Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application 12th EDITION
by CAROL HUSTON (2026) ||CURRENT EDITION||ALL CHAPTERS||VERIFIED ANSWERS
12th Edition
,Table of Contents
Unit i the critical triad: decision making, management, and leadership
................................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 01: decision making, problem solving, critical thinking, and clinical reasoning:
requisites for successful leadership and management............................................................... 4
Chapter 02: classical views of leadership and management ................................................ 16
Chapter 03: twenty-first century thinking about leadership and management ................... 27
UNIT II Foundation for Effective Leadership and Management: Ethics,
Law, and Advocacy ............................................................................... 40
Chapter 04: ethical issues ......................................................................................................... 40
Chapter 05: Legal and Legislative Issues ............................................................................... 53
Chapter 06: patient, subordinate, workplace and professional advocacy ............................... 65
UNIT III Roles and Functions in Planning ........................................... 77
Chapter 07: organizational planning ......................................................................................... 77
Chapter 08: Planned Change ................................................................................................. 88
Chapter 09: Time Management ............................................................................................ 99
Chapter 10: Fiscal Planning and Healthcare Reimbursement ............................................. 111
Chapter 11: Career Planning and Development in Nursing ................................................ 123
UNIT IV Roles and Functions in Organizing ...................................... 135
Chapter 12: organizational structure ...................................................................................... 135
Chapter 13: Organizational, Political, and Personal Power ..................................................... 147
Chapter 14: Organizing Patient Care ....................................................................................... 159
UNIT V Roles and Functions in Staffing ............................................ 170
Chapter 15: Employee Recruitment, Selection, Placement, and Onboarding ........................ 170
Chapter 16: Educating and Socializing Staff in a Learning Organization ................................. 183
Chapter 17: Staffing Needs and Scheduling Policies ............................................................... 195
UNIT VI Roles and Functions in Directing ........................................ 207
Chapter 18: Creating a Motivating Climate............................................................................. 207
Chapter 19: Organizational, Interpersonal, and Group Communication in Team Building .... 219
, Chapter 20: Delegation ........................................................................................................... 231
Chapter 21: Conflict, Incivility, Workplace Violence, and Negotiation .................................. 243
Chapter 22: Collective Bargaining, Unionization, and Employment Laws .......................... 255
UNIT VII Roles and Functions in Controlling .................................... 267
Chapter 23: Quality Control in Creating a Culture of Patient Safety .................................. 267
Chapter 24: Performance Appraisal ................................................................................... 279
Chapter 25 Rule Breaking, Marginal Performance, and Substance Use Disorder .................. 291
, Unit i the critical triad: decision making, management,
and leadership
Chapter 01: decision making, problem solving, critical thinking, and
clinical reasoning: requisites for successful leadership and management
1. What statement is true regarding choice making?
A) it is an analysis of a situation
B) it is closely related to evaluation
C) it involves choosing between courses of action
D) it is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem
Accurate ans>>c
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Choice making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of
action. Problem solving is part of choice making and is a systematic process that focuses on
analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is
related to evaluation and has a broader scope than choice making and problem solving.
2. What is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model?
A) its need for implementation time
B) its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
C) its failure to gather sufficient data
D) its failure to evaluate alternatives
accurate ans>>a
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