National Nurses United

CE:Final 5/27/08 11:58 AM Page 23 Continuing Education Test Public Health and Retail Clinics For continuing education credit of 2.0 hours, please complete the following test, including the registration form at the bottom, and return to: CNA/Nursing Practice, 2000 Franklin St., Oakland, CA 94612. We must receive the complete home study no later than July 15, 2008 in order for you to receive your continuing education credit. TEST QUESTIONS CNA/NNOC opposes any and all accreditation or recognition (including "Magnet" designation) schemes that deceive and confuse direct-care RNs with Shared Governance schemes, including pay-for-performance incentives, and priority of surplus revenue generation practices under the deceptive cover of "gold standard" redesign of traditional patient/nursing care standards. J True J False Registered nurses must take all necessary and appropriate actions to ensure patient safety even if such actions conflict with employer interests, policies, or orders. J True J False 2 In analyzing the safe, therapeutic, and effective values of any technology, registered nurses must explore the potential of technology replacing human interaction in the delivery of nursing care. J True J False The CNA/NNOC position is to oppose any and all accreditation (including "Magnet" designation) that purports to replace or, in effect, operate to replace governmental regulation of hospital services for public health and safety. J True J False Magnet designation fails to establish and promote safe staffing standards based on individual patient acuity, of which objective, unit-specific RN-to-patient ratios are the minimum. J True J False 9 1 3 Magnet designation is an excellent alternative to local, state, and federal governmental regulation of hospital services for public health and safety. J True J False 4 Magnet hospitals improve wages, pensions, and other economic benefits for recruitment and retention of RNs. J True J False 6 7 8 The Magnet Recognition Program promotes superior hospital nursing practices and quality patient outcomes. Shared Governance empowers nurses to achieve this goal. J True J False Undue reliance on technology will create erosion of skills for the next generation of RNs who (unless stopped) will be trained in tasks instead of educated in skills. It has the potential of destroying the art and science of professional registered nursing. J True J False 10 Magnet designation status hospitals improve patient care by collecting and analyzing patient outcome data with input from the nursing staff while incorporating clinical decision-making technologies. J True J False 5 Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ City: _______________________________________________________State: _________________Zip: _______________________ Day phone with message machine: ____________________________E-mail: ____________________________________________ RN license #: ______________________________________Job Classification ____________________________________________ M AY 2 0 0 8 W W W. C A L N U R S E S . O R G REGISTERED NURSE 23

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