NEA-BC CERTIFICATION –
LEADERSHIP EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Affirmative Action - Correct Answers -"Employment equity" promotes equal opportunity
and ethnic diversity in the workplace, public contracting, in education, and in health
programs.
Ethnic Diversity - Correct Answers -Quality of diverse and different ethnic groups or
persons, as opposed to a monoculture
Leveraging Diversity - Correct Answers -A leader fosters an inclusive workplace where
diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and
mission of the organization
Equal Opportunity - Correct Answers -Fairness of various opportunities
Team Nursing - Correct Answers -Team leader (RN) manages the care for a small
group of patients
Functional Nursing - Correct Answers -Each nurse performs specific tasks for all
patients in a given area
Primary Nursing - Correct Answers -The RN performs advanced nursing function for a
group of patients for a 24 hour time period and from admission to discharge
Total Patient Care Nursing - Correct Answers -The RN is responsible for all indirect and
direct patient care functions, and he or she communicates needs, changes, and
requests for assistance with a charge nurse or team leader
Biomedical Waste - Correct Answers -EPA implements laws to protect human health
and the environment on the federal level, and this organization provides guidelines for
the state. Programs and rules regarding this disposal are primarily regulated on the
state level.
,Human Capital Management - Correct Answers -An approach to employee staffing that
views people as assets
Financial Management - Correct Answers -An approach to the allocation of resources
Staffing Distribution - Correct Answers -The determination of the number of personnel
allocated per shift, nurse executives are usually responsible for this
Strategic Alignment - Correct Answers -Part of a human capital management, where
goals, mission, and organizational objective are all considered
Revenue - Correct Answers -Total amount of income anticipated during a specified
period of time
Expense Budget - Correct Answers -Budget that Contains both salary and non salary
items
Alliance Program - Correct Answers -Program that Works in conjunction with several
other organizations that are involved with workplace health and safety, not budgeting
Depreciation - Correct Answers -An income tax deduction that is an annual allowance
for the wear and tear or deterioration of the property. It allows a taxpayer to recover the
costs or other aspects of specific property.
Tangible property - Correct Answers -Property that Can be depreciated, such as,
machinery, equipment, buildings, furniture, and vehicles
Intangible property - Correct Answers -Property that can be Depreciable, including
copyrights, patents, and computer software
Staffing Mix - Correct Answers -"Staffing ratio" Is the ratio of various types of personnel
to one another. May be more or less weighted toward the use of RNs, depending on the
philosophy of the facility. Often determined by legislation particularly for ICUs and ERs
Variable Costs - Correct Answers -Costs that Fluctuate in response to either external or
internal influence, such as patient acuity, census, staff mix, and product cost
Fixed Cost - Correct Answers -Costs that remain constant for the facility regardless of
fluctuations such as fees and insurance premiums
Business Plan - Correct Answers -Plan that uses economic justification to show
financial officers and elected board officials the necessary information. Helps decision
makers decide what to do and if the choice is right for the organization
, Return on Investment - Correct Answers -Calculation of the most tangible financial
gains or benefits that are expected from a given project compared to the costs for
implementing a program or solution
Cost Benefit Analysis - Correct Answers -The exercise of evaluating a planned action by
determining what the net value is for the organization. Positive minus the negative
factors equals whether something is profitable.
Industrial Model of Productivity - Correct Answers -A model that Measures the ratio of
work output to work input and is considered representative of efficiency
Systems Framework of Productivity - Correct Answers -A framework that Involves both
efficiency and efficacy, with efficiency including nursing output and efficacy including
quality and appropriateness
Depreciation - Correct Answers -These are steps:
Set by IRS...
1. The property must have a determinable useful life of one year or more;
2. The taxpayer must own the property;
3. The taxpayer must use the property for business or in an income producing aspect;
4. The taxpayer can depreciate any capital improvements from property that is leased. If
the property is used for personal purposes as well as business, the taxpayer can only
deduct depreciation based only on business use.
Risk Management - Correct Answers -Problem focused approach to reduce the
frequency and severity of injuries, accidents, and adverse events
Cost Containment - Correct Answers -An approach to managing finances that employs
such strategies as risk management, reduction in staff, and reduction in services
pay Per Coordination - Correct Answers -Payment method in which benefits are linked
with the concept of paying for care coordination, which involves support services or
other work that is not available under a fee for service model
Fee for service - Correct Answers -Payment method in which standard payment option
that a relates one payment for one service
Pay for performance - Correct Answers -Payment method in which the health care
insurer or other payer compensates healthcare facilities and physicians based on
performance
Bundled payments - Correct Answers -Payment covers the services delivered by two or
more providers during a single care episode over a certain period of time
Resource based relative value scale system - Correct Answers -Payment system that
establishes a standardized payment schedule based on resource based scale.
