A Small Critical Care Unit Forms a Team of Nurses

question 9

Multiple Choice

A small critical care unit forms a team of nurses to implement bedside rounds at shift change. The nurses have researched the efficacy of bedside rounds and have determined that this evidence-based practice will lead to improved communication of patient status. Which type of change does this demonstrate?

• A) Transforming care at the bedside
• B) Second-order change
• C) Emergent change
• D) Organizational change

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Definitions:

Sensory Receptors

Specialized cells or structures in the body that respond to external stimuli, such as light, sound, touch, or chemicals, and send signals to the brain.

Sensation

The method through which our sense organs and nervous system detect and depict energy forms of stimuli from the surroundings.

Perception

The process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions to give meaning to their environment.

Transduction

A process by which sensory receptors change physical stimuli into signals that are eventually sent to the brain.