NURSING 563 Leadership Roles & Management Functions Exam Elaborations | Updated/Latest 2025–2026

2022/2023 UPDATE NURSING NR292 Leadership Roles and
Management Functions in Nursing 10th Edition Marquis Huston
Test Bank-CORRECT ANSWERS EXPLAINED

,2022/2023 UPDATE NURSING NR292 Leadership Roles and
Management Functions in Nursing 10th Edition Marquis Huston
Test Bank-CORRECT ANSWERS EXPLAINED
Chapter 1

Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for
successfulleadership and management

Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
1. A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for
the same problems




2. B) DecisionsI!areI!greatlyI!influencedI!byI!eachI!personsI!valueI!system


3. C)I!PersonalI!beliefsI!canI!beI!adjustedI!forI!whenI!theI!scientificI!approachI!toI!probl
emI!solvingI!isI!used


4. D)I!PastI!experienceI!hasI!littleI!toI!doI!withI!theI!qualityI!ofI!theI!decision




Ans:I!BI!Feedback:


Values,I!lifeI!experience,I!individualI!preference,I!andI!individualI!waysI!ofI!thinkingI!wil
lI!influenceI!aI!personsI!decisionI!making.I!NoI!matterI!howI!objectiveI!theI!criteriaI!willI!b
e,I!valueI!judgmentsI!willI!alwaysI!playI!aI!partI!inaI! I!personsI!decisionI!making,I!eitherI!co
nsciouslyI!orI!subconsciously.




isI!aI!weaknessI!ofI!theI!traditionalI!problem-solvingI!model?I!PageI!1


 WhatI!influencesI!theI!qualityI!ofI!aI!decisionI!mostI!often?I!A)I!TheI!decisionI

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makersI!immediatesI! uperior
!




B) TheI!typeI!ofI!decisionI!thatI!needsI!toI!beI!made


C) QuestionsI!askedI!andI!alternativesI!generated




D) TheI!timeI!ofI!dayI!theI!decisionI!isI!madeI!Ans:

CI!Feedback:


TheI!greaterI!theI!numberI!ofI!alternativesI!thatI!canI!beI!generatedI!byI!theI!decisionI!make
r,I!theI!betterI!theI!finald
I! ecisionI! willI!be.I!TheI!alternatives I! generatedI!andI! the I!finalI!choi



cesI!areI!limitedI!byI!eachI!personsI!valueI!system.

 WhatI!statementI!isI!trueI!regardingI!decisionI!making?
A) ItI!isI!anI!analysisI!ofI!aI!situation


B) ItI!isI!closelyI!relatedI!toI!evaluation


C) ItI!involvesI!choosingI!betweenI!coursesI!ofI!action


D) ItI!isI!dependentI!uponI!findingI!theI!causeI!ofI!aI!problemI!Ans:I!CI!Feedback:


DecisionI!makingI!isI!aI!complexI!cognitiveI!processI!oftenI!definedI!asI!choosingI!aI!partic
ularI!courseI!ofI!action.I!ProblemI!solvingI!isI!partI!ofI!decisionI!makingI!andI!isI!aI!systema
ticI!processI!thatI!focusesI!onI!analyzingI!aI!difficultI!situation.I!CriticalI!thinking,I!someti
mesI!referredI!toI!asI!reflectiveI!thinking,I!isI!relatedI!toI!evaluationaI! ndI!hasI!aI!broaderI!s
copeI!thanI!decisionI!makingI!andI!problemI!solving.

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 What




1. A)I!ItsI!needI!forI!implementationI!time


2. B)I!ItsI!lackI!ofI!aI!stepI!requiringI!evaluationI!ofI!results


3. C)I!ItsI!failureI!toI!gatherI!sufficientI!data


4. D)I!ItsI!failureI!toI!evaluateI!alternatives




Ans:I!AI!Feedback:


TheI!traditionalI!problem-
solvingI!modelI!isI!lessI!effectiveI!whenI!timeI!constraintsI!areI!aI!consideration.I!Decision
makingI!canI!occurI!withoutI!theI!fullI!analysisI!requiredI!inI!problemI!solving.I!BecauseI!
I!



problemsI! olvingI!attemptsI!toI!identifyI!theI!rootI!problemI!inI!situations,I!muchI!timeI!a
ndI!energyI!areI!spentI!onI!identifyingI!theI!realI!problem.




 What

1. A)I!GoodI!decisionI!makersI!areI!usuallyI!right-brain,I!intuitiveI!thinkers


2. B)I!EffectiveI!decisionI!makersI!areI!sensitiveI!toI!theI!situationI!andI!toI!others