Data provided by studies on patients with community-acquired ...

[Collmarie]

Data provided by studies on patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have influ-enced the standards of practice for those patients.
 
  Which order should the nurse anticipate on the standard orders as a result of initiatives devel-oped through clinical studies?
  a. Obtaining blood cultures within 4 hours of arrival at the hospital
  b. Administering antibiotics within 4 hours of arrival at the hospital
  c. Administration of aspirin on arrival to the hospital
  d. Administration of oxygen at 4 L per nasal prongs

Question 2

Which hospital data collection result will most likely affect nursing practice?
 
  a. Changes in staffing patterns
  b. Changes in patient acuity
  c. Introduction of the needleless system
  d. Changes to the interview process

[mcni194]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Administration of antibiotics, along with acting on the information obtained from the blood cul-tures, is the standard of care developed for patients admitted with CAP. Blood cultures need to be obtained prior to administration of antibiotics. Options C and D do not apply to CAP stand-ards.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Staffing may be directly affected by outcomes data. Changes in patient acuity is unaffected by data collection and is incorrect. Introduction of the needleless system was an initiative from The Joint Commission. Changes to the interview process are usually not affected by data collected.

[Collmarie]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[mohan]

Gracias!