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Enhance your knowledge of leadership and management principles with this comprehensive Test Bank for Essentials of Nursing Leadership & Management by Sally A. Weiss. This resource is designed to help nursing students develop the critical thinking, decision-making, and leadership skills required for professional nursing practice. It includes a wide range of practice questions with verified answers covering leadership theories, management functions, delegation, prioritization, communication, conflict resolution, quality improvement, patient safety, healthcare policy, legal and ethical responsibilities, staffing, budgeting, teamwork, evidence-based practice, change management, informatics, and professional accountability. The material reinforces key textbook concepts while preparing learners for quizzes, examinations, NCLEX-style assessments, and clinical application. Ideal for nursing students, instructors, and healthcare professionals, this test bank serves as an excellent study companion for building confidence, improving academic performance, and developing the leadership and management competencies essential for success in today's healthcare environment.

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Test Bank Essentials of Nursing Leadership & Y Y Y Y Y Y




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Chapter1: Nursing Leadership and Management Y Y Y Y Y Y




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1. According to Henri Fayol, the functions of planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling J Y J Y J Y J Y J
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are considered which aspect of management?
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a. Roles
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d. Taxonomy

ANS: B, The management process includes planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling. Management roles include
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information processing, interpersonal relationships, and decision making. Management functions include planning,
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organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting. A taxonomy is a system that orders principles into
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a grouping or
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2. Which of the following is considered a decisional managerial role? J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y




a. Disseminator
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d. Entrepreneur

ANS: D, The decisional managerial roles include entrepreneur, disturbance handler, allocator of resources, and negotiator.
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The information processing managerial roles include monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson. The interpersonal
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managerial roles include figurehead, leader, and liaison. J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y




3. A nurse manager meets regularly with other nurse managers, participates on the
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organizations committees, and attends meetings sponsored by professional organizations in order J
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to manage relationships. These activities are considered which function of a manager?
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a. Informing
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c. Monitoring
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ANS: D, The role functions to manage relationships are networking, supporting, developing and mentoring, managing
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conflict and team building, motivating and inspiring, recognizing, and rewarding. The role functions to manage the work
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are planning J Yand organizing, problem solving, clarifying roles and objectives, informing, monitoring, consulting, and
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delegating.

4. A nurse was recently promoted to a middle-level manager position. The nurses title would
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most likely be which of the following? J
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b. Director
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d. Chief nurse executive J Y J
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ANS: B, A middle-level manager is called a director. A low managerial- level job is called the first-line manager. A nurse in an
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executive level role is called a chief nurse executive or vice president of patient care services.
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5. A nurse manager who uses Frederick Taylors scientific management approach, would most likely
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focus on which of the following? J
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a. General principles J Y




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ANS: C, The area of focus for scientific management is labor productivity. In bureaucratic theory, efficiency is achieved
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through impersonal relations within a formal structure and is based on positional authority. Administrative principle theory
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consists of principles of management that are relevant to any organization.
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6. According to Vrooms Theory of Motivation, force: J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y




a. is the perceived possibility that the goal will be achieved.
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b. describes the amount of effort one will exert to reach ones goal. J Y J Y J
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c. describes people who have free will but choose to comply with orders they are given. J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J
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d. is a naturally forming social group that can become a contributor to an organization.
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ANS: B, According to Vrooms Theory of Motivation, Force describes the amount of effort one will exert to reach ones goal.
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Valence speaks to the level of attractiveness or unattractiveness of the goal. Expectancy is the perceived possibility that the goal
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will be achieved. Vrooms Theory of Motivation can be demonstrated in the form of an equation: Force = Valence
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Expectancy (Vroom, 1964). The theory proposes that this equation can help to predict the motivation, or force, of an
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individual as described by Vroom. J Y J Y J Y J
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7. According to R. N. Lussier, motivation: J Y J Y J Y J Y J
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a. is unconsciously demonstrated by people.
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b. occurs externally to influence behavior. J Y J
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c. is determined by others choices.
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d. occurs internally to influence behavior. J Y J
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ANS: D, Motivation is a process that occurs internally to influence and direct our behavior in order to satisfy needs.
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Motivation is not explicitly demonstrated by people, but rather it is interpreted from their behavior. Motivation is whatever
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influences our choices and creates direction, intensity, and persistence in our behavior.
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8. According to R. N. Lussier, there are content motivation theories and process motivation J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J
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theories. Which of the following is considered a process motivation theory?
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a. Equity theory J Y




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c. Existence-relatedness-growth theory J Y




d. Hygiene maintenance and motivation factors J Y J Y J Y J Y




ANS: A, The process motivation theories are equity theory and expectancy theory. The content motivation theories include
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Maslows hierarchy of needs theory, Aldefers existence- relatedness-growth (ERG) theory, and Herzbergs hygiene maintenance
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factors and motivation factors.
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c. McGregors theory X and theory Y. J
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d. Ouchis theory Z. J Y J Y

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ANS: B, The two-factor theory of motivation includes motivation and maintenance factors. Maslows hierarchy of needs
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includes the following needs: physiological, safety, security, belonging, and self-actualization. In theory X, employees
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prefer security, Jdirection, and minimal responsibility. In theory Y, employees enjoy their work, show self-control and
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discipline, are able to contribute creatively, and are motivated by ties to the group, organization, and the work itself. The focus
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of theory Z is collective
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supervision.

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considered which of the following? Y Y Y Y




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c. Leadership
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ANS: B, Forma leadership is based on occupying a position in an organization. Informa leadership is shown by an individua who
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demonstrates leadership outside the scope of a forma leadership role or as a member of a group. Leadership is a process of influence
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whereby the leader influences others toward goa achievement. Management is a process to achieve organizationa goals.
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11. A nursing instructor is evaluating whether the nursing students understand the three
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fundamental qualities that leaders share. According to Bennis and Nanus, the J
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fundamental qualities of effective leaders are: J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y




a. guided vision, passion, and integrity. J
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c. intelligence, self-confidence, and determination. J Y J Y J
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ANS: ABennis and Nanus list guided vision, passion, and integrity as fundamental qualities of effective leaders. Knowledge
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ofJ self, honesty and maturity; intelligence, self-confidence and determination; self-awareness and sociability
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are all desirable
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12. The six traits identified by Kirkpatrick and Locke that separate leaders from non-leaders were:
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a. respectability, trustworthiness, flexibility, self-confidence, intelligence, sociability. J Y J Y J
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b. self-confidence, progression of experiences, influence of others, personal life factors, honesty, J
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drive.
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d. drive, desire to lead, honesty, self-confidence, cognitive ability, knowledge of business. J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J Y J
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ANS: D, Research by Kirkpatrick and Locke concluded that leaders possess six traits: drive, desire to lead, honesty, self-
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confidence, cognitive ability, and knowledge of the business. Woods identified five dominant factors that influenced leadership
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development: self-confidence, innate qualities, progression of experience, influence of significant others, and personal life
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factors. Stogdill identified the following traits of a leader: intelligence, self- confidence, determination, integrity, and
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sociability. Murphy and DeBack identified the following leader characteristics: caring, respectability, trustworthiness, and
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flexibility.

13. A nurse manager who uses a leadership style that is participatory and where authority
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is delegated to others is most likely using which of the following leadership styles?
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a. Autocratic
b. Democratic
c. Laissez-faire

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d. Employee-centered

ANS: B, Democratic leadership is participatory, and authority is delegated to others. Autocratic leadership involves centralized
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decision making, with the leader making decisions and using power to command and control others. Laissez-faire leadership is
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passive and permissive, and the leader defers decision making. Employee-centered leadership focuses on the human needs of
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subordinates.

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b. focus on the task. J
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d. focus on the employee. J
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ANS: D, The leadership dimension of consideration involves activities that focus on the employee. Initiating structures of
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leadership involves an emphasis on the work to be done, and a focus on the task and production.
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15. The leadership theory that considers follower readiness as a factor in determining
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leadership style is: Y Y




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a. situational.
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ANS: C, Situationa leadership considers the follower readiness as a factor in determining leadership style. Contingency theory
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views the pattern of leader behavior as dependent on the interaction of the personality of the leader and the needs of the situation.
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path goa theory, the leader works to motivate followers and influence goa accomplishment. Charismatic leadership has an
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inspirationa quality that promotes an emotiona connection from followers. J Y Y Y Y Y J Y Y Y




16. In contingency theory, thefeelings andattitudes offollowers regarding acceptance, trust, and
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credibility of the leader are called: Y Y Y Y Y




a. task structure. Y




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c. low task structure. Y Y




d. leader-member relations. Y




ANS: D,In contingencytheory, leader-memberrelations arethefeelingsand attitudes offollowers regardingacceptance, trust, and
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credibility of the leader. Task structure of contingency theory means the degree that work is defined, with specific procedures,
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explicit directions, and goals. Low task structure involves work that is not routine, predictable, or clearly defined.
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in contingency theory is the degree of forma authority and influence associated with the leader. REF: FIEDLERS
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17. In situational theory, a telling leadership style is considered:
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a. high task, high relationship behavior. Y Y Y Y




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c. low task, high relationship behavior. Y Y Y Y




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ANS: B, A tellingleadership style is high task behavior and lowrelationship behavior. A high task, high
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relationship style is called a selling leadership style. A low task and high relationship style is called a
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