“LEADERSHIP ROLES AND MANAGEMENT
FUNCTIONS IN NURSING EXAM 2026 ”LATEST
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Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing Exam
What is a management function associated with career development?
A) ls self-aware of personal values influencing career development
B) Encourages employees to take responsibility for their own career planning
C) Identifies, encourages, and develops future leaders
D) Works cooperatively to arrange intra-organizational
D) Works cooperatively to arrange intra-organizational
The promise phase of career development typically reflects how many
years of initial nursing employment'?
A) I
B) 2
C) 5
D) 10
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D) 10
Promise is the earliest of the career phases and typically reflects the first 10 years of
nursing employment.
What is the name of the stage of a career where nurses are
experienced clinicians with expert knowledge, skills, abi lities,
credentials, and education base?
A) Promise
B) Momentum
C) Harvest
D) Legacy
B) Momentum
Momentum is the middle career phase and typically reflects the nurse with 11 to 29
years of experience. Nurses in this phase are experienced clinicians with expert
knowledge, skills, abilities , credentials, and education base.
What is the focus of a nursing portfolio?
A) Career goals
B) Salary expectations
C) Professional growth
D) Educational background
C) Professional growth
All nurses should maintain a professional portfolio (a collection of materials that
document a nurse's competencies and illustrate the expertise of the nurse) to reflect
their professional growth over their career. The other options are not the focus of a
professional portfolio.
What is the purpose of competency assessme nt regarding a nurse's career?
A) Identifying ways to exceed minimal licensing requirements
B) Fulfilling state requirements for minimal nursing practice
C) Facilitating advancement up the facility's career ladder
D) Satisfying institutional employment qualification
A) Identifying ways to exceed minimal licensing requirements
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Competency assessment and goal setting in career planning should help the
employee identify how to exceed the minimum levels of competency required by
federal, state, or organizational standards. The remaining options do not describe
the purpose of competency assessments.
Which ac tivity representsa commitment to career planning? Select all that
apply.
A) Introduces evidence-based practice changes regarding wound dressings
B) Discussing the health needs of the homeless with local politicians
C)Earning a Bachelor's degree(BSN) in nursing
D) Working with a seasoned member
Ans: A, B, C, D
Career planning should include, at minimum, a commitment to the use of evidence•
based practice, learning new skills or bettering practice through the use of role
models and mentors, staying aware of and being involved in professional
issues, and furthering one's education. Full-time employment is not a necessary
commitment.
An effective transition program for new nursing graduates will address
which Issue? Se lect all that apply.
A} Supporting practice autonomy
B) Strengthening new clinical skills
C)introducing time management skills
D) integrating into the nursing unit environment
Ans: A, B, C, D
Which activity is directed toward a new graduate's responsibility to their
nursing career? Select all that apply.
A) Earninga professional nursing certification
B) Gaining expertise in a specific field of nu rsing
C) Being a member of a professional nursing association
D) Earning an advanced nursing degree within 5 years of initial licensure
Ans: A, B, C, D
New graduates also have responsibility during the initial first few years of
employment to gain the expertise they need to have more opportunities for career
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divergence in the future. This includes becoming an expert in one or more areas of
practice, gaining professional certifications, and being well informed about
professional nursing and health-care issues. This is also a time where participation in
professional associations has great value as a result of the opportunities for
mentoring and networking. Finally, all new graduates should
consider at what point, continued formal education will be a part of their career
ladder and professional journey
Which information is too much in flux to identify on an organizational chart?
1. A) Grapevine lines of communication
2. B) Line and staff authority
3. C) Span of control
4. D) Scalar chains
1. A) Grapevine lines of communication
The grapevine lines of communication cannot be placed on an organizational chart
because they are constantly in flux. The remaining information is stable and so
identified on the chart.
Max Weber, as part of the scientific management era, contributed immensely
to the development of organizational theory. Which statement is not
representative of his beliefs?
1. A) Bureaucracy could provide a rational basis for administrative decisions
2. B) Worker satisfaction was integral to productivity
3. C) Organization charts could depict the hierarchy of authority
4. D) Impersonality of interpersonal relationships should exist in organizations
2. B) Worker satisfaction was integral to productivity
Max Webers theories did not address worker satisfaction. The other options do
represent the
Weber organizational theory.
Which statement concerning organizational culture is true?
1. A) It presents how employees 'perceive 'an organization
2. B) It defines how power is used by organizations to direct the work of others
3. C) It describes the predictable stages of group and organizational
development