20

Nurses spend the majority of their time in the hospital in direct patient care.