NUR 405: Exam 1 Study Guide questions with correct
answers
Health Promotion Correct Answer-is behavior directed toward achieving
a greater level of health. Example: exercise regularly to produce more
energetic feeling and higher level of functioning.
Health promotion includes:
-Encouraging healthy lifestyles
-Creating supportive environments for health
-Strengthening community action
-Reorienting health services
-Building healthy public policy
Health Protection: Correct Answer-(i.e. health maintenance) focuses on
keeping a current state of health. Example: exercising regularly to
maintain weight
Health Education: Correct Answer-designed to effect changes in the
knowledge, skill, and attitudes of individuals, groups, or communities.
Formal Leadership: Correct Answer-legitimate authority conferred by an
organization
Informal leadership: Correct Answer-depends on knowledge, personal
skills, and ability to persuade & influence others
,Behavioral Leadership Theory: Correct Answer-it assumes that
leadership capability can be learned, rather than being inherent. This
theory is based on the principle that behaviors can be conditioned in a
manner that one can have a specific response to specific stimuli
Transformational Leadership Theory: Correct Answer-effecting
revolutionary change in organization through a commitment to
organizational goals
Transactionnel Leadership Theory: Correct Answer-concerned with the
day-to-day operations of the facility. (more closely related with
management)
Trait Leadership Theory: Correct Answer-Focused on intrinsic traits of
individuals (who or what leaders are ), based on an assumption that
leaders are born!
5 Functions of a Manager: Correct Answer-Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing
Controlling (give special attention to section on establishing
performance standards. Making sure people are adhering to standards
and policies)
,Leadership: Correct Answer-the ability to guide or INFLUENCE the
beliefs, opinions, or behaviors of other persons or groups by combining
intrinsic personality traits, skills, and characteristics of the situation to
ACHIEVE DESIRED OUTCOMES.
Management: Correct Answer-the coordination of PEOPLE, TIME,
AND SUPPLIES to achieve desired outcome. This is more task oriented.
It's about getting the results.
Formal Groups: Correct Answer-have a defined membership and a
specific purpose. They may or may not have an official place in the
community's organization.
• Learning groups
• Support groups
• Social groups
• Psychotherapy groups
Informal Groups: Correct Answer-the ties between the members are
multiple, and the purposes are unwritten yet understood by members.
These groups often form spontaneously when participants have a
common interest or need.
• Shared goals
• Consistent norms
• Motivation
• Communication
, 5 Stages of Group Development: Correct Answer-1. Forming: members
become acquainted with one another and the leader, become oriented to
the group, and try to determine what their behaviors should be in relation
to one another and to the goal of the group.
2. Storming: members begin to express their own individuality, which
may run counter to that of others, and they often express hostility to one
another and polarize because of interpersonal issues.
3. Norming: members start to accept one another; develop some
cohesion, norms, and roles; and become comfortable in expressing their
opinions and offering ideas. Members begin to trust one another and
their interaction takes on more depth.
4. Performing: the group uses its interpersonal structure to accomplish
its goals, and group energy is directed toward the task
5. Adjourning: the group engages in separating from one another
Group Roles: Building/Maintenance Roles Correct Answer-behaviors
that promote cohesiveness and encourages, support, and mediate group
process.
• Follower: seeks and accepts authority or direction of others
• Gatekeeper: controls outsiders access to the group
• Leader: guides and directs group activity
• Maintenance Specialist: provides physical and psychological support
for group members, thereby holding the group together
• Peacemaker: attempts to reconcile conflict between members or takes
action in response to influences that disrupt the group process and
threaten its existence
answers
Health Promotion Correct Answer-is behavior directed toward achieving
a greater level of health. Example: exercise regularly to produce more
energetic feeling and higher level of functioning.
Health promotion includes:
-Encouraging healthy lifestyles
-Creating supportive environments for health
-Strengthening community action
-Reorienting health services
-Building healthy public policy
Health Protection: Correct Answer-(i.e. health maintenance) focuses on
keeping a current state of health. Example: exercising regularly to
maintain weight
Health Education: Correct Answer-designed to effect changes in the
knowledge, skill, and attitudes of individuals, groups, or communities.
Formal Leadership: Correct Answer-legitimate authority conferred by an
organization
Informal leadership: Correct Answer-depends on knowledge, personal
skills, and ability to persuade & influence others
,Behavioral Leadership Theory: Correct Answer-it assumes that
leadership capability can be learned, rather than being inherent. This
theory is based on the principle that behaviors can be conditioned in a
manner that one can have a specific response to specific stimuli
Transformational Leadership Theory: Correct Answer-effecting
revolutionary change in organization through a commitment to
organizational goals
Transactionnel Leadership Theory: Correct Answer-concerned with the
day-to-day operations of the facility. (more closely related with
management)
Trait Leadership Theory: Correct Answer-Focused on intrinsic traits of
individuals (who or what leaders are ), based on an assumption that
leaders are born!
5 Functions of a Manager: Correct Answer-Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing
Controlling (give special attention to section on establishing
performance standards. Making sure people are adhering to standards
and policies)
,Leadership: Correct Answer-the ability to guide or INFLUENCE the
beliefs, opinions, or behaviors of other persons or groups by combining
intrinsic personality traits, skills, and characteristics of the situation to
ACHIEVE DESIRED OUTCOMES.
Management: Correct Answer-the coordination of PEOPLE, TIME,
AND SUPPLIES to achieve desired outcome. This is more task oriented.
It's about getting the results.
Formal Groups: Correct Answer-have a defined membership and a
specific purpose. They may or may not have an official place in the
community's organization.
• Learning groups
• Support groups
• Social groups
• Psychotherapy groups
Informal Groups: Correct Answer-the ties between the members are
multiple, and the purposes are unwritten yet understood by members.
These groups often form spontaneously when participants have a
common interest or need.
• Shared goals
• Consistent norms
• Motivation
• Communication
, 5 Stages of Group Development: Correct Answer-1. Forming: members
become acquainted with one another and the leader, become oriented to
the group, and try to determine what their behaviors should be in relation
to one another and to the goal of the group.
2. Storming: members begin to express their own individuality, which
may run counter to that of others, and they often express hostility to one
another and polarize because of interpersonal issues.
3. Norming: members start to accept one another; develop some
cohesion, norms, and roles; and become comfortable in expressing their
opinions and offering ideas. Members begin to trust one another and
their interaction takes on more depth.
4. Performing: the group uses its interpersonal structure to accomplish
its goals, and group energy is directed toward the task
5. Adjourning: the group engages in separating from one another
Group Roles: Building/Maintenance Roles Correct Answer-behaviors
that promote cohesiveness and encourages, support, and mediate group
process.
• Follower: seeks and accepts authority or direction of others
• Gatekeeper: controls outsiders access to the group
• Leader: guides and directs group activity
• Maintenance Specialist: provides physical and psychological support
for group members, thereby holding the group together
• Peacemaker: attempts to reconcile conflict between members or takes
action in response to influences that disrupt the group process and
threaten its existence
