Author Question: Nurse managers utilize outcomes data to make decisions about nursing care effectiveness. Which data ... (Read 53 times)

OSWALD · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

Nurse managers utilize outcomes data to make decisions about nursing care effectiveness. Which data elements would be most effective in evaluating potential retention in a nursing unit (select all that apply)?

a. Staff satisfaction
b. Turnover
c. Pressure ulcer rates
d. Patient falls
e. Productivity

Question 2

Jenny is an advanced practice nurse on the telemetry unit. How might Jenny's skills be used to contribute to a culture of evidence-based practice (select all that apply)?

a. She can facilitate meetings.
b. She can function as team leader.
c. She can assist with problem solving.
d. She can identify potential roadblocks.
e. She can increase her patient load.

izzat · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A, B, E
Nursing management data can be used to link nursing care elements of intensity/staff mix to pro-vide an enhanced assessment of consumption of resources to produce specific outcomes. Nursing managers can use staff satisfaction, turnover, and productivity to evaluate nursing retention and make important decisions for cost and quality outcomes.

Answer to Question 2

A, B, C, D
Advanced practice registered nurses can function as opinion leaders and facilitators. They have the ability to take on the most challenging steps in the process by leading a team, identifying po-tential roadblocks, facilitating problem solving during implementation and evaluation, reporting results, and providing expertise throughout the evidence-based practice process. Critique and synthesis of the evidence, development of an evaluation plan, and analysis of results are steps that utilize this expertise. Strong skills are needed for the facilitator to keep a team focused and moving forward. Increasing patient load does not contribute to a culture of evidence-based prac-tice.