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Test Bank for Leadership and Nursing Care
Management (7th Edition) by Diane Huber & M.
Lindell Joseph | 2025 NCLEX-Style Questions
, Chapter 01: Leadership and Management Principles
Huber: Leadership & Nursing Care Management, 7th Edition
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1. Which of the following best distinguishes leadership from management?
a. Leadership involves setting policies; management focuses on vision.
b. Leadership focuses on influence and inspiration; management emphasizes control and
planning.
c. Management is limited to financial oversight; leadership includes all administrative
roles.
d. Leadership always outranks management in authority.
ANS: B
Leadership emphasizes interpersonal influence and inspiration, whereas management focuses on
processes such as planning, organizing, and controlling.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. A nurse leader who uses rewards and punishments to influence staff is most likely using
which leadership style?
a. Transformational
, b. Transactional
c. Servant
d. Situational
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ANS: B
Transactional leadership is based on an exchange system—rewards for performance and
penalties for failure.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. Which action by a nurse manager best reflects the planning function of management?
a. Assigning nurses to specific patients
b. Establishing unit goals for the next quarter
c. Evaluating staff performance
d. Mediating a conflict between team members
ANS: B
Planning involves setting goals and determining actions to achieve them.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
, 4. The most critical skill for a nurse leader to influence organizational culture is:
Page | 4 a. Financial forecasting
b. Strategic delegation
c. Effective communication
d. Data analysis
ANS: C
Communication is the foundation for influencing culture, vision sharing, and team cohesion.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge)
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. Which term describes the ability of a nurse leader to understand and manage their own
emotions and the emotions of others?
a. Moral reasoning
b. Emotional intelligence
c. Reflective practice
d. Cognitive flexibility
Test Bank for Leadership and Nursing Care
Management (7th Edition) by Diane Huber & M.
Lindell Joseph | 2025 NCLEX-Style Questions
, Chapter 01: Leadership and Management Principles
Huber: Leadership & Nursing Care Management, 7th Edition
Page | 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following best distinguishes leadership from management?
a. Leadership involves setting policies; management focuses on vision.
b. Leadership focuses on influence and inspiration; management emphasizes control and
planning.
c. Management is limited to financial oversight; leadership includes all administrative
roles.
d. Leadership always outranks management in authority.
ANS: B
Leadership emphasizes interpersonal influence and inspiration, whereas management focuses on
processes such as planning, organizing, and controlling.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. A nurse leader who uses rewards and punishments to influence staff is most likely using
which leadership style?
a. Transformational
, b. Transactional
c. Servant
d. Situational
Page | 3
ANS: B
Transactional leadership is based on an exchange system—rewards for performance and
penalties for failure.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. Which action by a nurse manager best reflects the planning function of management?
a. Assigning nurses to specific patients
b. Establishing unit goals for the next quarter
c. Evaluating staff performance
d. Mediating a conflict between team members
ANS: B
Planning involves setting goals and determining actions to achieve them.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
, 4. The most critical skill for a nurse leader to influence organizational culture is:
Page | 4 a. Financial forecasting
b. Strategic delegation
c. Effective communication
d. Data analysis
ANS: C
Communication is the foundation for influencing culture, vision sharing, and team cohesion.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge)
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. Which term describes the ability of a nurse leader to understand and manage their own
emotions and the emotions of others?
a. Moral reasoning
b. Emotional intelligence
c. Reflective practice
d. Cognitive flexibility
