National Nurses United

C A L I F O R N I A N U R S E J U N E 2 0 0 5 19 TEST QUESTIONS: 1 According to the BRN, RNs have the right and a duty to act as patient advocate, which means that any form of partnership that interferes with this right and duty violates the mandates of the Nursing Practice Act. ❏ True ❏ False 2 All the cases identified in this home study affirm three key points: the power of education, the power of individual patient advocacy, and the ultimate power which comes with unity in collective patient advocacy. ❏ True ❏ False 3 California licensed RNs have a high duty of care to protect their patients from harm; this duty includes enforcement of the patient advocacy mandates. ❏ True ❏ False 4 RN managers and supervisors are held accountable by the BRN for violating provisions of the Nursing Practice Act, including assigning unauthorized, unqualified, and incompetent nursing staff. ❏ True ❏ False 5 RNs are allowed to accept any assignment so long as they have read the literature describing the nursing care needs of any patient population. ❏ True ❏ False 6 Statutory authority to expand any scope of practice can be accomplished through skill validation. ❏ True ❏ False 7 SNQAP was developed by inpatient RNQLs to increase the level of awareness of staff nurses of the organization's quality structures. ❏ True ❏ False 8 The Department of Health looks at the standards in the community to determine whether or not hospitals have violated any mandate under Title 22. ❏ True ❏ False 9 The goals of the RNQL program are to improve quality patient care and outcomes and to increase staff RN/NP participation in the quality assurance and/or performance improvement process within the organization. ❏ True ❏ False 10 The Quality Liaison program was mandated by JCAHO in 1998 in order to improve patient care. ❏ True ❏ False Continuing Education Test RNs: The Enforcers of Patient Advocacy For continuing education credit of 2.0 hours, please complete the following test, including the registration form at the bottom, and mail to CNA Attention: NP/Home Study CE, 2000 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA, 94612 postmarked no later than August 30, 2005. Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ City:____________________________________________________________ State: _______________ Zip: ______________________ Day phone with message machine: __________________________________ E-mail: _________________________________________ RN license #: ____________________________________________________ SS #: X X X - X X - _ _ _ _ (enter last four digits only) This course is free of charge to CNA members, $10 for non-members.

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