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According to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), which rights of
delegation should the nurse follow?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Supervision
2. Evaluation
3. Client
4. Time
5. Task - (CORRECT ANSWER)1. Supervision
2. Evaluation
5. Task
An unlicensed assistive person (UAP) is working on a rehabilitation unit. Which task would be
appropriate for this person to delegate?
1. Taking and recording vital signs
2. Assisting with bathing
3. Making a bed
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,4. An unlicensed assistive person may not delegate tasks. - (CORRECT ANSWER)4. An
unlicensed assistive person may not delegate tasks.
An RN delegates the task of taking a newly admitted clients vital signs to a nurses aide. The
clients blood pressure was 182/98, but did not get reported to the physician for several hours.
Who is responsible for the lapse in time between discovery and action?
1. Nurse manager
2. Aide
3. Client
4. RN - (CORRECT ANSWER)4. RN
A nurse manager has the reputation of being an autocratic leader. Which of the following
statements by this manager would support that reputation?
1. Id like to hear from you (addressing the staff) what your ideas are for promoting better morale
in this unit.
2. Im putting a suggestion box in the break room if anyone has ideas that would be helpful to the
unit.
3. The new work schedule is posted for the next 6 weeks.
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,4. I put the new procedure manual out. Please add your comments to the blank sheet of paper
attached to the front. - (CORRECT ANSWER)3. The new work schedule is posted for the next 6
weeks.
During a particularly heated staff meeting regarding staff assignments, the nurse manager makes
this comment: When you all can come to a decision, let me know and well move on from there.
This leader is best identified as which of the following?
1. Democratic leader
2. Permissive leader
3. Bureaucratic leader
4. Situational leader - (CORRECT ANSWER)2. Permissive leader
A nurse manager allows the staff members to make their own schedules and do their own client
assignments on their shifts. However, during a code situation, the nurse manager will make
decisions for the staff by instructing which nurse to assume which responsibility. This manager
is exemplifying which style of leadership?
1. Permissive
2. Democratic
3. Situational
4. Bureaucratic - (CORRECT ANSWER)3. Situational
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, A group of community health nurses work together in the same office. They are each responsible
for their own caseloads and scheduling of appointments. Their major leadership directives come
from the state health office, several hundred miles away. This group of nurses is functioning
under what type of leadership?
1. Charismatic
2. Shared
3. Transformational
4. Transactional - (CORRECT ANSWER)2. Shared
A charge nurses responsibilities include the day-to-day management and coordination of
therapies for the clients, client assignments, and scheduling. Which type of management is the
charge nurse performing?
1. Top level
2. Middle level
3. First level
4. Upper level - (CORRECT ANSWER)3. First level
A nurse manager is working on new job descriptions for all nursing units of the hospital. Which
management function is this nurse conducting?
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According to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), which rights of
delegation should the nurse follow?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Supervision
2. Evaluation
3. Client
4. Time
5. Task - (CORRECT ANSWER)1. Supervision
2. Evaluation
5. Task
An unlicensed assistive person (UAP) is working on a rehabilitation unit. Which task would be
appropriate for this person to delegate?
1. Taking and recording vital signs
2. Assisting with bathing
3. Making a bed
1
,4. An unlicensed assistive person may not delegate tasks. - (CORRECT ANSWER)4. An
unlicensed assistive person may not delegate tasks.
An RN delegates the task of taking a newly admitted clients vital signs to a nurses aide. The
clients blood pressure was 182/98, but did not get reported to the physician for several hours.
Who is responsible for the lapse in time between discovery and action?
1. Nurse manager
2. Aide
3. Client
4. RN - (CORRECT ANSWER)4. RN
A nurse manager has the reputation of being an autocratic leader. Which of the following
statements by this manager would support that reputation?
1. Id like to hear from you (addressing the staff) what your ideas are for promoting better morale
in this unit.
2. Im putting a suggestion box in the break room if anyone has ideas that would be helpful to the
unit.
3. The new work schedule is posted for the next 6 weeks.
2
,4. I put the new procedure manual out. Please add your comments to the blank sheet of paper
attached to the front. - (CORRECT ANSWER)3. The new work schedule is posted for the next 6
weeks.
During a particularly heated staff meeting regarding staff assignments, the nurse manager makes
this comment: When you all can come to a decision, let me know and well move on from there.
This leader is best identified as which of the following?
1. Democratic leader
2. Permissive leader
3. Bureaucratic leader
4. Situational leader - (CORRECT ANSWER)2. Permissive leader
A nurse manager allows the staff members to make their own schedules and do their own client
assignments on their shifts. However, during a code situation, the nurse manager will make
decisions for the staff by instructing which nurse to assume which responsibility. This manager
is exemplifying which style of leadership?
1. Permissive
2. Democratic
3. Situational
4. Bureaucratic - (CORRECT ANSWER)3. Situational
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, A group of community health nurses work together in the same office. They are each responsible
for their own caseloads and scheduling of appointments. Their major leadership directives come
from the state health office, several hundred miles away. This group of nurses is functioning
under what type of leadership?
1. Charismatic
2. Shared
3. Transformational
4. Transactional - (CORRECT ANSWER)2. Shared
A charge nurses responsibilities include the day-to-day management and coordination of
therapies for the clients, client assignments, and scheduling. Which type of management is the
charge nurse performing?
1. Top level
2. Middle level
3. First level
4. Upper level - (CORRECT ANSWER)3. First level
A nurse manager is working on new job descriptions for all nursing units of the hospital. Which
management function is this nurse conducting?
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