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,Chapter01: Leadership and Management Principles
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Huber:Leadership & Nursing Care Management, 7thEdition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE b
1. Leadership is best defined as: b b b b
a. an interpersonal process of participating by encouraging fellowship.
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b. delegation of authority and responsibility and the coordination of activities. b b b b b b b b b
c. inspiring people to accomplish goals through support and confidence building.
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d. the integration of resources through planning, organizing, and directing.
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ANS: C b
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals byinspiringconfidence and
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support among followers.
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DIF: CognitiveLevel:Remember(Knowledge) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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2. A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of staff
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bsatisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data findings?
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a. Effective leadership b
b. Management involvement b
c. Mentoring
d. Rewards and recognition b b
ANS: A b
Effective leadership is important in nursing because of the impact on nurses’ work lives, it being a
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stabilizing influence during change, and for nurses’ productivity and quality of care.
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DIF: CognitiveLevel:Apply(Application) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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3. A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathway team in the
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development of care for patients with total knee replacement. Which of the following
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statements exemplifies leadership behaviors in a clinical pathway team meeting?
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a. “Nursing is responsible for pain control of the total knee replacement patient.”
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b. “Ourpharmacist has provided some excellent pain control literature.”
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c. “Physical therapy’s expertise is in rehabilitation, not pain control.” b b b b b b b b
d. “Total knee replacement patients require optimal pain control.”
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ANS: B b
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and
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support among followers. The correct answer is supportive of a team member’s work and depicts
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some skill at interpersonal relationships.
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DIF: CognitiveLevel:Apply(Application) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
b b b b
MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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,4. Which of the following is true of management activities?
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a. Inspiring a vision is a management function. b b b b b b
b. Management is focused on task accomplishment. b b b b b
c. Management is more focused on human relationships. b b b b b b
d. Management is more important than leadership. b b b b b
ANS: B b
Management is focused on task accomplishment. b b b b b
DIF: CognitiveLevel:Remember(Knowledge) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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5. During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving to the
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unit in a timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this issue through the
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development and work of a multidisciplinary team led by one of these RNs. This scenario
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demonstrates:
b
a. adaptation.
b. empowerment.
c. flexibility.
d. relationship management. b
ANS: B b
Empowerment is the giving of authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act. In this b b b b b b b b b b b b b
situation, the manager has given authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act in the
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investigation and resolution of this issue.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: ApplyN
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p l icaIti onG) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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6. A nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home. When
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creating a care plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health visit to assess for
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home safety and medication compliance. In addition, the nurse is concerned about the nutrition of
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the patient and requests a dietitian evaluation. The nurse is demonstrating which of the following
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leadership skills?
b b
a. Care provider b
b. Business principles b
c. Care coordination b
d. Change management b
ANS: C b
Care coordination is the deliveryof nursing services that involves the organization and
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coordination of complex activities. The nurse uses managerial and leadership skills to facilitate
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delivery of quality care.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: NursingProcess: Planning b b b b b b
MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
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7. Interpersonal communication and the ability to apply b b b b b b aretwo critical skills everynurse
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needs to enhance professional practice.
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a. vision
, b. supervision
c. delegation
d. problem solving b
ANS: D b
Every nurse needs two critical skills to enhance professional practice. One is a skill at interpersonal
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relationships. This is fundamental to leadership and the work of nursing. The second skill is applying
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the problem-solving process. This involves critical thinking, problem identification, and the
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development of objectivity.
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DIF: CognitiveLevel:Remember(Knowledge) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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8. Good leaders need to be able to demonstrate an intuitive skill of empathyand expressiveness
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when dealing with others in the workplace. This requires sensitivity and awareness of the
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emotions and moods of others and is known as:
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a. social awareness. b
b. self-awareness.
c. self-management.
d. relationship management. b
ANS: A b
Social awareness is an intuitive skill of empathyand expressiveness in being sensitive and aware
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of the emotions and moods of others.
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DIF: CognitiveLevel: Remember(Knowledge) b b b
TOP: NursingProcess: AssessN menR I GTB.COM
U SCareNEnvironment:
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective
b Management of Care
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9. The personal leadership skill for nurses that consists of self-awareness, discipline, motivation,
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social awareness, and relationship management is known as what?
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a. Leadership.
b. Management.
c. Emotional intelligence b
d. Vision
ANS: C b
Among the important personal leadership skills for nurses is emotional intelligence (EI). EI traits
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are emotional factors consisting of five defining attributes: self-awareness,
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self-regulation or discipline, motivation, social awareness, and relationship management.
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DIF: CognitiveLevel:Remember(Knowledge) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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10. are vital to good leaders because they are able to take the vision of the leader and
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achieve the determined goals.
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a. Managers
b. Motivators
c. Visionaries
d. Followers
b
,Chapter01: Leadership and Management Principles
b b b b b
Huber:Leadership & Nursing Care Management, 7thEdition
b b b b b b b
MULTIPLE CHOICE b
1. Leadership is best defined as: b b b b
a. an interpersonal process of participating by encouraging fellowship.
b b b b b b b
b. delegation of authority and responsibility and the coordination of activities. b b b b b b b b b
c. inspiring people to accomplish goals through support and confidence building.
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d. the integration of resources through planning, organizing, and directing.
