NURS 251 TEST 3 | 202 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Professional nurses are expected to - ANSWER Make good clinical decisions
Make good business decisions
Coordinate patient care
Promote staff satisfaction
Provide leadership to maintain standards
Define leadership - ANSWER The act of guiding or influencing people to
achieve desired outcomes
Function of leadership - ANSWER Guide people/groups to accomplish goals
Vision casting
May or may not have formal authority
Define Management - ANSWER Coordination of resources, such as time people
and supplies to achieve outcomes
A manager will have a? - ANSWER Appointed position
Formal authority and accountability
management and leadership are - ANSWER intertwined
,can a good manger lead people - ANSWER A good leader may not be able to
manage and a good manager may not be able to lead.
What are some things that are managed - ANSWER Coordination of things
(people, time, supplies)
Assigned responsibility for goals of organization
Emphasize control
What is authority? - ANSWER Legitimate right to direct others
Given by position (nurse manager)
What is power? - ANSWER Ability to motivate people to get things done with
or without a position
reward power - ANSWER based on promise of good things
coercive power - ANSWER based on fear of punishment
legitimate power - ANSWER based on official position
referant power - ANSWER based on admiration of leader
expert power - ANSWER influence based on special skills or knowledge
,information power - ANSWER based on possession of knowledge others
require
connection power - ANSWER based on relationship or affiliation
formal leadership - ANSWER Nurse who is appointed to an approved position
informal leadership - ANSWER exercised by person with no official or
appointed power
authorative management style - ANSWER Determine policy and makes ALL
decisions
Ignores subordinates ideas or suggestions
High level of control
Gives little feedback
Democartic/participatory managment - ANSWER Encourages staff to
participate in decision making
Involves staff in planning
Believes in the best in people
Communicates effectively
Laissez-faire/Delegative - ANSWER No guidance or direction
Unable/unwilling to make decisions
No feedback
, Initiates little change
Communication by email or memo
Management function - ANSWER
Roles of Nurse Leader - ANSWER Patient Satisfaction and Customer Service
Provider
Team Builder
Resource Manager
Decision Maker and Problem Solver
what are some things about good leaders - ANSWER Envision the future
Communicate their visions
Motivate followers
Lead the way
Influence others to accomplish goals
Inspire confidence
Take risks
Empower followers
Master change
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