Which council advances the practice of nursing and fosters the ...

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Which council advances the practice of nursing and fosters the nursing role in patient education through staff and development and evidence-based research initiatives?
 
  a. Nursing Staff Development, Education and Research Council
  b. Nurse executive council
  c. Advanced practice nurse council
  d. Nursing informatics and communication council

Question 2

In a health care organization, equity is
 
  a. a willingness to invest in decision-making and express ownership in those decisions.
  b. the best method for integrating staff roles and relationships into structures and pro-cesses to achieve positive patient out-comes.
  c. recognition and acceptance of the im-portance of everyone's work and of the fact that an organization's success is bound to individual performance.
  d. linking health care providers and patients along all points in the system.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Advancement of practice through research, education and staff development initiatives. Nurse Executive Council manages resources as defined in the strategic plan. Advanced practice council assesses practice, implements necessary changes and evaluates through data analyses, profession-al and patient outcomes. Nursing informatics and communication council, collaborates with members from Information Technology and Nursing Informatics, to provide guidance and exper-tise into the development and implementation of the electronic documentation systems, and nursing information systems.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Equity is the best method for integrating staff roles and relationships into structures and process-es to achieve positive patient outcomes. Accountability is a willingness to invest in deci-sion-making and express ownership in those decisions. Ownership is recognition and acceptance of the importance of everyone's work and of the fact that an organization's success is bound to individual performance. Partnership is linking health care providers and patients along all points in the system.

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