Test Bank For Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing Theory and Application 11th Edition By Carol Jorgensen Huston | 9781975193065 | 2024/2025 | Chapter 1-25 | All Chapters with Answers and Rationals

Test Bank For Leadership Roles and Management
Functions Test Bak In Nursing Theory and Application
11th Edition
By Bessie L. Marquis, Carol Jorgensen Huston
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Chapter 1 Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning:Req
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uisites for successful leadership and management
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1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
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A) It is an analysis of a situation
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B) It is closely related to evaluation
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C) It involves choosing between courses of action
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D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem Ans: C
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Feedback:

Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course
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of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses
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on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinki
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ng, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solvin
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2. What

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2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
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3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
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4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
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The traditional problem-
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solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration. Decision making c
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an occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem solving atte
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mpts to identify the root problem in situations, muchtime and energy are spent on identifying
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the real problem.
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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 th
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esame problems
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, 2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
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3. C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to problem
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4. D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision
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Ans: BFe gi i
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edback:
Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will influence
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a persons decision making. No matter how objective the criteria will be, value judgments will
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always play a part in a persons decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
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is a weakness of the traditional problem-
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solving model?Page 1 gi gi gi




4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision makers immediate
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superior
B) The type of decision that needs to be made
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D) The time of day the decision is made
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, the bette
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rthe final decision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are limited by eac
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hpersons value system.
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5. What

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2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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4. D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative processes
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edback:
Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive to other
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, people and situations. Left-
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brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic,numbers, and sequential or
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dering, whereas right-brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideationand holistic synthesizing.
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does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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6. What

1. A) The planning process of management
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2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
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4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
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edback:
Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular cour
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se of action. Decision making, one step in the problem-
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solving process, is an importanttask that relies heavily on critical thinking and clinical reaso
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is the best definition of decision making?Page
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7. If decision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
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1. A) An alternative problem
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2. B) A chosen course of action
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3. C) An action that guarantees success
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4. D) A restatement of the solution
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edback:
A decision is made when a course of action has been chosen. Problem solving is part of deci
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sion making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation.Proble
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m solving always includes a decision-making step.
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8. Why do our values often cause personal conflict in decision making?
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