STAFFING + SCHEDULING REVIEWER

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Staffing is assigning patient load to staff nurses.

FALSE

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Staff means any personnel in the unit who will carry out specific task in the care of clients including the auxiliary

TRUE

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Multitasking is one way to manage activities in the clinical setting.

TRUE

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Multitasking is the best strategy to manage time.

FALSE

T/F

Staffing is a process of assigning competent people to fill the roles designated for the organizational structure

TRUE

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Assigning of specific clients to staff is called staffing.

FALSE

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A client becomes more sick when the acuity level rises

TRUE

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The more support available to the staff, the more nursing hours to be built in the staffing pattern.

FALSE

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Organizational structure is one factor affecting staffing.

TRUE

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Employee discipline should be done on a later time to prevent a more difficult sanction.

FALSE

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Staff support is seeking out the best practices in one institution to improve performance.

FALSE

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Skill mix is a ratio of registered nurses as to non registered nurses

TRUE

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Patient classification system (PCS) is a means of categorizing patients according to care needs.

TRUE

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When clients can do self care she is categorized under moderate care.

FALSE

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In any situation, whether home or work, application of rules in discipline is only done in work environment.

FALSE

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Schedules for work and time off should meet the organizational goals, even with unfairness among personnel.

FALSE

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Nursing schedules are made with the satisfaction of some staff.

FALSE

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Staff members should be informed of work schedules a day before the scheduled duty

FALSE

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Consideration of the vacations and other scheduled time off be planned in advance.

TRUE

T/F

Update schedules as situation demands

TRUE

T/F

Schedules should meet organizational goals with fairness to some personnel.

FALSE

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Forecasting is an important factor in scheduling.

TRUE

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Cyclical scheduling and black scheduling are synonymous.

FALSE

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Consider the time when you have the most energy and best concentration.

TRUE

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Scheduling and staffing policies need to be reviewed only when the problem arises.

FALSE

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To ensure that the unit level policies do not conflict with higher level policies, there should be collaboration from nurses in some departments.

FALSE

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Schedules should be done in compliance with organizational policies forgetting labor laws.

FALSE

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A patient classification system is also known as patient acuity tools.

TRUE

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Floaters don’t have responsibility and accountability for their clients.

FALSE

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Floaters are not accountable to their supervisors.

FALSE

IDENTIFICATION

A measurement tool used to articulate the nursing workload for specific client over period of time is:

Patient Classification System

IDENTIFICATION

The original model of nursing care delivery is:

Functional nursing

IDENTIFICATION

The main/major purpose of staffing is to:

Provide safe and quality care

IDENTIFICATION

Staffing is the responsibility of a nurse manager under what area of nursing management.

Human Resource

IDENTIFICATION

The needs of clients are broken down into tasks which are assigned to the staff. These model of care is:

Functional Nursing

IDENTIFICATION

The second managerial function of nursing management is:

Organizing

IDENTIFICATION

A process of assigning competent people to feel the roles designed for the organizational structure is:

Staffing

IDENTIFICATION

These are the people or personnel who carry out specific enterprise. They are called:

Staff

IDENTIFICATION

Decentralized staffing is prepared by:

Charge Nurse

IDENTIFICATION

Chief nurse is what level of nurse manager.

Top level

IDENTIFICATION

It is an advanced making of assignment specific on and off duty days and hours.

Scheduling

IDENTIFICATION

It is a timetable or a production plan.

Schedules

IDENTIFICATION

This refers to the nursing staff who take over somebody’s post

Float Nurse

IDENTIFICATION

Maximizing efficiency in the use of time is referred to as:

Time Management

IDENTIFICATION

A strategy to time management where you assign part of one’s job to selected subordinates is called

Delegation

IDENTIFICATION

Allows nurses to choose their own hours.

Flex Time

IDENTIFICATION

Uses patient’s need to determine the number and mix of staff.

Variable

IDENTIFICATION

Using the same schedule repeatedly, weekly, or monthly

Cyclical Scheduling

IDENTIFICATION

It follows the same schedule and the same shift throughout the year.

Permanent Shift

IDENTIFICATION

Nurses are scheduled on the three shifts

Rotating Shift

IDENTIFICATION

It refers to the time sheets showing planned work shifts and days for nursing personnel.

Schedule

IDENTIFICATION

It is maximizing efficiency in the use of time.

