HESI RN LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT EXIT EXAM 2025 -
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Which actions of the nurse 2, 3, 4
exhibit transactional
leadership? Select all that The characteristics of transactional leadership include
apply. valuing the orders and structures of an organization.
The nurse who exhibits transactional leadership will
1 Motivating or inspiring the meet the targets within the deadline given by the
employees organization. The nurse will also follow the rules of an
2 Meeting the targets within
organization and will correct the errors of an employee
the deadline
in a reactive manner.
3 Working according to
organizational rules
Motivating or inspiring the employees and increasing employee
4 Correcting the errors
commitment are the characteristics of transformational
in a reactive manner
leadership.
5 Increasing the employee
commitment of an
organization
The unit nurse manager 3 Have the supervisor validate the observation.
comes to work obviously
intoxicated. Which action is The staff nurse should call the hospital supervisor to
the staff nurse ethically confirm and handle the problem. The security guard
obligated to take? has no authority in this situation. Although sending the
nurse manager home removes the nurse manager from
1 Call the security guard. the clinical setting, this action misses an opportunity for
2 Tell the nurse manager to go documenting the situation and the nurse manager is in
home. no condition to drive safely. Drinking coffee does not
3 Have the supervisor
make a person less intoxicated.
validate the
observation.
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4 Offer the nurse manager
a large cup of coffee
Which aspects are 2, 4, 5
considered when
An individual's willingness is related to attitude, confidence, and
determining the willingness
commitment.
of a nursing assistant
before delegating a task? Ability is related to knowledge and skills in a specific situation.
Select all that apply. Personality characteristics can influence the effectiveness of the
delegator.
1 Ability
2 Attitude
3 Personality
4 Confidence
5 Commitment
Which performance 4
appraisal method is used The behaviorally anchored rating scale is a performance
appraisal method that provides an overview of nursing standards
by nurse managers to by determining performance both qualitatively and
measure the performance quantitatively.
of the nurse both
The narrative method requires a manager to write a statement
qualitatively and
about the nurse's performance. The critical incidents type is a
quantitatively? performance appraisal method in which a manager keeps a
written record of positive and negative performance. The
graphic rating scale form is a performance appraisal checklist on
1 Narrative method which a manager rates the nurse's performance on a continuum
2 Critical incidents method such as excellent, good, average, and poor.
3 Graphic rating scale form
4 Behaviorally anchored rating
scales
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The healthcare team is 2 Within 1 hour
caring for clients in an
emergency department. The clients triaged as an ESI-3 should be seen by the physician
within an hour.
How soon should the clients
triaged as an emergency
The clients with life-threatening problems are triaged as
severity index-3 (ESI-3) be
ESI-1, and they should be provided with immediate
seen by the physician
care. The care of the clients in ESI-4 and ESI-5 can be
according to the five level
delayed for some time because the condition of the
triage system?
clients in this level is stable. Clients with major injuries
are triaged as an ESI-2 and require treatment within 10
1 Immediately
minutes.
2 Within 1 hour
3 Could be delayed
4 Within 10 minutes
Which question does the 1 "Is the delegation appropriate to the situation?"
registered nurse recognize
as related to the right of The question, "Is the delegation appropriate to the
circumstance when situation?" is related to right circumstance.
delegating?
The question, "Is the task within the delegatee's scope of
1 "Is the delegation practice?" is related to right task. The question, "Is the
appropriate to the situation?" prospective delegate a willing and able employee?" is
2 "Is the task within the related to right person. The question, "Is the delegator
delegatee's scope of able to monitor and evaluate the client appropriately?"
practice?" is related to right supervision.
3 "Is the prospective
delegate a willing and able
employee?"
4 "Is the delegator able to
monitor and
evaluate the client
appropriately?"
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Which factors does the 3, 5
registered nurse consider in Two factors responsible for the decision to delegate
the decision to delegate process are predictability of outcomes and complexity
process? Select all that of the task to be performed.
apply.
Evaluation, nursing judgment, and pervasive functions
1 Evaluation are not factors in the decision to delegate process.
2 Nursing judgment
3 Predictability of outcomes
4 Pervasive functions of
assessment
5 Complexity of the task to be
performed
Under a leader, a team of 4 Accepts failure and gains experience from it
followers has failed to
achieve success in An effective leader should accept the failure and gain
conducting research. What experience from it to avoid repetition of the same
does an effective leader do errors.
in this situation?
The effective leader should counsel and motivate the
1 Criticizes the team members team members for future success and should not
for failure criticize them. Making excuses for the negative outcome
2 Provides excuses for is not the correct action of the effective leader. The
the negative outcome effective leader should take responsibility for the failure
3 Refuses to take the and the growth he or she will gain from it.
responsibility for failure
4 Accepts failure and
gains experience from it
The nursing manager wants 1, 3, 4
to implement Transformational leaders provide intellectual
transformational leadership stimulation and encourage follower creativity. They
qualities. Which actions best experiment with systems redesign, empower staff, create
describe this style of enthusiasm for practice, and promote scholarship of
leadership? Select all that practice in client care. They use motivator factors
apply. liberally to inspire work performance.
1 Providing intellectual Intervening only when problems exist is a behavior
stimulation related to transactional leadership. Monitoring
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