Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 11th Edition – Huston Test Bank Questions and Answers

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MarquisHuston Test Bank
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Chapter 1: Decision Making, ProblemSolving, Critical Thinking, andClinical Reasoning: Requisites for
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successful leadership and management
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1. Whatstatementistrue regarding decisionmaking? t t g g




A) Itisananalysisofasituation
B) Itiscloselyrelatedtoevaluation
C) Itinvolveschoosing betweencoursesofaction t g




D) Itisdependentuponfindingthecauseofa
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problem
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Ans:C t




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Decisionmaking isacomplexcognitiveprocessoftendefinedaschoosinga g g t




particularcourseofaction.Problemsolvingispartofdecisionmakingand is a
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systematic processthat focusesonanalyzingadifficult situation.
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Criticalthinking,sometimesreferredtoasreflectivethinking,isrelatedto t t t t t t t




evaluation and has abroaderscope than decision making and problem
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solving.
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2. Whatisaweaknessofthetraditional problem-solving model? tt tt




A) Itsneedforimplementationtime t




B) Itslackofasteprequiringevaluationofresults
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D) Itsfailuretoevaluate g




alternatives
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The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time
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constraintsareaconsideration.Decisionmakingcanoccurwithoutthefull
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analysis requiredinproblemsolving.Because problemsolNvi ng attemptsto
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identifytherootprobleminsituations,muchtimeandenergy are spent on
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identifying the real problem.
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3. Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueregardingdecision making? t t tt




A) Scientificmethodsprovideidenticaldecisionsbydifferent
individuals for the same problems
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B) Decisionsaregreatlyinfluencedbyeachperson'svaluesystem g t t t




C) Personalbeliefscanbeadjusted forwhen thescientificapproachto g g g t




problem solving is used
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D) Pastexperiencehaslittletodowiththequalityofthe
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decision
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Values,lifeexperience,individualpreference,andindividualwaysof
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thinking will influence a person's decision making. No matter how
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objectivethecriteriawillbe,valuejudgments willalwaysplayapart ina
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Person’sdecision making,eitherconsciouslyorsubconsciously. g




4. Whatinfluencesthequalityofadecisionmost often?
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A) Thedecisionmaker'simmediatesuperior
B) Thetypeofdecisionthatneedstobemade
C) Questionsaskedandalternativesgenerated t t t t




D) Thetimeofdaythedecisionis
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Thegreaterthenumberofalternativesthatcanbegeneratedbythedecision
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maker, the better the final decision will be. The alternatives generatedand
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thefinalchoicesarelimitedbyeachperson'svaluesystem.
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5. Whatdoesknowledgeaboutgooddecision makingleadonetobelieve? t t t




A) Gooddecisionmakersare usuallyright-brain,intuitivethinkers t g




B) Effectivedecisionmakersaresensitivetothesituationandtoothers g t t t t t




C) Gooddecisions areusuallymadebyleft-brain,logical thinkers tt tt




D) Gooddecisionmakingrequiresanalyticalratherthancreative
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Gooddecisionmakersseemtohaveantennaethatmakethemparticularly t




sensitivetootherpeopleandsituations.Left-brainthinkersaretypically
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betteratprocessing language,logic,numbers,and sequential ordering,
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whereas right-brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic
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synthesizing.
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6. Whatisthebestdefinitionofdecisionmaking?
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A) The planningprocessofmanagement g t




B) Theevaluationphaseoftheexecutiverole t t




C) Onestepintheproblem-solvingprocess t




D) Requiredtojustifytheneedfor g




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Ans:C t




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, Decisionmakingisacomplex,cognitiveprocessoftendefinedaschoosing a
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particular courseofaction.Decision making,one step intheproblem-
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solvingprocess,isanimportant taskthatreliesheavilyoncritical thinking and
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clinical reasoning skills.
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7. Ifdecisionmakingistriggeredbyaproblemwith what does it end? g tt tt




A) Analternativeproblem
B) Achosencourseofaction
C) Anactionthat guaranteessuccess
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solution
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Adecision is madewhen acourseofactionhas been chosen.Problem
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solving ispartofdecision making andisasystematic process that
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focuseson analyzing a difficult situation. Problemsolving always
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includes a decision-making step.
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8. Whydoourvaluesoftencausepersonal conflictindecision making? t tt t tt




A) Somevaluesarenot realisticorhealthy g




B) Not allvaluesareofequalworth
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C) Ourvaluesremainunchangedovertime
D) Ourvaluesoftencollidewithone
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Feedback:
Values,lifeexperience,individualpreference,andindividualwaysof
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thinking will influence a person's decision making. No matter how
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objectivethecriteriawillbe,valuejudgments will always playapartin
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aperson's decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
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9. Whichstatementistrueconcerningcriticalthinking? t t




A) Itisa simpleapproachto decision making
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B) Itisnarrowerinscopethandecision making
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C) Itrequires reasoningandcreativeanalysis t t




D) Itisasynonymfortheproblem-solving
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process
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Ans:C t




Feedback:
Criticalthinkinghasabroaderscopethandecisionmakingandproblem g




solving. It is sometimes referred to as reflective thinking. Critical
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thinking also involves reflecting upon the meaning of statements,
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