MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN NURSING 11th EDITION
BY MARQUIS HUSTON/ALL CHAPTERS 1- 25
,CH: 1 Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for succe
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ssful leadership and management
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1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
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A) It is an analysis of a situation
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B) It is closely related to evaluation
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C) It involves choosing between courses of action
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D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem
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REASONING:-
>>Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course
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of action.Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on a
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nalyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related t
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oevaluationand has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
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2. What is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model?
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1. A) Its need for implementation time
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2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
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3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
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4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
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Reasoning:->>The traditional problem- ex ex
solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration. Decision making can occ
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ur without the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem-
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solving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and energy are spent on ide
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ntifying the real problem.
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, 3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
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1. A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for the same problems
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2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each person’s value system
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3. C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to problem solving is used
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4. D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision
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Reasoning:-
>>Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will influence a pe
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rsons decision making. No matter how objective the criteria will be, value judgments will always play
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x apart ina persons decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
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is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model? Page 1
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4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision makers immed
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B) The type of decision that needs to be made
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D) The time of day the decision is ma
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de ACCURATE ANSWER:-C
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Reasoning:-
>>The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, the better th
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e final decision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are limited by each person’s
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5. What does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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, 1. A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
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2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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4. D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative proce
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sses ACCURATE ANSWER:-B
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Reasoning:->>Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive to other
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people and situations. Left-
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brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers, and sequential ordering, w
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hereas right-brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
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6. What is the best definition of decision making?
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1. A) The planning process of management
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2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
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4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
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Reasoning:-
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