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danielfitts88 · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The nurse manager is conducting audits to help increase efficiency and reduce costs to enhance the quality of client care. Which suggestion by the manager may occur as a result of these audits?

A) Conduct a wound care study to enhance client outcomes.
B) Install cameras to detect abuse of the clients.
C) Acquire new client care equipment.
D) Decrease staffing on the unit.

Question 2

The nurse receives a notice that the state board of nursing has become a member of the Nurse Licensure Compact. How would this change in the state board of nursing structure influence the nurse's ability to practice nursing? Select all that apply.

A) The nurse can only practice nursing in the residing state.
B) The nurse can practice nursing in other states within the compact.
C) The nurse is accountable to the state in which the nurse and clients reside.
D) The nursing license will become similar to having a driver's license.
E) The nurse has to obtain an additional license.

ladyjames123 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

The top goal of any quality improvement program is to improve client outcomes of care. Increasing the RN staff, purchasing new equipment, and installing cameras may be found to be means to reach that goal, but studies must first be conducted to identify those means.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B, C, D

The mutual recognition model of nurse licensure allows a nurse to have a single license that confers the privilege to practice in other states that are part of the Nurse Licensure Compact. The nurse is held accountable for following the laws and rules of the state in which the nurse practices or where the client is located. It is similar to the driver's license model: A single license to drive is issued in the state of primary residency, but this license also allows the privilege to drive in other compact states. Multistate licensure privilege means the authority to practice nursing in another state that has signed an interstate compact. It is not an additional license.