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Nursing Leadership Midterm Questionsand Answers (Latest Update 2025 )
One of the major aspects of Kouzes and Posner's Enabling
Others to Act includes fostering collaboration. In order for a
leader to foster collaboration, one must....
A. Work independently of others
B. Display a lack of empathy
C. Build a climate of trust and facilitate relationships
D. Use belittling and condescending communication with staff
- Correct Answer ✅C. Build a climate of trust and facilitate
relationships
Kouzes and Posner believe that a good leader should do
which of the following?
A. Encourage teamwork
B. Promote Independent work
C. Use threats with staff
D. Use fear tactics to "motivate" staff - Correct Answer ✅A.
Encourage teamwork
There is a dispute between nurses on the floor about how to
best implement a specific policy, as the nurse manager you
must deal with the concerns of the staff members of your
,Nursing Leadership Midterm Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025 )
floor. What are examples of participative leadership? select
all that apply.
A. Delegating tasks randomly to members
B. Open communication
C. involving each nurse in the decision process
D. group brainstorming - Correct Answer ✅B. Open
communication
C. Involving each nurse in the decision process
D. Group brainstorming
Which of the following is not an argument in support of
participatory leadership?
A. It supports the needs of deficiency-motivated employees
,Nursing Leadership Midterm Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025 )
B. It supports humanistic values
C. It helps ensure power sharing
D. It increases efficiencies - Correct Answer ✅C. It helps
ensure power sharing
A staff nurse describes the unit manager as a "born leader,"
which theory of leadership is she referring to?
A. Formal leadership theories
B. Behavioral theories
C. Democratic theories
D. Trait theories - Correct Answer ✅D. Trait theories
All of the following were the primary traits identified by
McCall and Lombardo by which a leader could succeed or fail
EXCEPT:
A. Remain calm under pressure
B. Having a broad range of expertise
C. Persuading others with coercive tactics
, Nursing Leadership Midterm Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025 )
D. Admitting errors and owning them - Correct Answer ✅C.
Persuading others with coercive tactics
Which statements are true regarding collective leadership?
[Select all that apply]
A. Leadership is a simple process but not within everyone's
grasp
B. Leadership resides in individuals and is hierarchically
based
C. Leadership is a complex process and is a property of a
social system
D. Leaders are different from followers
E. Development of leadership involves the entire group -
Correct Answer ✅C. Leadership is complex process and is a
property of a social system
E. Development of leadership involves the entire group
A nursing instructor is teaching nursing students about
collective leadership. Which statement by the nursing
student is correct in relation to how context plays a role in
collective leadership?
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