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Test Bankfor LeadershipandNursingCare
Management8thEditionbyDianeHuber,M.
Lindell
Joseph
,Huber: Leadership &NursingCare Management, 8th Edition
Contents:
Part I: Leadership
Chapter1. Leadershipand Management Principles
Chapter 2. Change and Innovation
Chapter 3. Organizational Climate and Culture
Part II: Professionalism
Chapter4.ManagerialDecision Making
Chapter 5. Managing Time and Stress
Chapter 6. Legal and Ethical Issues
Part III: Communication and Relationship Building
Chapter 7. Communication Leadership
Chapter 8. Team Building and Working With Effective Groups
Chapter 9. Delegation in Nursing
Chapter 10. Power and Conflict
Chapter11.WorkplaceDiversity
Part IV: Knowledge of the Health Care Environment
Chapter 12. Organizational Structure
Chapter 13. Decentralization and Shared Governance
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Chapter 14. Strategic Management
Chapter 15. Professional Practice Models
Chapter 16. Case and Population Case Management
Chapter 17. Evidence-Based Practice: Strategies for Nurse Leaders
Chapter 18. Quality and Safety
Chapter 19. Measuring and Managing Outcomes
Part V: Business Skills
Chapter 20. Prevention of Workplace Violence
Chapter 21. Confronting theNursingShortage
Chapter 22. Staffing and Scheduling
Chapter 23. Budgeting, Productivity, and Costing outNursingChapter
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24. Performance Appraisal
Chapter 25. All-Hazards Disaster Preparedness
Chapter 26. Data Management and Clinical Informatics
Chapter 27. Marketing
,Chapter01:LeadershipandManagement Principles
Huber:Leadership& NursingCare Management, 8thEdition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Leadership is best defined as:
a. an interpersonal process of participating byencouraging fellowship.
b. delegation of authorityand responsibilityand the coordination of activities.
c. inspiringpeople to accomplish goals through support and confidence building.
d. theintegration of resources through planning, organizing, and directing.
ACCULATE ANS:C
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals byinspiring confidence
and support among followers.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Remember(Knowledge)
TOP:N u r s i n g Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of
staff satisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data findings?
a. Effectiveleadership
b. Managementinvolvement
c. Mentoring
d. Rewards and recognition
ACCULATE ANS:A
Effective leadership is important inNursingbecause of the impact on nurses’ work lives, it
beinga stabilizing influence during change, and for nurses’productivity and qualityof care.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Apply(Application)
TOP:N u r s i n g Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathwayteam in the
development of care for patients with total knee replacement. Which of the following
statements exemplifies leadership behaviors in a clinical pathway team meeting?
a. “Nursing is responsible for pain control of the total knee replacement patient.”
b. “Our pharmacist has provided some excellent pain control literature.”
c. “Physical therapy’s expertise is in rehabilitation, not pain control.”
d. “Totalknee replacement patients require optimal pain control.”
ACCULATE ANS:B
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence
and support among followers.The correct answer is supportive of a team member’s work and
depicts some skill at interpersonal relationships.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Apply(Application)
TOP:N u r s i n g Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacologicaland Parenteral Therapies
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, 4. Which of the following is true of management activities?
a. Inspiring a vision is a management function.
b. Management is focused on task accomplishment.
c. Management is more focused on human relationships.
d. Management is more important than leadership.
ACCULATE ANS:B
Management is focused on task accomplishment.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Remember(Knowledge)
TOP:N u r s i n g Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving to
the unit in a timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this issue
through the development and work of a multidisciplinaryteam led byone of these RNs. This
scenario demonstrates:
a. adaptation.
b. empowerment.
c. flexibility.
d. relationshipmanagement.
ACCULATE ANS:B
Empowerment is the giving of authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act. In this
situation, the manager has given authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act in the
investigation and resolution of this issue.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Apply(Application)
TOP:N u r s i n g Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
6. A nurseis caring for an elderlypatient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home. When
creating a care plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health visit to
assess for home safety and medication compliance. In addition, the nurse is concerned about
the nutrition of the patient and requests a dietitian evaluation. The nurse is demonstrating
which of the following leadership skills?
a. Careprovider
b. Businessprinciples
c. Care coordination
d. Change management
ACCULATE ANS:C
Care coordination is the deliveryofNursingservices that involves the organization and
coordination of complex activities. The nurse uses managerial and leadership skills to
facilitate delivery of quality care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: NursingProcess: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
7. Interpersonal communication and the ability to apply aretwo critical skills everynurse
needs to enhance professional practice.
a. vision
Test Bankfor LeadershipandNursingCare
Management8thEditionbyDianeHuber,M.
