TEST BANK FOR LEADERSHIP ROLES AND
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN NURSING
FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS VEW VERSION 2025
Decision making - ANS-A complex, cognitive process of choosing a particular course of action; the
thought process of selecting a logical choice from available options
Problem Solving - ANS-Part of decision making; a systematic process focusing on analyzing a difficult
situation involving higher order reasoning and evaluation
Critical Thinking - ANS-The mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing,
synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion
Experiential Learning - ANS-Provides mock life experiences to learn from
Allows learners to apply leadership and management theory
Promotes whole brain thinking and improved problem- solving skills
Economic man - ANS--Makes decisions in rational manner
-Has complete knowledge of problem or situation
-Considers all alternatives
-Has systematic ordering of alternatives
-Selects maximizing choice
Administrative man - ANS--Knowledge is fragmented
-Is impossible to accurately predict future consequences
-Considers multiple alternatives but not all
-Makes decisions that are good enough
-Final choice is satisficing
Leaders - ANS-Empower others; maximize workforce effectiveness
Needed to implement the planned change that is part of system improvement
, Managers - ANS-Guide, direct, and motivate others
Intervene when goals are threatened
Emphasize control
The management process - ANS-planning-> organizing-> leading-> controlling
Planning - ANS-Encompasses determining philosophy, goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and rules;
carrying out long- and short-range projections; determining a fiscal course of action; and managing
planned change
Organizing - ANS-Includes establishing the structure to carry out plans, determining the most
appropriate type of patient care delivery, and grouping activities to meet unit goals
Other functions involve working within the structure of the organization and understanding and using
power and authority appropriately.
Staffing - ANS-Consists of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and orienting staff. Scheduling, staff
development, employee socialization, and team building are also often included as staffing functions.
Directing - ANS-Usually entails human resource management responsibilities, such as motivating,
managing conflict, delegating, communicating, and facilitating collaboration
Controlling - ANS-Includes performance appraisals, fiscal accountability, quality control, legal and ethical
control, and professional and collegial control
Contingency Leadership Styles #1 - ANS-Autocratic or authoritarian(relating to a ruler who has absolute
power)
Democratic or participative (members of the group take a more participative role in the decision-making
process)
Laissez-faire, permissive, or free rein ( an attitude of trust and reliance on their employees. They don't
micromanage or get too involved, they don't give too much instruction or guidance)
Contingency Leadership Styles #2 - ANS-Contingency leadership suggests that no one leadership style is
ideal for every situation.
Transactional Leader - ANS--Focuses on management tasks
-Is directive and results oriented
-Uses trade-offs to meet goals
-Does not identify shared values
-Examines causes
-Uses contingency reward
Transformational leader - ANS--Identifies common values
-Is a caretaker
