Nursing Leadership & Management Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers

Nursing Leadership & Management
Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers


Leader (Book) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Person who demonstrates and
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excursuses influence and power over others.
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Manager (Book) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The person with
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accountability for a group of people. | | | | |




Transformation Leadership (Book) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An act of
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encouraging followers to follow the leaders style and change their
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interest with concern for a broader goal.
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Transactional Leadership (Book) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The act of
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using rewards and punishments as a part of the daily oversight of
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employees in seeking to get the group to accomplish a task.
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Transformation Leaders (ATI) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Empower
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followers to assume responsibility for a communal vision, and personal
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development is a secondary outcome.
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,Transactional Leaders (ATI) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Focus on
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immediate problems, maintaining the status quo and using rewards to
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motivate followers.
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Characteristics of Leaders ( ATI) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Initiative
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Inspiration
Energy
Positive Attitude
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Communication skills |




Respect
Problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
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Leadership Styles (ATI) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Authoritative,
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Democratic, Laissez-faire |




Authoritative (ATI) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Makes decisions for the
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group. Motivates by coercion. Communication occurs down the chain of
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|command. Work output by staff is usually high: good for crisis situations
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|and bureaucratic settings. Effective for employees with little or no
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formal education.
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Democratic (ATI) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Includes the group when
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decisions are made. Motivates by supporting staff achievements.
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Communication occurs up and down the chain of command. Work
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, output by staff is usually of good quality. Good when cooperation and
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collaboration are necessary. | |




Laissez-faire (ATI) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Makes very few decisions,
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and does little planning. Motivations largely the responsibility of
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individual staff members. Communication occurs up and down the chain
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|of command and between group members. Work output is low unless
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an informal leader evolves from the group. Effective with professional
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employees.


Change (Powerpoint) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A significant disruption in
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established patterns of behavior and/ or expectations.
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Change is..... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It's constant and inevitable. It can
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be planned or unplanned. How it's managed will be the key in
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determining success. |




Change agents (Book) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Individuals with formal
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or informal legitimate power whose purpose is to initiate, champion,
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and direct or guide change.
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Internal Change/ Internal Forces (Powerpoint) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Occurs from within the individual or individual organization.
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Examples: New ideas about health care delivery, Expansion, New ways
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of delivering supplies.
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