What should the nurse expect when working in a product-line leadership structured environment?
a. Coordination of all services within the specialty
b. Slow organizational response to environ-mental changes
c. Individual service goals
d. Each service area autonomous to the oth-ers
Question 2An agency nurse is assigned to work on a unit that uses the team nursing model of health care delivery. Which of the following would the nurse expect to experience in this environment?
a. UAP taking vital signs and giving baths
b. RN taking vital signs and giving baths
c. RN delegating patient care delivery to a group of patients
d. Charge nurse delegating care delivery
Question 3In which health care delivery model would the nurse expect to see point-of-care decision mak-ing occur?
a. Primary care nursing
b. Team nursing
c. Functional nursing
d. Modular nursing
Question 4In interviewing for a new position, a nurse may want to inquire about the institution's views on autonomy in the workplace for nurses. The nurse concludes that autonomy is valued when told that the unit has
a. infrequent floating.
b. self-scheduling.
c. cover of another nurse's assignment while she or he is on break.
d. hourly pay differential for the night shift.
Question 5The student nurse learns about the advantages and disadvantages of various patient care delivery models.
The student understands that besides an historical perspective of nursing practice, a patient de-livery care model may need to be instituted to adapt to
a. alterations in available staff due to weath-er emergencies.
b. the financial environment of the patient population.
c. a wide range of ages among the staff.
d. a limited number of unlicensed staff on the unit.
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