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NCPD TEST QUESTIONS
LEARNING OUTCOME: Seventy-five percent of participants will demonstrate knowledge of a project implemented to improve the performance of hourly rounding on an orthopedic/trauma unit by achieving a minimum score of 70% on the outcomes-based posttest.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After completing this continuing professional development activity, the participant will apply knowledge gained to:
1. Recognize the background information the author considered when planning and implementing a quality improvement project addressing the frequency of hourly rounding.
2. Identify the methodology used for a quality improvement project.
3. Select the results of the project having significance for clinical practice.
1. According to Mitchell et al. (2014), hourly rounding showed consistent statistically significant decreases in
a. patients' fall rates.
b. pressure injury incidence.
c. frequency of call light usage.
2. Blakely et al. (2011) reported that, when an official rounding system was implemented on a medical-surgical unit, which of the following decreased by 43%?
a. patients' call light usage
b. patients' complaints of staff's rudeness
c. staff's reports of inadequate unit staffing
3. According to Jayaweera et al. (2020), individuals wearing a surgical mask correctly can expect to reduce their exposure to any lingering aerosolized droplets by a factor of
a. four.
b. six.
c. eight.
4. For this study, 100% compliance would be noted if the rounding documentation benchmark was achieved how many times in 24 hours?
a. 18
b. 21
c. 24
5. On average in the first month of the quality improvement project, staff rounded 69.4% of the time on
a. droplet isolation patients.
b. non-isolation patients.
c. all patients on the unit.
6. Rounding was considered compliant if any entry was made in the nursing flowsheets within how many minutes of each specified time?
a. 15
b. 25
c. 35
7. The "redline" policy involved changing the unit's isolation policy so that staff could round on isolation patients by slightly opening their door, speaking with the patient, and
a. wearing a mask but not a gown or gloves.
b. opening the door and entering if the patient wore a mask.
c. staying outside the room and not wearing any isolation protection.
8. The redline policy was introduced in the second week of month 5 of the project, with an overall rate of rounding compliance in the final month of
a. 81.9%.
b. 87.3%.
c. 93.6%.
9. The author noted that the success of the hourly rounding project seemed to indicate accuracy of its rationale, that rounding is performed more frequently when it
a. becomes easier.
b. is built into the routine.
c. shows clear results.
10. The author pointed out that the project's particular strength was that it improved the frequency of hourly rounding with no funding and a management time investment estimated at
a. 1 minute per day for two weeks.
b. 2 minutes per day for one week.
c. 3 minutes per day for two weeks.