Time Management

IDENTIFICATION

Assigning part of one’s job responsibilities to selected staff is called:

Delegation

IDENTIFICATION

It means to plan or appoint for a certain time or date

Schedule

IDENTIFICATION

This person is responsible for making the centralized scheduling

Staffing Coordinator

MULTIPLE CHOICE

A nurse is responsible for all aspects of care to one or more clients. This model of care is:

a. Functional nursing

b. Team nursing

c. Case method

d. Modular nursing

c. Case method

MULTIPLE CHOICE

There is fragmented care in this model of care.

a. Case method

b. Functional nursing

c. Primary nursing

d. Team nursing

b. Functional nursing

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Continuity of care is characterized in this model of care.

a. Team nursing

b. Modular nursing

c. Functional nursing

d. Case method

d. Case method

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Nursing tasks are assigned to specific nurses. This type of care is:

a. Case method

b. Team nursing

c. Functional nursing

d. Primary nursing

c. Functional nursing

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Nurses are assigned to a client for twenty-four hours from admission to discharge. This model of care is:

a. Team nursing

b. Case method

c. Primary nursing

d. Functional nursing

c. Primary nursing

MULTIPLE CHOICE

One of the following is not a factor affecting time requirement of nursing care:

a. Acuity of client illness

b. The number of available nursing personnel

c. Degree of dependence of clients to caregivers

d. Communicability of the ailment

b. The number of available nursing Staff

MULTIPLE CHOICE

A model of care compromising different disciplines with focused on the episodes of illness:

a. Case method

b. Functional

c. Primary

d. Case management

d. Case management

MULTIPLE CHOICE

The nurse organizes her work well if she is least able to do the following:

a. Identifies roles and relationships of each personnel

b. Facilitates people to accomplish assigned tasks.

c. Delegates her authority to staff.

d. Assess the needs and problems of her staff

c. Delegates her authority to staff.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

As a staff nurse you are in-charge of:

a. Giving holistic caring care to specific clients

b. Seeing that all clients are cared for

c. Monitoring the care of clients

d. Following the orders of physicians

a. Giving holistic caring care to specific clients

MULTIPLE CHOICE

The primary challenge of staff nurses and all practicing nurses is:

a. Meeting the needs of clients

b. Legal practice

c. Effective and efficient care

d. Safe and quality care

d. Safe and quality care

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Health education is:

a. A primary nursing responsibility

b. An essential component of nursing care

c. An independent nursing functions

d. Consistent with all of the above

d. Consistent with all of the above

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Clients who are capable of carrying activities of daily living is classified under this patient care category:

a. Intermediate

b. Immediate

c. Minimal

d. Moderate

c. Minimal

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Client’s with intravenous fluids requires some help from nursing staff, needs this type of care:

a. Immediate

b. Minimal

c. Moderate

d. Total

c. Moderate

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Those clients who are critically ill and in constant danger of death or serious injury are classified in:

a. Moderate

b. Total

c. Critical

d. Intensive

d. Intensive

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Bedridden clients who lack the strength and mobility receive this type of care

a. Minimal

b. Moderate

c. Total

d. Intensive

c. Total

MULTIPLE CHOICE

One of the advantages of primary nursing is that:

a. It increases the nurse’s accountability and independence

b. The nurse can plan and work without disruption.

c. It is easily managed by auxiliaries.

d. The nurse does not deal with client’s families

a. It increases the nurse’s accountability and independence

MULTIPLE CHOICE

In a case management model, this person provides the role of a coordinator and head of a team.

a. Charge nurse

b. Physician

c. Case manager

d. Head nurse

c. Case manager

MULTIPLE CHOICE

The best method of maintaining one’s clinical competence is:

a. Take advance nursing course

b. View video tapes in clinical nursing

c. Attend seminars

d. Actually worked with clients

d. Actually worked with clients

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Your unit uses the team nursing method of assignment which is best described as:

a. Minimizes fragmented care

b. Promotes shared responsibility for care

c. Emphasizes multi-team patient care

d. Promotes division of tasks

b. Promotes shared responsibility for care

MULTIPLE CHOICE

A model of care where specific tasks are assigned to each staff is:

a. Case method

b. Team

c. Case management

d. Functional

d. Functional

MULTIPLE CHOICE

A consideration in developing staffing pattern is:

a. Benchmarking

b. Communication

c. Acuity of illness

d. Recruitment

a. Benchmarking

MULTIPLE CHOICE

The care given to clients who are on immediate post operative procedure are classified as:

a. Minimal

b. Partial

c. Total

d. Intensive

c. Total

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Clients who are capable of caring activities of daily living receive this care:

a. Minimal

b. Moderate

c. Partial

d. Total

a. Minimal

MULTIPLE CHOICE

When organizing is compared to planning, the former is:

