Management and Leadership HESI
Practice Exam 2026 Questions and
Answers
The student nurse is shadowing on a medical/surgical unit and observes the duties
of the charge nurse. Which of the following would the student identify as a quality
attributed to a nurse in a leadership role?
A. Delays admission from emergency department until staff has appropriately
educated a newly diagnosed diabetic patient on insulin administration.
B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to
communicate his future health concerns.
C. Reevaluates staffing needs after one RN "calls in sick."
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, D. Counsels a UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) after arriving late for work the
third time that week. - Correct answer-B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung
cancer patient to allow him to communicate his future health concerns.
Rationale:
Leaders do the right thing.
Therefore focus on effectiveness whereas a manager focuses on efficiencies.
Which of the following is NOT a task or responsibility of the first-level manager?
Staff assignments for patient care during shifts
Conducting staff meetings
Making daily patient rounds
Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence - Correct answer-
Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence
Rationale:
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Practice Exam 2026 Questions and
Answers
The student nurse is shadowing on a medical/surgical unit and observes the duties
of the charge nurse. Which of the following would the student identify as a quality
attributed to a nurse in a leadership role?
A. Delays admission from emergency department until staff has appropriately
educated a newly diagnosed diabetic patient on insulin administration.
B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to
communicate his future health concerns.
C. Reevaluates staffing needs after one RN "calls in sick."
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, D. Counsels a UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) after arriving late for work the
third time that week. - Correct answer-B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung
cancer patient to allow him to communicate his future health concerns.
Rationale:
Leaders do the right thing.
Therefore focus on effectiveness whereas a manager focuses on efficiencies.
Which of the following is NOT a task or responsibility of the first-level manager?
Staff assignments for patient care during shifts
Conducting staff meetings
Making daily patient rounds
Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence - Correct answer-
Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence
Rationale:
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