LEADERSHIP HESI COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following is a professional role transition?
a)Purchasing a car
b)Marriage
c)Starting a new job
d)Retirement - ✔✔C
✔✔What is the most important component of role transition?
a)Clear delineation of role expectations and accountabilities
b)A supportive manager
c)A detailed position description
d)Orientation - ✔✔a
✔✔What items would be included on a CV but not on a résumé?
a)Licensure type and states where licenses are held
b)List of professional activities throughout career
c)Educational preparation and degrees awarded
d)Contact information including address and phone - ✔✔B
✔✔A nurse has accepted a new position in a different organization and is composing a
resignation letter for the manager of her current position. What items, if included in the
letter, is likely to prevent the nurse from being rehired in the same organization in the
future?
a)An offer to negotiate a resignation date around department needs
b)A summary of the verbal resignation discussion with the manager
c)A list and full description of co-workers' annoying off-duty behaviors
A positive statement about what has been learned from the position - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the generations is challenged by sharing leadership with other
generations?
a)Baby Boomers
b)Generation Y
c)Generation X
d)Generation Z - ✔✔A
✔✔Which of the following represents outcomes of transformational leadership?
a)Deadlines are met.
b)Work is completed according to the rules.
c)Increased job satisfaction
d)Pay tends to be higher. - ✔✔C
, ✔✔What is not addressed by managers when effectively implementing organizational
change that promotes patient safety?
a)Learn quickly as you must complete all tasks before the end of the shift.
b)Create and sustain trust.
c)Actively manage the change process.
Involve the staff in decision making in the redesign of the workflow. - ✔✔a
✔✔Which objective best reflects the SMART objectives in planning a process?
a)To obtain the Beacon Award
b)To successfully work as a team and gather all evidence to obtain the Beacon Award
by December 2020
c)To conduct a gap analysis for the Beacon Award
To think about applying for the Beacon Award - ✔✔B
✔✔What is the benefit of strategic planning for a healthcare organization? (Select all
that apply.)
a)It allows an organization to set its vision and goals.
b)It allows an organization to assess its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats.
c)It defines the driving forces in the environment.
d) All of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔The new chief nursing officer has asked for volunteers to participate in a strategic
thinking activity. What is the rational for volunteering for new opportunity which the
person has no experience?
a)Getting ahead in an organization depends on how well you know the leader.
b)To represent the voice of your colleagues who don't seem to be well heard.
c)This an opportunity to stretch your limits in your position by taking on a safe risk.
d) The nurse manager said you need to do this activity to meet the next clinical
promotion step. - ✔✔C
✔✔The staff have been asked to create a new approach to providing care to a group of
patients. The unit's patient satisfaction scores are 92. The dashboards indicate the
organization is functioning at a high level in terms of desired outcomes. The local city
has two other healthcare competitors for the same type of service as this organization
provides. What is the BEST approach to take?
a)Analyze the patient satisfaction scores to determine why the scores aren't 100.
b)Review the literature to determine exactly what the best practices are.
c)Do a gap analysis to determine where the organization may differ from the standards
expected.
d) Peruse a bookstore's magazine section to determine what is going on in the world. -
✔✔D
✔✔ A new graduate nurse is employed in a small community hospital. The nurse
notices practices which seem to be very physician driven and that patients have little
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following is a professional role transition?
a)Purchasing a car
b)Marriage
c)Starting a new job
d)Retirement - ✔✔C
✔✔What is the most important component of role transition?
a)Clear delineation of role expectations and accountabilities
b)A supportive manager
c)A detailed position description
d)Orientation - ✔✔a
✔✔What items would be included on a CV but not on a résumé?
a)Licensure type and states where licenses are held
b)List of professional activities throughout career
c)Educational preparation and degrees awarded
d)Contact information including address and phone - ✔✔B
✔✔A nurse has accepted a new position in a different organization and is composing a
resignation letter for the manager of her current position. What items, if included in the
letter, is likely to prevent the nurse from being rehired in the same organization in the
future?
a)An offer to negotiate a resignation date around department needs
b)A summary of the verbal resignation discussion with the manager
c)A list and full description of co-workers' annoying off-duty behaviors
A positive statement about what has been learned from the position - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the generations is challenged by sharing leadership with other
generations?
a)Baby Boomers
b)Generation Y
c)Generation X
d)Generation Z - ✔✔A
✔✔Which of the following represents outcomes of transformational leadership?
a)Deadlines are met.
b)Work is completed according to the rules.
c)Increased job satisfaction
d)Pay tends to be higher. - ✔✔C
, ✔✔What is not addressed by managers when effectively implementing organizational
change that promotes patient safety?
a)Learn quickly as you must complete all tasks before the end of the shift.
b)Create and sustain trust.
c)Actively manage the change process.
Involve the staff in decision making in the redesign of the workflow. - ✔✔a
✔✔Which objective best reflects the SMART objectives in planning a process?
a)To obtain the Beacon Award
b)To successfully work as a team and gather all evidence to obtain the Beacon Award
by December 2020
c)To conduct a gap analysis for the Beacon Award
To think about applying for the Beacon Award - ✔✔B
✔✔What is the benefit of strategic planning for a healthcare organization? (Select all
that apply.)
a)It allows an organization to set its vision and goals.
b)It allows an organization to assess its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats.
c)It defines the driving forces in the environment.
d) All of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔The new chief nursing officer has asked for volunteers to participate in a strategic
thinking activity. What is the rational for volunteering for new opportunity which the
person has no experience?
a)Getting ahead in an organization depends on how well you know the leader.
b)To represent the voice of your colleagues who don't seem to be well heard.
c)This an opportunity to stretch your limits in your position by taking on a safe risk.
d) The nurse manager said you need to do this activity to meet the next clinical
promotion step. - ✔✔C
✔✔The staff have been asked to create a new approach to providing care to a group of
patients. The unit's patient satisfaction scores are 92. The dashboards indicate the
organization is functioning at a high level in terms of desired outcomes. The local city
has two other healthcare competitors for the same type of service as this organization
provides. What is the BEST approach to take?
a)Analyze the patient satisfaction scores to determine why the scores aren't 100.
b)Review the literature to determine exactly what the best practices are.
c)Do a gap analysis to determine where the organization may differ from the standards
expected.
d) Peruse a bookstore's magazine section to determine what is going on in the world. -
✔✔D
✔✔ A new graduate nurse is employed in a small community hospital. The nurse
notices practices which seem to be very physician driven and that patients have little
