The critical care unit of a hospital utilizes team huddles at change of shift. This is an opportunity for the clinical supervisors to connect with team members and review the upcoming shift or any quick topics that need to be communicated. This is an example of a(n) _____ meeting.

Tenets embraced by health care professionals and promoted by health care leaders and organizations such as TJC and the IOM include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

Effective managers utilize a wide array of data in making decision. Which of these techniques is used to build process improvement models?

Nurses still struggle to create a healthy work environment. The standards of a healthy work environment include: (Select all that apply.)

.The nurse manager is dealing with a situation between two nurses who disagree on patient assignments. The nurse manager decides to allow the two nurses to work out their differences between themselves because the patient needs and the needs of the unit are being met. After the situation is resolved, the nurse manager praises the two nurses for making autonomous decisions about staffing. What will be the likely outcome of praising the nurses in this situation?

The determination of a care delivery model or system of care delivery depends on: (Select all that apply.)

A nursing professional practice council is being formulated within an organization. Nurses from the three acute settings will meet monthly to discuss safety, policy, and practice needs within the organization. What are some of the reasons for this group formation? (Select all that apply.)

What is the primary component of a violence prevention program?

In organizations that practice shared governance, the nurse manager’s role is to: (Select all that apply.)

A team consisting of preoperative, operative, and postoperative health care professionals and ancillary staff is examining the turnaround time from the preoperative area to discharge for patients having tonsillectomies. The goal is to decrease waiting times for clients. The team comes up with a solution and wants to test it on a small group of patients before rolling it out to the rest of the department. What type of decision-making tool is exhibited?