NUR 301 exam
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
(DETAILED & ELABORATED)
EXAM TEST 100% SOLVED !!
Management, Leadership, Followership, and Mentorship - ANSWER-•Managers
•Planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling
•Leaders
•Managers vs. leaders
•Followers
•Upward influence
•Effective followers can also influence change
•Mentors
•Supportive relationships
Nursing leadership - ANSWER-"Nursing leadership is about the competent and
engaged practice of nurses, who provide exemplary care, think critically and
,independently, inform their practice with evidence, delegate and take charge
appropriately, advocate for patients and communities, insist on practicing to their
full and legal scope and push the boundaries of practice to innovative new levels."
Can be task or relationship focused
Emotional Intelligence vs Social intelligence - ANSWER-Emotional- Self-awareness:
Knowing one's self
Self-regulation: Managing one's self
Motivation: Sentiments and passions that facilitate the attainment of goals
Social- Empathy: Understanding of others and compassion toward them
Social skills: Expertise in inspiring others to be in agreement
Relationally focused leadership styles - ANSWER-•Situational and contingency-
based- no one leadership style is ideal for every situation, must be adapted
•Strengths-based- leaders strive to empower worker's strengths rather than
identify problems
•Authentic or congruent- followers are inspired to act
Servant- service to others and recognize that the role of organizations is to create
ppl to build a better tomorrow
•Principal agent- leader must provide incentives for followers to act in the
organization's best interest
•Transformational- idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual
stimulation, idealized consideration, sensitive to requirements of others
,•Feminist- emphasizes an ethic of care expressed through the use of collaborative,
relational skills and the development of gender equality and empowering
organizational goals
•Quantum- direct response to change, builds on transformational, leaders must
work together to identify goals, exploit opportunities and empower staff to make
decisions
•Dyad- mini teams with at least 2 individuals, different skill sets, education and
background, are paired to fulfill the organization's mission
Task focused leadership styles - ANSWER-Transactional leadership- leaders explain
expectations and reward good performance, correct departures from expectations
and attempt to prevent future problems
Laissez-faire- refuse to take responsibility, not concerned about outcomes/
follower's behaviors
Manage by exception- provide correction when tasks are not completed
appropriately
Instrumental leaders- focus on strategy and expedition of outcomes
Passive-avoidant leaders- avoid taking action until problems become serious and
corrective action is needed
Dissonant leadership- lack EI, negative without empathy
The theory of conflict - ANSWER-•Conflict: to struggle, clash, be incompatible
•For centuries, people accepted adversarial disputes and harsh conflict as a by-
product of human nature.
•If we are to make progress toward better conflict resolution, we must
understand:
•Why conflict arises; and
, •How people have reacted to conflict situations.
4 types of conflicts - ANSWER-•Data Conflicts;
•Relationship Conflicts;
•Value Conflicts; and
•Structural Conflicts.
Data conflicts - ANSWER-•Data conflicts occur when:
•People lack the information necessary to make wise decisions;
•People are misinformed;
•People disagree over which data are relevant;
•People interpret information differently; and
•People have competing assessment procedures.
Conflicts stem from:
•Lack of information
•Different information
•Different interpretations of data
•Different assessment procedures
Relationship conflicts - ANSWER-•These problems often result in what have been
called unrealistic or unnecessary conflicts.
•They occur due to the presence of strong emotions (e.g., jealousy, mistrust,
hatred) and are created from perceptions, poor communication, stereotypes, and
so on.
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
(DETAILED & ELABORATED)
EXAM TEST 100% SOLVED !!
Management, Leadership, Followership, and Mentorship - ANSWER-•Managers
•Planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling
•Leaders
•Managers vs. leaders
•Followers
•Upward influence
•Effective followers can also influence change
•Mentors
•Supportive relationships
Nursing leadership - ANSWER-"Nursing leadership is about the competent and
engaged practice of nurses, who provide exemplary care, think critically and
,independently, inform their practice with evidence, delegate and take charge
appropriately, advocate for patients and communities, insist on practicing to their
full and legal scope and push the boundaries of practice to innovative new levels."
Can be task or relationship focused
Emotional Intelligence vs Social intelligence - ANSWER-Emotional- Self-awareness:
Knowing one's self
Self-regulation: Managing one's self
Motivation: Sentiments and passions that facilitate the attainment of goals
Social- Empathy: Understanding of others and compassion toward them
Social skills: Expertise in inspiring others to be in agreement
Relationally focused leadership styles - ANSWER-•Situational and contingency-
based- no one leadership style is ideal for every situation, must be adapted
•Strengths-based- leaders strive to empower worker's strengths rather than
identify problems
•Authentic or congruent- followers are inspired to act
Servant- service to others and recognize that the role of organizations is to create
ppl to build a better tomorrow
•Principal agent- leader must provide incentives for followers to act in the
organization's best interest
•Transformational- idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual
stimulation, idealized consideration, sensitive to requirements of others
,•Feminist- emphasizes an ethic of care expressed through the use of collaborative,
relational skills and the development of gender equality and empowering
organizational goals
•Quantum- direct response to change, builds on transformational, leaders must
work together to identify goals, exploit opportunities and empower staff to make
decisions
•Dyad- mini teams with at least 2 individuals, different skill sets, education and
background, are paired to fulfill the organization's mission
Task focused leadership styles - ANSWER-Transactional leadership- leaders explain
expectations and reward good performance, correct departures from expectations
and attempt to prevent future problems
Laissez-faire- refuse to take responsibility, not concerned about outcomes/
follower's behaviors
Manage by exception- provide correction when tasks are not completed
appropriately
Instrumental leaders- focus on strategy and expedition of outcomes
Passive-avoidant leaders- avoid taking action until problems become serious and
corrective action is needed
Dissonant leadership- lack EI, negative without empathy
The theory of conflict - ANSWER-•Conflict: to struggle, clash, be incompatible
•For centuries, people accepted adversarial disputes and harsh conflict as a by-
product of human nature.
•If we are to make progress toward better conflict resolution, we must
understand:
•Why conflict arises; and
, •How people have reacted to conflict situations.
4 types of conflicts - ANSWER-•Data Conflicts;
•Relationship Conflicts;
•Value Conflicts; and
•Structural Conflicts.
Data conflicts - ANSWER-•Data conflicts occur when:
•People lack the information necessary to make wise decisions;
•People are misinformed;
•People disagree over which data are relevant;
•People interpret information differently; and
•People have competing assessment procedures.
Conflicts stem from:
•Lack of information
•Different information
•Different interpretations of data
•Different assessment procedures
Relationship conflicts - ANSWER-•These problems often result in what have been
called unrealistic or unnecessary conflicts.
•They occur due to the presence of strong emotions (e.g., jealousy, mistrust,
hatred) and are created from perceptions, poor communication, stereotypes, and
so on.