Lindell
Joseph
,Huber: Leadership &NursingCare Management, 8th Edition
Contents:
Part I: Leadership
Chapter1. Leadershipand Management Principles
Chapter 2. Change and Innovation
Chapter 3. Organizational Climate and Culture
Part II: Professionalism
Chapter4.ManagerialDecision Making
Chapter 5. Managing Time and Stress
Chapter 6. Legal and Ethical Issues
Part III: Communication and Relationship Building
Chapter 7. Communication Leadership
Chapter 8. Team Building and Working With Effective Groups
Chapter 9. Delegation in Nursing
Chapter 10. Power and Conflict
Chapter11.WorkplaceDiversity
Part IV: Knowledge of the Health Care Environment
Chapter 12. Organizational Structure
Chapter 13. Decentralization and Shared Governance
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Chapter 14. Strategic Management
Chapter 15. Professional Practice Models
Chapter 16. Case and Population Case Management
Chapter 17. Evidence-Based Practice: Strategies for Nurse Leaders
Chapter 18. Quality and Safety
Chapter 19. Measuring and Managing Outcomes
Part V: Business Skills
Chapter 20. Prevention of Workplace Violence
Chapter 21. Confronting theNursingShortage
Chapter 22. Staffing and Scheduling
Chapter 23. Budgeting, Productivity, and Costing outNursingChapter
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24. Performance Appraisal
Chapter 25. All-Hazards Disaster Preparedness
Chapter 26. Data Management and Clinical Informatics
Chapter 27. Marketing
,Chapter01:LeadershipandManagement Principles
Huber:Leadership& NursingCare Management, 8thEdition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Leadership is best defined as:
a. an interpersonal process of participating byencouraging fellowship.
b. delegation of authorityand responsibilityand the coordination of activities.
c. inspiringpeople to accomplish goals through support and confidence building.
d. theintegration of resources through planning, organizing, and directing.
ACCULATE ANS:C
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals byinspiring confidence
and support among followers.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Remember(Knowledge)
TOP:N u r s i n g Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of
staff satisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data findings?
a. Effectiveleadership
b. Managementinvolvement
c. Mentoring
d. Rewards and recognition
ACCULATE ANS:A
Effective leadership is important inNursingbecause of the impact on nurses’ work lives, it
beinga stabilizing influence during change, and for nurses’productivity and qualityof care.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Apply(Application)
TOP:N u r s i n g Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathwayteam in the
development of care for patients with total knee replacement. Which of the following
statements exemplifies leadership behaviors in a clinical pathway team meeting?
a. “Nursing is responsible for pain control of the total knee replacement patient.”
b. “Our pharmacist has provided some excellent pain control literature.”
c. “Physical therapy’s expertise is in rehabilitation, not pain control.”
d. “Totalknee replacement patients require optimal pain control.”
ACCULATE ANS:B
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence
and support among followers.The correct answer is supportive of a team member’s work and
depicts some skill at interpersonal relationships.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Apply(Application)
TOP:N u r s i n g Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacologicaland Parenteral Therapies
q
, 4. Which of the following is true of management activities?
a. Inspiring a vision is a management function.
b. Management is focused on task accomplishment.
c. Management is more focused on human relationships.
d. Management is more important than leadership.
ACCULATE ANS:B
Management is focused on task accomplishment.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Remember(Knowledge)
TOP:N u r s i n g Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving to
the unit in a timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this issue
through the development and work of a multidisciplinaryteam led byone of these RNs. This
scenario demonstrates:
a. adaptation.
b. empowerment.
c. flexibility.
d. relationshipmanagement.
ACCULATE ANS:B
Empowerment is the giving of authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act. In this
situation, the manager has given authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act in the
investigation and resolution of this issue.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Apply(Application)
TOP:N u r s i n g Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
6. A nurseis caring for an elderlypatient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home. When
creating a care plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health visit to
assess for home safety and medication compliance. In addition, the nurse is concerned about
the nutrition of the patient and requests a dietitian evaluation. The nurse is demonstrating
which of the following leadership skills?
a. Careprovider
b. Businessprinciples
c. Care coordination
d. Change management
ACCULATE ANS:C
Care coordination is the deliveryofNursingservices that involves the organization and
coordination of complex activities. The nurse uses managerial and leadership skills to
facilitate delivery of quality care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: NursingProcess: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
7. Interpersonal communication and the ability to apply aretwo critical skills everynurse
needs to enhance professional practice.
a. vision