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ANS: C b
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals byinspiringconfidence and
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support among followers.
b b b
DIF: CognitiveLevel:Remember(Knowledge) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
b b b b
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
b b b b b b b b b b
2. A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of staff
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
bsatisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data findings?
b b b b b b b b b b b b
a. Effective leadership b
b. Management involvement b
c. Mentoring
d. Rewards and recognition b b
ANS: A b
Effective leadership is important in nursing because of the impact on nurses’ work lives, it being a
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
stabilizing influence during change, and for nurses’ productivity and quality of care.
b b b b b b b b b b b b
DIF: CognitiveLevel:Apply(Application) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
b b b b
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
b b b b b b b b b b
3. A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathway team in the
b b b b b b b b b b b b b
development of care for patients with total knee replacement. Which of the following
b b b b b b b b b b b b b
statements exemplifies leadership behaviors in a clinical pathway team meeting?
b b b b b b b b b b
a. “Nursing is responsible for pain control of the total knee replacement patient.”
b b b b b b b b b b b
b. “Ourpharmacist has provided some excellent pain control literature.”
b b b b b b b b
c. “Physical therapy’s expertise is in rehabilitation, not pain control.” b b b b b b b b
d. “Total knee replacement patients require optimal pain control.”
b b b b b b b
ANS: B b
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and
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support among followers. The correct answer is supportive of a team member’s work and depicts
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
some skill at interpersonal relationships.
b b b b b
DIF: CognitiveLevel:Apply(Application) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
b b b b
MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
b b b b b b b b
,4. Which of the following is true of management activities?
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a. Inspiring a vision is a management function. b b b b b b
b. Management is focused on task accomplishment. b b b b b
c. Management is more focused on human relationships. b b b b b b
d. Management is more important than leadership. b b b b b
ANS: B b
Management is focused on task accomplishment. b b b b b
DIF: CognitiveLevel:Remember(Knowledge) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
b b b b
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
b b b b b b b b b b
5. During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving to the
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
unit in a timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this issue through the
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
development and work of a multidisciplinary team led by one of these RNs. This scenario
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
demonstrates:
b
a. adaptation.
b. empowerment.
c. flexibility.
d. relationship management. b
ANS: B b
Empowerment is the giving of authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act. In this b b b b b b b b b b b b b
situation, the manager has given authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act in the
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
investigation and resolution of this issue.
b b b b b b
DIF: Cognitive Level: ApplyN
( Ap R
p l icaIti onG) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
b b b b
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
b b b b b b b b b b
6. A nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home. When
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
creating a care plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health visit to assess for
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
home safety and medication compliance. In addition, the nurse is concerned about the nutrition of
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
the patient and requests a dietitian evaluation. The nurse is demonstrating which of the following
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
leadership skills?
b b
a. Care provider b
b. Business principles b
c. Care coordination b
d. Change management b
ANS: C b
Care coordination is the deliveryof nursing services that involves the organization and
b b b b b b b b b b b b
coordination of complex activities. The nurse uses managerial and leadership skills to facilitate
b b b b b b b b b b b b b
delivery of quality care.
b b b b
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: NursingProcess: Planning b b b b b b
MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
b b b b b b b b b
7. Interpersonal communication and the ability to apply b b b b b b aretwo critical skills everynurse
b b b b b
needs to enhance professional practice.
b b b b b
a. vision
, b. supervision
c. delegation
d. problem solving b
ANS: D b
Every nurse needs two critical skills to enhance professional practice. One is a skill at interpersonal
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
relationships. This is fundamental to leadership and the work of nursing. The second skill is applying
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
the problem-solving process. This involves critical thinking, problem identification, and the
b b b b b b b b b b b
development of objectivity.
b b b
DIF: CognitiveLevel:Remember(Knowledge) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
b b b b
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
b b b b b b b b b b
8. Good leaders need to be able to demonstrate an intuitive skill of empathyand expressiveness
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
when dealing with others in the workplace. This requires sensitivity and awareness of the
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
emotions and moods of others and is known as:
b b b b b b b b b
a. social awareness. b
b. self-awareness.
c. self-management.
d. relationship management. b
ANS: A b
Social awareness is an intuitive skill of empathyand expressiveness in being sensitive and aware
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
of the emotions and moods of others.
b b b b b b b
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Remember(Knowledge) b b b
TOP: NursingProcess: AssessN menR I GTB.COM
U SCareNEnvironment:
b t b b
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective
b Management of Care
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9. The personal leadership skill for nurses that consists of self-awareness, discipline, motivation,
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social awareness, and relationship management is known as what?
b b b b b b b b b
a. Leadership.
b. Management.
c. Emotional intelligence b
d. Vision
ANS: C b
Among the important personal leadership skills for nurses is emotional intelligence (EI). EI traits
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are emotional factors consisting of five defining attributes: self-awareness,
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self-regulation or discipline, motivation, social awareness, and relationship management.
b b b b b b b b
DIF: CognitiveLevel:Remember(Knowledge) b b b
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
b b b b
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
b b b b b b b b b b
10. are vital to good leaders because they are able to take the vision of the leader and
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achieve the determined goals.
b b b b
a. Managers
b. Motivators
c. Visionaries
d. Followers
