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Why is leadership important for nurses if they are not in management
positions? - ANSWER Leadership is important at all levels in an organization
because nurses have expert knowledge and are interacting with and
influencing others
Leadership is defined as which of the following? - ANSWER A process that
occurs between a leader and another to participate in the achievement of
goals
Management as a process that is used today by nurses in health care
organizations is best described as which of the following? - ANSWER
Planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling actions to achieve
goals
Motivation is whatever influences our choices. Which motivation factors did
Herzberg say would lead to job satisfaction? - ANSWER Being offered
opportunities for achievement and advancement
A nurse on a med-surg unit presses the alert button to call a code for a
patient experiencing a respiratory arrest. Which leadership style is most
effective in this situation? - ANSWER Autocratic
Which of the following core competencies will an authentic leader require?
Select all that apply: - ANSWER -Self-knowledge
-Strategic vision
,-Risk taking and creativity
-Interpersonal and communication effectiveness
-Use of inspiration
Which of the following is the best rationale for why nurse managers provide
evaluation and feedback to nurses? - ANSWER Patient care must be delivered
at the highest level, which requires evaluation and feedback for those who
provide it.
According to Ross, how long a period of heavy labor does it take to master
any field? - ANSWER 10 years
What types resources does the chapter identify that managers use to achieve
goals? SATA - ANSWER -human resources
-financial resources
-physical resources
-information resources
Which of the following are stages of Benner's model? SATA - ANSWER
-Novice
-Advanced beginner
-Competent
-Proficient
-Expert
Which of the following is the major purpose of evidence based care? -
ANSWER To provide a problem-solving approach to clinical decision making
,using the best available evidence
Which of the following are used for program evaluation in population-based
nursing practice? - ANSWER Access, cost, equity, quality
Working conditions impact patient care and nurse health. Which of the
following are possible hazards associated with health care work? - ANSWER
Patient assaults and back injuries from lifting and moving patients
The National Prevention Strategy has prioritized seven areas of health. Which
of the following is NOT identified as one of the seven areas? - ANSWER Safe
driving and wearing bike helmets
Which of the following is not a nursing theorist listed as having contributed
to the development of modern nursing? - ANSWER Shortell
Which of the following identifies health care ratings for the US Dept of
Health and Human Services? - ANSWER Hospital Compare
Which of the following is NOT a nurse-sensitive hospital-aquired patient
outcome? SATA - ANSWER Myocardial infarction
Which of the following is NOT considered a necessary professional behavior
and attribute? SATA - ANSWER Membership in a union
Vulnerable older adults are discharged from an ED to home and are referred
for public health nursing home visits. This is an example of which of the
following types of population-based public health intervention programs? -
ANSWER Individual or family level of practice
Which of the following are forces influencing health care delivery and
nursing management? SATA - ANSWER -aging population
, -cultural diversity
-information technology
-supply and education of nurses
-increased accountability for performance
A new nurse is trying to set her goals for the next five years. She plans to
eventually become an acute care nurse practitioner in the ICU setting. She
knows she needs to become more experience, obtain appropriate
certification, go back to school, and take the practitioner exam. She would
like to see a visual of the time it will take her to realistically accomplish those
goals. She should use which of the following? - ANSWER Gantt chart
A task force designed to examine solutions for low patient satisfaction in an
emergency has decided to write their ideas down, present their ideas to the
task force, discuss the ideas, then vote on the ideas. This is an example of
which group process? - ANSWER Nominal group technique
A nurse manager decides to form a task force to identify reasons and
solutions for patient dissatisfaction on your unit. What are the advantages of
forming this task force? SATA - ANSWER -High-quality decision making is
possible due to more solutions being generated
-Acceptance of decisions is more likely
-There is access to a larger resource base
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