Chapter 4 - Leadership and
Followership 2025-2026 fully
solved & updated(graded A+)
An important competency that nurse leaders need to develop in
order to lead effectively is the:
1. Ability to be firm and inflexible
2. Ability to be close-minded and to ignore negative feedback
3. Ability to communicate effectively with others
4. Ability to follow orders without questioning them - answer
Answer: 3
Rationales:
1. Inflexibility is not a leadership competency. In fact, it impedes a
leadership effectiveness
2. Leaders who ignore negative feedback may lose opportunities to
improve their leadership effectiveness
3. Ability to communicate effectively with other people is one of the
three competencies identified by Hersey and Campbell
4. Nurse leaders need to be critical thinkers. There are times when
they are obligated as caring professionals to question directions,
requests, or medical orders
A unit team leader who fails to provide direction to his or her
nursing care team is a(n):
Laissez-faire leaders are passive, inactive leaders who would not
provide direction
A democratic nurse lader consistently works to:
1. Move the group toward the leader's goals
2. Make little or no attempt to move the group
3. Share leadership with the group
4. Dampen creativity - answer Answer: 3
Rationales:
Democratic or participative leaders are characterized by their
inclusion of team members in important decisions
The Situational Leadership Model focuses on:
1. Both followers and the task
2. The task
3. The follower
4. The behavior of others - answer Answer: 1
Rationales:
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