Chapter 4 Practice quiz

• 1. Because of society’s demands for an increased level of safety and high-quality nursing care, nursing education institutions began using the competencies of which organization to develop the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency model for nursing curricula? 


  Institute of Medicine
• Hospital-based acute care nursing practice


  Type of nursing practice that will always have an important place in any health-care system
• In 1952, the National League for Nursing assumed accrediting responsibilities for all schools of nursing
• Associate degree nursing programs

  Nursing programs developed by Mildred Montag as a short-term solution to the nursing shortage experienced after World War II
• Doctor of nursing practice (DNP)

  Nursing degree now being considered as the terminal degree for advanced practice nurses
• The Joint Commission noted that poor communication and lack of teamwork among health-care professionals were major contributors to the increased number of medicine and other errors in the hospital setting
• 7. Which model of interprofessional nursing education considers the current education system for health professionals as a “silo” where members interact only among themselves? Commission on Education of Health Care Professionals in the 21st Century model
• The American Nurses Association remains firmly committed to its stand that all nursing education should be housed in institutions of higher learning
• Licensed practical nurses


  Type of nurses often required to provide care well outside their scope of practice, leaving them in legal limbo and vulnerable to lawsuits
• Ladder programs


  Type of program that allows nurses to upgrade their education and move from one educational level to another with relative ease by granting credit for previous coursework and experience and without loss of credits from previous education
• Master's degree


  Degree that has become the recognized credential for nurses receiving the advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) certification in a specialized expanded practice role
• Clinical nurse leader


  Role of advanced practice nursing that is a generalist with a master's degree who can coordinate care for clients, use evidence-based practice in care, focus on quality improvement, and oversee risk management and client safety
• PhD


  Terminal degree that has been the gold standard for nursing education since the beginning of college-level nursing baccalaureate degrees
• Medical home model


  Model of interprofessional nursing education that takes the emphasis placed on primary care in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and expands it to all areas of health care
• Therapeutic relationship skills


  Type of skills long stressed by mental health nursing faculty as a key element in the treatment of psychiatric problems