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asan beg · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

Nurses should also evaluate the outcome achievement of the shift after it has ended. Some of the key questions that nurses should ask regarding post-shift evaluation of outcome achievement are listed below. Which is not necessarily correct?

a. Did the staff achieve the outcomes?
b. Did the patients achieve the outcomes?
c. Did the health care providers achieve the outcomes?
d. Were there staffing problems or patient crises?

Question 2

A board of directors and senior physician in a tertiary care centre are described as being __________.

a. powerless in hospital decision-making
b. oppressed in the hospital decision-making process
c. influential in hospital decision-making
d. support staff to those who make decisions in hospitals

jaygar71 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Post-shift evaluation of outcome achievement is an important function for nurses in order to determine the success or need for improvement in shift-oriented patient care. Some questions that should be asked in regard to this post-shift evaluation include: 1) did the staff achieve the outcomes?; 2) did the patients achieve the outcomes? (not did the health care providers achieve the outcomes?); 3) were there staffing problems or patient crises?; and 4) what was learned from this for future shifts?

Answer to Question 2

c

a. Incorrect: Incorrect.
b. Incorrect: Incorrect.
c. Correct: Members of the board of directors and senior physicians in a tertiary care centre fall under the system of authority, which gives formal power and legitimate authority to the holder of an official position. As such, they are influential in the decision-making process.
d. Incorrect: Incorrect.