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LEADERSHIP ROLES AND
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NURSING 10TH EDITION MARQUIS
HUSTON
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Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 10th Edition Marquis
Huston Test Bank
Chapter 1 Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for successful
leadership and management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing between courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem Ans: C Feedback:
Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of action.
Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a
difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation
and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
Ans: A Feedback:
The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration.
Decision making can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem
solving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and energy are spent on
identifying the real problem.
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
2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
3. C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to problem solving is used
4. D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision
Ans: B Feedback:
Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will influence a persons
decision making. No matter how objective the criteria will be, value judgments will always play a part in
a persons decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model? Page 1
4. What influen ces the quality of a de cision most often? A) The de cision makers immediate
superior
B) The type of de cision that needs to be made
C) Questions asked and alternatives generated
D) The time of day the de cision is made Ans:
C Feedba ck:
The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the de cision maker, the better the final
de cision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choi ces are limited by ea ch persons value
system.
5. What
1. A) Good de cision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
2. B) Effe ctive de cision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
3. C) Good de cisions are usually made by left-brain, logi cal thinkers
4. D) Good de cision making requires analyti cal rather than creative pro cesses
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Ans: B Feedba ck:
Good de cision makers seem to have antennae that make them parti cularly sensitive to other
people and situations. Left-brain thinkers are typi cally better at pro cessing language, logi c, numbers, and
sequential ordering, whereas right-brain thinkers ex cel at nonverbal ideation and holisti c synthesizing.
does knowledge about good de cision making lead one to believe?
6. What
1. A) The planning pro cess of management
2. B) The evaluation phase of the exe cutive role
3. C) One step in the problem-solving pro cess
4. D) Required to justify the need for s car ce items
Ans: C Feedba ck:
De cision making is a complex, cognitive pro cess often defined as choosing a parti cular course of a ction.
De cision making, one step in the problem-solving pro cess, is an important task that relies heavily on criti
cal thinking and clini cal reasoning skills.
is the best definition of de cision making? Page 2
7. If de cision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
1. A) An alternative problem
2. B) A chosen course of a ction
3. C) An a ction that guarantees su c cess
4. D) A restatement of the solution
Ans: B Feedba ck:
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LEADERSHIP ROLES AND
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS AND
NURSING 10TH EDITION MARQUIS
HUSTON
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Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 10th Edition Marquis
Huston Test Bank
Chapter 1 Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for successful
leadership and management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing between courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem Ans: C Feedback:
Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of action.
Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a
difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation
and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
Ans: A Feedback:
The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration.
Decision making can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem
solving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and energy are spent on
identifying the real problem.
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
2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
3. C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to problem solving is used
4. D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision
Ans: B Feedback:
Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will influence a persons
decision making. No matter how objective the criteria will be, value judgments will always play a part in
a persons decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model? Page 1
4. What influen ces the quality of a de cision most often? A) The de cision makers immediate
superior
B) The type of de cision that needs to be made
C) Questions asked and alternatives generated
D) The time of day the de cision is made Ans:
C Feedba ck:
The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the de cision maker, the better the final
de cision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choi ces are limited by ea ch persons value
system.
5. What
1. A) Good de cision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
2. B) Effe ctive de cision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
3. C) Good de cisions are usually made by left-brain, logi cal thinkers
4. D) Good de cision making requires analyti cal rather than creative pro cesses
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Ans: B Feedba ck:
Good de cision makers seem to have antennae that make them parti cularly sensitive to other
people and situations. Left-brain thinkers are typi cally better at pro cessing language, logi c, numbers, and
sequential ordering, whereas right-brain thinkers ex cel at nonverbal ideation and holisti c synthesizing.
does knowledge about good de cision making lead one to believe?
6. What
1. A) The planning pro cess of management
2. B) The evaluation phase of the exe cutive role
3. C) One step in the problem-solving pro cess
4. D) Required to justify the need for s car ce items
Ans: C Feedba ck:
De cision making is a complex, cognitive pro cess often defined as choosing a parti cular course of a ction.
De cision making, one step in the problem-solving pro cess, is an important task that relies heavily on criti
cal thinking and clini cal reasoning skills.
is the best definition of de cision making? Page 2
7. If de cision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
1. A) An alternative problem
2. B) A chosen course of a ction
3. C) An a ction that guarantees su c cess
4. D) A restatement of the solution
Ans: B Feedba ck:
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