LEADERSHIP EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Affirmative Action - Correct Answers -"Employment equity" promotes equal opportunity
and ethnic diversity in the workplace, public contracting, in education, and in health
programs.
Ethnic Diversity - Correct Answers -Quality of diverse and different ethnic groups or
persons, as opposed to a monoculture
Leveraging Diversity - Correct Answers -A leader fosters an inclusive workplace where
diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and
mission of the organization
Equal Opportunity - Correct Answers -Fairness of various opportunities
Team Nursing - Correct Answers -Team leader (RN) manages the care for a small
group of patients
Functional Nursing - Correct Answers -Each nurse performs specific tasks for all
patients in a given area
Primary Nursing - Correct Answers -The RN performs advanced nursing function for a
group of patients for a 24 hour time period and from admission to discharge
Total Patient Care Nursing - Correct Answers -The RN is responsible for all indirect and
direct patient care functions, and he or she communicates needs, changes, and
requests for assistance with a charge nurse or team leader
Biomedical Waste - Correct Answers -EPA implements laws to protect human health
and the environment on the federal level, and this organization provides guidelines for
the state. Programs and rules regarding this disposal are primarily regulated on the
state level.
,Human Capital Management - Correct Answers -An approach to employee staffing that
views people as assets
Financial Management - Correct Answers -An approach to the allocation of resources
Staffing Distribution - Correct Answers -The determination of the number of personnel
allocated per shift, nurse executives are usually responsible for this
Strategic Alignment - Correct Answers -Part of a human capital management, where
goals, mission, and organizational objective are all considered
Revenue - Correct Answers -Total amount of income anticipated during a specified
period of time
Expense Budget - Correct Answers -Budget that Contains both salary and non salary
items
Alliance Program - Correct Answers -Program that Works in conjunction with several
other organizations that are involved with workplace health and safety, not budgeting
Depreciation - Correct Answers -An income tax deduction that is an annual allowance
for the wear and tear or deterioration of the property. It allows a taxpayer to recover the
costs or other aspects of specific property.
Tangible property - Correct Answers -Property that Can be depreciated, such as,
machinery, equipment, buildings, furniture, and vehicles
Intangible property - Correct Answers -Property that can be Depreciable, including
copyrights, patents, and computer software
Staffing Mix - Correct Answers -"Staffing ratio" Is the ratio of various types of personnel
to one another. May be more or less weighted toward the use of RNs, depending on the
philosophy of the facility. Often determined by legislation particularly for ICUs and ERs
Variable Costs - Correct Answers -Costs that Fluctuate in response to either external or
internal influence, such as patient acuity, census, staff mix, and product cost
Fixed Cost - Correct Answers -Costs that remain constant for the facility regardless of
fluctuations such as fees and insurance premiums
Business Plan - Correct Answers -Plan that uses economic justification to show
financial officers and elected board officials the necessary information. Helps decision
makers decide what to do and if the choice is right for the organization
, Return on Investment - Correct Answers -Calculation of the most tangible financial
gains or benefits that are expected from a given project compared to the costs for
implementing a program or solution
Cost Benefit Analysis - Correct Answers -The exercise of evaluating a planned action by
determining what the net value is for the organization. Positive minus the negative
factors equals whether something is profitable.
Industrial Model of Productivity - Correct Answers -A model that Measures the ratio of
work output to work input and is considered representative of efficiency
Systems Framework of Productivity - Correct Answers -A framework that Involves both
efficiency and efficacy, with efficiency including nursing output and efficacy including
quality and appropriateness
Depreciation - Correct Answers -These are steps:
Set by IRS...
1. The property must have a determinable useful life of one year or more;
2. The taxpayer must own the property;
3. The taxpayer must use the property for business or in an income producing aspect;
4. The taxpayer can depreciate any capital improvements from property that is leased. If
the property is used for personal purposes as well as business, the taxpayer can only
deduct depreciation based only on business use.
Risk Management - Correct Answers -Problem focused approach to reduce the
frequency and severity of injuries, accidents, and adverse events
Cost Containment - Correct Answers -An approach to managing finances that employs
such strategies as risk management, reduction in staff, and reduction in services
pay Per Coordination - Correct Answers -Payment method in which benefits are linked
with the concept of paying for care coordination, which involves support services or
other work that is not available under a fee for service model
Fee for service - Correct Answers -Payment method in which standard payment option
that a relates one payment for one service
Pay for performance - Correct Answers -Payment method in which the health care
insurer or other payer compensates healthcare facilities and physicians based on
performance
Bundled payments - Correct Answers -Payment covers the services delivered by two or
more providers during a single care episode over a certain period of time
Resource based relative value scale system - Correct Answers -Payment system that
establishes a standardized payment schedule based on resource based scale.
