Author Question: One of the nurse competencies of the synergy care delivery model is moral agency. Which action is an ... (Read 67 times)

cartlidgeashley · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

One of the nurse competencies of the synergy care delivery model is moral agency. Which action is an example of that trait?

1. The nurse commits a medication error and reports it to the charge nurse.
2. The nurse collaborates well with the rest of the health care team.
3. The nurse is able to think ahead to the client's next need.
4. The nurse who does not have good baseline knowledge of a client's disease process researches it on a day off work.

Question 2

What is the primary belief behind the evolution of the clinical microsystem as a nursing care delivery system?

1. Those who deliver the nursing care make the most educated decisions for a particular unit.
2. Clinical decisions are best made by the clients who are served by a particular unit.
3. Clinical decisions are best made by nursing leaders for all units within that particular hospital.
4. Nurses working in a particular service area are best suited to make decisions for the clients in that area.

dreamfighter72 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Moral agency is doing the right thing. Reporting a medication error is the right thing to do.
Rationale 2: Collaboration is a desirable characteristic but does not describe moral agency.
Rationale 3: Systems thinking is a desirable characteristic but does not describe moral agency.
Rationale 4: This is a description of clinical inquiry, not moral agency.
Global Rationale:

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: The clinical microsystem method allows those who are involved in the smallest unit of care to make the decisions for that unit.
Rationale 2: Clinical decisions should be made by professional health care providers, with client input.
Rationale 3: Decision making from the top is not reflected in the clinical microsystem structure.
Rationale 4: Clinical microsystems involve a core team of caregivers, not all the nurses working in a particular service area.
Global Rationale: