CNUR 301 Leadership Final Exam Questions
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Strengths-based Leadership - Complements transformational
leadership.
- Focus on building strengths rather than
weaknesses
- nurses can foster by building quality
practice
supportive environment
Leadership Process of engaging and influencing
others
- Visionary, energetic, inspirational,
innovative
- critical thinking, advocacy, and action in
all roles
Management About getting the job done and ensuring
that
people have the necessary resources to
complete
- able to set goals & objectives and ensure
they are
met within the timeline & budget
- associated with formal authority positions
- competencies important in all levels of
nursing
,Followership Involves engaging with others who are
leading &
managing by contributing to the work that
needs to
be done.
- Promote team effectiveness by
maintaining
collaborative work relationships, offering
constructive criticism, and sharing
leadership &
management responsibilites
- emphasis on interdisciplinary teamwork
Fundamental Ethical Principles (6) 1. Beneficence
2. Autonomy
3. Truthfulness
4. Confidentiality
5. Justice
6. Integrity
Emotional Intelligence Attribute aligned with individuals capacity
to know
themselves & others
- Possess social skills, interpersonal
competence,
psychological maturity, and emotional
awareness
Restructuring Fundamental changes to an organization
to
achieve greater efficiency or profit
,Span of Control # of staff that directly reports to a leader
- Inc. span impairs a leader's capacity to
form close
working relationships with staff
Appreciative Inquiry Attribute associated with how we question
and
problem solve
- Used to engage people in identifying &
accentuating positives in a context
Transformational Leadership Process whereby leaders & followers set
higher
goals and work together to achieve them
- associated with higher moral values
- 4 (I's): 1) Idealized influence, 2)
Intellectual
stimulation, 3) Individualized consideration,
4)
Inspirational motivation
- associated with positive outcomes of
nurse
retention, group cohesion, role clarity, and
effectiveness
- Inc. loyalty, commitment, job satisfaction,
morale,
performance
- More influential than transactional
leaders
-* need to possess both transformational &
transactional qualities in a healthcare
enviroment
, Transactional Leadership Based on a leadership- follower exchange
- Follower expects rewards in exchange for
efforts
- Similar to managers; manage the status
quo & day
to day operations
- Punitive
- Followers correct errors in a reactive
manner
- Work supervised & done by the rules
- Limited job satisfaction
- Low to stable levels of commitment
3 Types:
1. Contingent Reward Leaders- focus on
role
clarification & making sure that followers
have the
appropriate supports to complete work
2. Management by exception active
leaders-
vigilant & intervene when a problem starts
to arise
3. Management by exception passive
leaders- only
intervene after a mistake has occured
Laissez-faire Leadership Avoid making decisions and abdicate
responsibility
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Updated 2026
Strengths-based Leadership - Complements transformational
leadership.
- Focus on building strengths rather than
weaknesses
- nurses can foster by building quality
practice
supportive environment
Leadership Process of engaging and influencing
others
- Visionary, energetic, inspirational,
innovative
- critical thinking, advocacy, and action in
all roles
Management About getting the job done and ensuring
that
people have the necessary resources to
complete
- able to set goals & objectives and ensure
they are
met within the timeline & budget
- associated with formal authority positions
- competencies important in all levels of
nursing
,Followership Involves engaging with others who are
leading &
managing by contributing to the work that
needs to
be done.
- Promote team effectiveness by
maintaining
collaborative work relationships, offering
constructive criticism, and sharing
leadership &
management responsibilites
- emphasis on interdisciplinary teamwork
Fundamental Ethical Principles (6) 1. Beneficence
2. Autonomy
3. Truthfulness
4. Confidentiality
5. Justice
6. Integrity
Emotional Intelligence Attribute aligned with individuals capacity
to know
themselves & others
- Possess social skills, interpersonal
competence,
psychological maturity, and emotional
awareness
Restructuring Fundamental changes to an organization
to
achieve greater efficiency or profit
,Span of Control # of staff that directly reports to a leader
- Inc. span impairs a leader's capacity to
form close
working relationships with staff
Appreciative Inquiry Attribute associated with how we question
and
problem solve
- Used to engage people in identifying &
accentuating positives in a context
Transformational Leadership Process whereby leaders & followers set
higher
goals and work together to achieve them
- associated with higher moral values
- 4 (I's): 1) Idealized influence, 2)
Intellectual
stimulation, 3) Individualized consideration,
4)
Inspirational motivation
- associated with positive outcomes of
nurse
retention, group cohesion, role clarity, and
effectiveness
- Inc. loyalty, commitment, job satisfaction,
morale,
performance
- More influential than transactional
leaders
-* need to possess both transformational &
transactional qualities in a healthcare
enviroment
, Transactional Leadership Based on a leadership- follower exchange
- Follower expects rewards in exchange for
efforts
- Similar to managers; manage the status
quo & day
to day operations
- Punitive
- Followers correct errors in a reactive
manner
- Work supervised & done by the rules
- Limited job satisfaction
- Low to stable levels of commitment
3 Types:
1. Contingent Reward Leaders- focus on
role
clarification & making sure that followers
have the
appropriate supports to complete work
2. Management by exception active
leaders-
vigilant & intervene when a problem starts
to arise
3. Management by exception passive
leaders- only
intervene after a mistake has occured
Laissez-faire Leadership Avoid making decisions and abdicate
responsibility
