Miss Gregorio is a head nurse in the ward where fourth year students are affiliating for their RLE in management.
31. The clinical instructor of the students usually assigns two patients for each. The students are responsible for the 24-hour nursing care plan of each of the patient assigned to them. This method of nursing care delivery is called:
A. Team approach
B. Case management
C. Functional method
D. Primary nursing
32. Regardless of the method of nursing care delivery, the head nurse is still accountable for the total nursing care of patients in the ward. This is an application of:
A. The scalar principle
B. The unity of commond principle
C. Proper channeling communication
D. Command responsibility
33. Every morning, the head confers with the staff for 10 minutes to recognize work during the day. Which of the following sequence of instructing task is correct?
1. Assign tasks to them
2. Present to the team the needs of the patients for the day
3. Match the task with the abilities of each staff member
4. Ask for suggestions from the staff
A. 3,2,1 and 4
B. 4,2,3 and 1
C. 2,4,3 and 1
D. 1,2,3 and 4
34. One day, one of the members of the staff committed a medication error. Per hospital policy, Miss Gregorio was to prepare an incident report. In making an incident report, the head nurse should ensure that her report:
1. Includes all pertinent facts regarding the incident
2. Names all involved of the practice in the incident
3. Includes her appraisal of the incident
4. Is properly signed by all parties concerned
A. 1,3 and 4
B. 1 and 2
C. 1 and 3
D. 1,2 and 4
35. It is a policy of the Nursing Service Department that every 6 months, staff nurse are evaluated. One nurse felt that she was unfairly evaluated by Miss Gregorio. The right action to take is:
A. Share the feelings with her peer group
B. Keep quit and respect the head nurse's decisions
C. Clarify from the head nurse the basis for her appraisal
D. Complain to the Chief Nurse of the hospital
