1|Page
Leadership HESI-Comprehensive
Questions And Answers 2026
Two employees disagree about who should work on Christmas Day. The bottom
line is that one employee will have to work, and the schedule must be posted
tomorrow. What is the best method for the nurse manager to assist in the conflict
between the nurses?
a) Use your position of power to resolve the conflict. You decide who will work
Christmas Day.
b) Rely on centralized staffing to resolve the issue.
c) Try to arrange a compromise. Have one employee work the first half of the shift
and have the other work the second half
d) Meet with both employees at the same time. Engage them in the problem-
solving process. - correct-answer - D
,2|Page
During bedside rounds, a surgeon turns to the charge nurse and says, "The poor
nursing care has caused this wound to become infected. Can't nurses at this
hospital do anything right?" What is the appropriate response by the charge
nurse?
a) "The nursing care on this unit has received awards and certainly is not the
problem."
b) "Let's first decide what to do for Mrs. Johnson and then step into the hall and
talk further about your concerns."
c) "It is inappropriate to talk to me that way. I will report this to my supervisor."
d) Would you like to change the antibiotic Mrs. Johnson is receiving?" - correct-
answer - b
Nurses were long viewed by physicians, legislators, the media, and others as
powerless because nurses:
a)declined to participate in political activities in the earliest years of the
profession in the United States.
, 3|Page
b)as women were subject to control by medicine and other paternalistic groups;
women had limited legal rights in late 19th-century America.
c)and nursing leaders in the mid-20th century did not wish to be viewed by those
outside of nursing as pushy or demanding.
were subject to nursing practice acts that limited their ability to take political
action. - correct-answer - B
When caring for a patient who had a hip replacement that morning, a nurse is
providing what level of care?
a)Primary
b)Secondary
c)Tertiary
d)Essential - correct-answer - B
To maximize the coordination of care, provide seamless transitions, and improve
quality of care, organizations are increasingly turning to which organizational
structure?
Leadership HESI-Comprehensive
Questions And Answers 2026
Two employees disagree about who should work on Christmas Day. The bottom
line is that one employee will have to work, and the schedule must be posted
tomorrow. What is the best method for the nurse manager to assist in the conflict
between the nurses?
a) Use your position of power to resolve the conflict. You decide who will work
Christmas Day.
b) Rely on centralized staffing to resolve the issue.
c) Try to arrange a compromise. Have one employee work the first half of the shift
and have the other work the second half
d) Meet with both employees at the same time. Engage them in the problem-
solving process. - correct-answer - D
,2|Page
During bedside rounds, a surgeon turns to the charge nurse and says, "The poor
nursing care has caused this wound to become infected. Can't nurses at this
hospital do anything right?" What is the appropriate response by the charge
nurse?
a) "The nursing care on this unit has received awards and certainly is not the
problem."
b) "Let's first decide what to do for Mrs. Johnson and then step into the hall and
talk further about your concerns."
c) "It is inappropriate to talk to me that way. I will report this to my supervisor."
d) Would you like to change the antibiotic Mrs. Johnson is receiving?" - correct-
answer - b
Nurses were long viewed by physicians, legislators, the media, and others as
powerless because nurses:
a)declined to participate in political activities in the earliest years of the
profession in the United States.
, 3|Page
b)as women were subject to control by medicine and other paternalistic groups;
women had limited legal rights in late 19th-century America.
c)and nursing leaders in the mid-20th century did not wish to be viewed by those
outside of nursing as pushy or demanding.
were subject to nursing practice acts that limited their ability to take political
action. - correct-answer - B
When caring for a patient who had a hip replacement that morning, a nurse is
providing what level of care?
a)Primary
b)Secondary
c)Tertiary
d)Essential - correct-answer - B
To maximize the coordination of care, provide seamless transitions, and improve
quality of care, organizations are increasingly turning to which organizational
structure?
