Test Bank for Leadership Roles & Management Functions in Nursing (11th Ed.

Test Bank for Leadership Roles & Management
Functions in Nursing (11th Ed.)

,Leadership RolesandManagement Functionsin Nursing 11th Edition MarquisHuston Test
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Chapter 1: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for succe
ssful leadership and management

1. Whatstatementistrueregardingdecisionmaking?
A) Itisananalysisofasituation
B) Itis closelyrelatedtoevaluation
C) Itinvolveschoosingbetweencoursesofaction D)
Itisdependentuponfindingthecauseofapr oblem
Ans: C
Feedback:
Decisionmakingisacomplexcognitiveprocessoftendefinedaschoosingapar
ticular courseof action. Problemsolving ispartofdecisionmakingand isasyst
ematic processthatfocuseson analyzing adifficult situation. Critical thinking,
s ometimesreferredtoasreflective thinking, is relatedto evaluationand
hasab roader scopethandecisionmakingandproblemsolving.

2. Whatisaweaknessofthetraditionalproblem-solvingmodel?
A) Itsneedforimplementationtime
B) Itslackofasteprequiringevaluationofresults
C) Itsfailuretogathersufficientdata
D) Itsfailuretoevaluate
alternatives
Ans: A
Feedback:
The traditionalproblem- solving
model is lesseffectivewhentime constraintsare aconsideration. Decisi
onmakingcanoccur withoutthefullanalysisrequiredin problemsolving.Becau
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seproblemsolNving attemptstoidentifytherootprobleminsituations, muchtim f


eandenergyare spentonidentifyingthe realproblem.

3. Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueregardingdecisionmaking?
A) Scientificmethodsprovideidenticaldecisionsbydifferent indi viduals for
thesameproblems
B) Decisionsaregreatlyinfluencedbyeachperson'svaluesystem
C) Personalbeliefscanbeadjustedforwhenthescientific approachto f


problemsolvingisused
D) Pastexperiencehaslittletodowiththequalityofthedec ision
Ans: B
Feedback:

, Values, life experience, individualpreference, andindividualwaysofthinkin
gwill influenceaperson's decisionmaking. Nomatterhowobjectivethecriteri
awillbe, valuejudgmentswillalwaysplayapartin a f


Person’sdecisionmaking,eitherconsciouslyorsubconsciously.
4. Whatinfluencesthequalityofadecisionmostoften?
A) Thedecisionmaker'simmediatesuperior
B) Thetypeofdecisionthatneedstobemade
C) Questionsaskedandalternativesgenerated D)
Thetimeofdaythedecisionisma
de
Ans: C
Feedback:
The greater the numberofalternativesthatcanbegenerated bythedecision
maker, thebetter the finaldecisionwill be. The alternativesgeneratedandthe
finalchoicesarelimitedbyeachperson'svaluesystem.

5. Whatdoesknowledgeaboutgooddecisionmakingleadonetobelieve?
A) Gooddecision makersareusuallyright-brain, intuitivethinkers
B) Effectivedecisionmakersaresensitivetothesituationandtoothers
C) Gooddecisionsareusuallymadebyleft-brain,logicalthinkers D)
Gooddecisionmakingrequiresanalyticalratherthancreativepr ocesses
Ans: B
Feedback:
Gooddecisionmakersseemtohaveantennaethatmakethemparticularly sens
itive to otherpeopleand situations. Left-
brain thinkersare typically betteratprocessing language, logic, numbers,
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an dsequentialordering, whereasright-
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brain thinkersexcelatnonverbal ideationand holistic synthesizing.
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6. Whatisthebestdefinitionofdecisionmaking?
A) Theplanningprocessofmanagement
B) Theevaluationphaseoftheexecutiverole
C) Onestepintheproblem-solvingprocess D)
Requiredtojustifytheneedforsc arceitems

Ans: C
Feedback:
Decisionmakingisacomplex, cognitive processoftendefinedaschoosingap
articular courseofaction. Decision making, onestep in theproblem-
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solvingprocess,isanimportanttaskthatreliesheavilyoncritical thinking and cli
nical reasoning skills.
7. Ifdecisionmakingis triggeredbyaproblemwithwhatdoesitend?
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A) Analternativeproblem
B) A chosencourseofaction
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C) Anactionthatguaranteessuccess D) A restatementofthe s
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olution