Virtual Nursing and AI Remote Monitoring Quiz

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1. Which pair of tasks is most typical for a virtual nurse in the model the guide describes?
   • Starting IVs and inserting urinary catheters
   • Turning patients and changing dressings
   • Admission histories and discharge education
   • Transporting patients to imaging
2. How does continuous virtual observation (virtual sitting) differ from virtual nursing?
   • Observers, who may not be nurses, watch many patients for safety events rather than doing RN clinical work
   • Virtual sitting is only used in outpatient clinics
   • Virtual sitters prescribe medications remotely
   • There is no difference; the terms mean the same thing
3. What made Mercy Virtual Care Center notable, according to the guide?
   • It was the first hospital to ban in-room cameras
   • It is a mobile clinic that travels between rural towns
   • It only serves pediatric patients
   • It opened in 2015 as a dedicated telehealth building with no patient beds
4. What licensure rule applies to a virtual nurse caring for a patient in another state?
   • No license is needed for video-based care
   • The nurse must be licensed where the patient is located, which the Nurse Licensure Compact eases among member states
   • Only a physician license is required
   • The hospital's accreditation replaces individual licensure
5. What typically generates tasks on a virtual nurse's worklist?
   • Random assignment every hour
   • Patient satisfaction survey responses
   • Admission, discharge and transfer events and orders
   • Requests posted on social media
6. Which privacy practice does the guide describe for in-room virtual nursing cameras?
   • Cameras stay off or covered until activated, with a chime or indicator when someone connects
   • Cameras record continuously and post footage to the chart
   • Patients cannot tell when the camera is active
   • Privacy is handled only by blurring the nurse's face
7. Why do nurses and unions object to some virtual nursing rollouts?
   • Virtual nurses earn more than bedside nurses
   • Cameras reduce the number of patient rooms
   • Virtual nurses refuse to do documentation
   • Hospitals may use virtual nurses to justify higher bedside patient loads
8. Which of these can a virtual nurse NOT do, according to the guide?
   • Teach a patient about new medications
   • Start an IV or respond physically to an emergency
   • Mentor a new graduate nurse through documentation
   • Complete medication reconciliation