a. Determining what is to be accomplished

b. Determining how things will be accomplished

c. Assigning of personnel

d. Performance evaluation

b. Determining how things will be accomplished

MULTIPLE CHOICE

The following are determinants of staffing. One does not belong to the group:

a. No. of personnel

b. No. of clients

c. Type of patient care delivery system

d. Skills of nursing staff

d. Skills of nursing staff

MULTIPLE CHOICE

An approach to scheduling where staffing coordinator in a central office is responsible:

a. Centralized

b. Decentralized

c. Time scheduling

d. Scheduling

a. Centralized

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Work smarter not harder. Get more work in less time.

a. Both statements are true

b. Both statements are false

c. First statement is true. Second statement is false

d. First statement is false. Second statement is true

a. Both statements are true

MULTIPLE CHOICE

The following are time saving methods that may help nurses in their practice except:

a. Daily time log

b. Delegation

c. Procrastination

d. Scheduling

c. Procrastination

MULTIPLE CHOICE

The following are factors to consider in making a schedule.

One does not belong to the group.

a. Patient acuity

b. Number of clients

c. Number of available beds

d. Experience of staff

c. Number of available beds

MULTIPLE CHOICE

As a student nurse, you are correct when you directly report a concern to the:

a. Clinical teacher

b. Charge nurse

c. Staff nurse

d. Physician

a. Clinical teacher

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Among the stress management strategies below, the least effective is:

a. Planning

b. Confrontation

c. Inner showing

d. Diversion

b. Confrontation

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Patient classification system will solve all staffing and scheduling problem.

a. True

b. False

c. Debatable

d. Not sure

b. False

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Since institutions have staffing problems, mandatory overtime work is a standard operating procedure:

a. True

b. False

c. Debatable

d. Not sure

b. False

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Fair and uniform staffing and scheduling policies must be verbally communicated to all. Existing policies on staffing and scheduling must be periodically evaluated.

a. Correct

b. Incorrect

c. All statements are correct

d. All statements are incorrect

c. All statements are correct

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Staffing and scheduling policies must not violate the law.

Policies of the institution on these aspects may be hidden.

a. First statement is correct

b. First statement is incorrect

c. All statements are correct

d. All statements are incorrect

a. First statement is correct

MULTIPLE CHOICE

A nursing schedule should adhere to the following considerations.

One does not belong from the group.

a. Continuity of services

b. Appropriate ratio between professionals, non-professionals and supportive staff

c. Satisfaction of staff members in their work

d. Approval of schedule from some staff

d. Approval of schedule from some staff

MULTIPLE CHOICE

For a centralized scheduling, one disadvantage is:

a. Lack of individualized treatment of employees

b. One person prepares the schedule

c. Only one person is responsible

d. Provides a fragmented care to clients

a. Lack of individualized treatment of employees

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Centralized scheduling is different from decentralized since the latter is characterized as:

a. Creative

b. Lack of individualized treatment of employees

c. More personal

d. A responsibility from the central office

c. More personal

MULTIPLE CHOICE

A decentralized scheduling is prepared by the:

a. Head nurse or supervisor

b. Chief nurse

c. Charge nurse

d. Coordinator

a. Head nurse or supervisor

MULTIPLE CHOICE

The following factors are considered in making schedules:

a. Number of clients and acuity

b. Long stretches of consecutive working days

c. A and B

d. None of the above

c. A and B

MULTIPLE CHOICE

One is not a criterion in making schedules:

a. Appropriate ratio of professionals and paraprofessionals

b. Vacations and off days be planned in advance

c. There should be an economical assignment

d. Under staffing is allowed rather than over staffing

d. Under staffing is allowed rather than over staffing

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Rotating shift differs with cyclical scheduling since in the former, the staff is:

a. Assigned the whole in one shift

b. Rotated through all the shifts within the week

c. Allowed to choose her own schedule

d. Allowed to have the same schedule throughout the month

b. Rotated through all the shifts within the week

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Biorhythmic disturbance is one disadvantage of this pattern of scheduling.

a. Cyclical

b. Rotating shifts

c. Permanent

d. Variable

b. Rotating shifts

MULTIPLE CHOICE

The head nurse is considered as:

a. Top level manager

b. Middle level manager

c. First line manager

d. Not a nurse manager

c. First line manager

MULTIPLE CHOICE

If you are a staff nurse, you are a:

a. Top level manager

b. Middle level manager

c. First line manager

d. Not a nurse manager

d. Not a nurse manager