Leadership & Management

Question 1

Assault

Answer 1

• a threat or an attempt to do bodily harm
• may include verbal or gestures intended to cause intimidation

Question 2

Battery

Answer 2

• intentionally touching another’s body without the other’s consent
• an example of assault is threatening to give a client an injection without the client’s consent; if the nurse gives the injection, this would be battery

Question 3

Defamation

Answer 3

the process of eroding an individual’s reputation through verbal insults

Question 4

Fraud

Answer 4

involves deception to obtain a good or service

Question 5

Malpractice

Answer 5

defined as harm caused by a professional individual who possesses licensure

Question 6

Negligence

Answer 6

is the failure to act.

Examples of negligence include failing to report faulty equipment.

Question 7

Functional nursing

Answer 7

• also known as task nursing
  This is a task-focused method of nursing.
• assigning each nurse a specific task to perform for the shift
• focuses on the distribution of work based on the performance of tasks and procedures, where the target of the action is not the client but rather the task

Question 8

Individual nursing

Answer 8

• also known as the “total client care approach”
• is a client-centered work method
• occurs when a single nurse assumes full responsibility for delivering care to a group of clients during a shift
• the coordination of the care provided to all clients in the unit is under the responsibility of a single nurse, usually the charge nurse, who supervises and evaluates the delivery of nursing care and makes the most significant decisions throughout the process.
• care delivery in that shift is delegated to the nurse allocated to that shift.

Question 9

Team nursing

Answer 9

• a client-centered work method
• involves a group of nurses or staff assigned to care for a limited number of clients
• each team is responsible for the full delivery of care to the clients to whom they are assigned
• nurses are divided into teams and guided and coordinated by leaders, maximizing the group’s capabilities and the individual qualifications and skills of each nurse

Question 10

Primary nursing method

Answer 10

• is a client-centered work method
• is based on the idea that one nurse is responsible for planning, delivering, and evaluating the care of one or more clients from the moment of admission to discharge
• The delegation of care to associate nurses occurs whenever the primary nurse is not present, but the primary nurse always remains responsible for coordinating all clinical decisions and supervision during the client’s hospital stay

Question 11

Physical therapists work

Answer 11

to test, examine, and treat disabilities

Question 12

Nutritionist work

Answer 12

helps to plan meals for the patient and provides education on well-rounded diets

Question 13

Case manager work

Answer 13

responsible for coordinating a patient’s care at admission and after discharge

Question 14

Occupational therapists work

Answer 14

help patients develop skills and use assistive devices to manage activities of daily living.