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A nurse is giving a presentation to the rest of the team regarding the elements of the Joint Commission's pain management standards. Which of the following does not necessarily belong among those elements?
 
  a. Respect for patient values and beliefs
  b. Pain assessment for all patients
  c. Reassessment after an allotted time frame to monitor the effectiveness of painmanagement treatments
 d. Patient rights to pain management.

Question 2

A nurse manager is assisting with the magnet application process when a staff nurse asks, What is a gap analysis? The most appropriate response by the nurse manager would be which of the following?
 
  a. The space between where the organization is and where it wants to be
  b. A research study of community needs that are not being met by the organization
  c. An audit of the organization's financial ability to undertake the magnet process
  d. A study of the community's need for a magnet-recognized organization

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Answer to Question 1

C
Pain management standards as set forth in the 2006 Joint Commission's Comprehensive Accreditation
Manual for Hospitals: The Official Handbook (CAMH) include respect for patient values, beliefs,
preferences and dignity; pain assessment in all patients; data collection to monitor effectiveness of pain
management; and patient rights to pain management. Reassessment may be used as one of the means
of gathering data to evaluate the effectiveness of care, but it should be postponed according to
specified time frames for medication administration.

Answer to Question 2

A
The gap analysis examines the space between where the organization is and where it wants to be, an
assessment of the differences between the expected magnet requirements and the organization's
current performance on these requirements.

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