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LEADERSHIP ROLES AND
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MANAGEMENTFUNCTIONS
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AND NURSING 10TH
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EDITION MARQUIS
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HUSTON
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,Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 10th Edition Marquis
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Huston Test Bank
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Chapter 1 Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for successful
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leadership and management
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1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
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A) It is an analysis of a situation
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B) It is closely related to evaluation
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C) It involves choosing between courses of action
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D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem Ans: C Feedback:
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of
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action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on
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analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related
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to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
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2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
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2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
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3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
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4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
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Ans: A Feedback:
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The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration.
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Decision making can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem
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solving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and energy are spent on
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identifying the real problem.
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3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
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,1. A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for the same problems
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2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
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3. C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to problem solving is used
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4. D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision
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Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will influence a
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persons decision making. No matter how objective the criteria will be, value judgments will always
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play a part in a persons decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
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is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model? Page 1
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4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision makers
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immediate superior
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B) The type of decision that needs to be made
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D) The time of day the decision is made Ans:
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, the better the final
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decision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are limited by each persons
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value system.
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5. What
1. A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
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2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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4. D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative processes
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive to other
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people and situations. Left-brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers, and
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sequential ordering, whereas right-brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic
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synthesizing.
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does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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6. What
1. A) The planning process of management
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2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
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4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
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Ans: C Feedback:
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Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of
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action. Decision making, one step in the problem-solving process, is an important task that relies
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heavily on critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills.
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is the best definition of decision making? Page 2
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7. If decision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
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1. A) An alternative problem
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2. B) A chosen course of action
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3. C) An action that guarantees success
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4. D) A restatement of the solution
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Ans: B Feedback:
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