West Coast University, Los Angeles - NURSE 420 Exam 1 leader 1 Download To Score An A

1. When your nurse leader maintains strong control over the nursing staff and makes most of the decisions about how the unit will function, your leader is demonstrating what style of leadership? a. Laissez-faire b. Authoritarian c. Democratic d. transactional 2. Which of the following is an example of laissez-faire style of leadership? a. A nurse manager allows staff to participate in a trial use of new IV pumps and contribute input when choosing a new product. b. A nurse manager instructs two staff nurses to work out a problem themselves when a conflict arises between them. c. A nurse manager allows the staff to select one of six colors of scrubs for the unit nursing staff to wear. d. A nurse manager allows the nursing staff to choose which holiday they would prefer to take off before completing the work schedule. 3. The home health RN is planning for the day’s visits. Which client should be seen first? a. The five-month-old discharged one week ago with pneumonia who is being treated with amoxicillin liquid suspension. b. The 50-year-old with multiple stage 3 & 4 pressure ulcers requiring dressing changes. c. The 30-year-old with an exacerbation of multiple sclerosis being treated with cortisone via a centrally placed venous catheter. d. The 78-year-old who had a gastrectomy three weeks ago with a PEG tube. 4. Which statement accurately reflects leadership? a. The position of a leader is always assigned. b. Members of a group will follow a person in a leadership position only by choice. c. A leader carries a legitimate source of power. d. Being leader required meeting organizational goals. 5. A manager who use a rational-empirical change strategy understands which one of the following to be relevant: a. Peer pressure influences change b. Reward-based incentives influence change c. Information supports change d. Punishment supports the acceptance of change.