NURS 4067: Module D questions with correct
answers
A nurse manager is encountering poor staff morale on her unit. While
participating in a baccalaureate course the nurse manager learned that
one of the reasons nurses lack power today is probably because of the
past. In the early decades of the profession, nurses lacked power
because: Correct Answer-Women were not socialized to exert power
Nurses who engage in infighting seek physician support against nursing
colleagues, and avoid membership in nursing organizations: Correct
Answer-Do not understand how their failure to exercise power can limit
the power of the whole profession
A nurse belongs to several professional organizations, serving on a
provincial-level committee of one group and on two task forces at work.
The nurse is committed to a range of health issues. This nurse
exemplifies which level of political activism in nursing? Correct
Answer-Political sophistication.
A manager relies on his director of nursing (immediate supervisor) for
advice about enrolling in graduate school to prepare for a career as a
nurse executive. The director may exercise what kinds of power in the
relationship with the manager in this advisory situation? Correct
Answer-Perceived, expert, and connection.
A nurse manager must implement a 2% budget cut on the nursing unit.
Which approach should the manager use to empower the staff of the unit
most effectively? Correct Answer-Discuss the guidelines for the budget
, cuts with the staff, making decisions with those who participate in the
discussion
During orientation of new nurse managers, the chief nursing officer
stresses strategies that help nurse managers to achieve a powerful image.
Which groups of behaviours best contribute to a powerful image for the
nurse manager? Correct Answer-Greeting patients, families, and
colleagues with a handshake and a smile; listening carefully when
problems arise.
Tomas, a new RN, is finding it difficult to practice because he is
encountering, on a daily basis, differences between his learned ideals
and what he is witnessing as nursing practice on the unit. This situation
is an example of: Correct Answer-Transition shock.
A nurse manager recognizes the need to expand her professional
network as she begins a job search for a middle-management position.
Which of the following actions is least likely to expand her job-
searching network? Correct Answer-Making a long overdue return call
to a former colleague who is now a chief nurse executive
A staff nurse asks the nurse manager for a few days off for personal
reasons. The nurse manager turns in the request to the human resources
office with a note indicating that the staff nurse has demonstrated
excellent working skills and is a valued employee. The nurse manager
has used the influence of her position to help this staff member.
Influence is the process of: Correct Answer-Using power.
answers
A nurse manager is encountering poor staff morale on her unit. While
participating in a baccalaureate course the nurse manager learned that
one of the reasons nurses lack power today is probably because of the
past. In the early decades of the profession, nurses lacked power
because: Correct Answer-Women were not socialized to exert power
Nurses who engage in infighting seek physician support against nursing
colleagues, and avoid membership in nursing organizations: Correct
Answer-Do not understand how their failure to exercise power can limit
the power of the whole profession
A nurse belongs to several professional organizations, serving on a
provincial-level committee of one group and on two task forces at work.
The nurse is committed to a range of health issues. This nurse
exemplifies which level of political activism in nursing? Correct
Answer-Political sophistication.
A manager relies on his director of nursing (immediate supervisor) for
advice about enrolling in graduate school to prepare for a career as a
nurse executive. The director may exercise what kinds of power in the
relationship with the manager in this advisory situation? Correct
Answer-Perceived, expert, and connection.
A nurse manager must implement a 2% budget cut on the nursing unit.
Which approach should the manager use to empower the staff of the unit
most effectively? Correct Answer-Discuss the guidelines for the budget
, cuts with the staff, making decisions with those who participate in the
discussion
During orientation of new nurse managers, the chief nursing officer
stresses strategies that help nurse managers to achieve a powerful image.
Which groups of behaviours best contribute to a powerful image for the
nurse manager? Correct Answer-Greeting patients, families, and
colleagues with a handshake and a smile; listening carefully when
problems arise.
Tomas, a new RN, is finding it difficult to practice because he is
encountering, on a daily basis, differences between his learned ideals
and what he is witnessing as nursing practice on the unit. This situation
is an example of: Correct Answer-Transition shock.
A nurse manager recognizes the need to expand her professional
network as she begins a job search for a middle-management position.
Which of the following actions is least likely to expand her job-
searching network? Correct Answer-Making a long overdue return call
to a former colleague who is now a chief nurse executive
A staff nurse asks the nurse manager for a few days off for personal
reasons. The nurse manager turns in the request to the human resources
office with a note indicating that the staff nurse has demonstrated
excellent working skills and is a valued employee. The nurse manager
has used the influence of her position to help this staff member.
Influence is the process of: Correct Answer-Using power.
