Test Bank For Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management 7th Edition by Sally A. Weiss ISBN 9780803669536 Chapter 1-16 | Complete Guide

Test Bank Essentials of Nursing Leader
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ship & Management 7th Edition Sally A.
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Weiss Complete All Chapters 2024
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,Chapter 1: Nursing Leadership and Management
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1. According to Henri Fayol, the functions of planning, organizing, coordinating, and controll
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ing are considered which aspect of management?
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a. Roles
b. Process
c. Functions
d. Taxonomy

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deU!informationU!processing,U!interpersonalU!relationships,U!andU!decisionU!making.U!ManagementU!functionsU!includeU!planning,U!org
anizing,U!staffing,U!directing,U!coordinating,U!reporting,U!andU!budgeting.U!AU!taxonomyU!isU!aU!systemU!thatU!ordersU!principlesU!intoU!a
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2. Which of the following is considered a decisional managerial role?
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a. Disseminator
b. Figurehead
c. Leader
d. Entrepreneur

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r.U!TheU!informationU!processingU!managerialU!rolesU!includeU!monitor,U!disseminator,U!andU!spokesperson.U!TheU!interpersonalU!mana
gerialU!rolesU!includeU!figurehead,U!leader,U!andU!liaison.

3. A nurse manager meets regularly with other nurse managers, participates on the organiz
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ations committees, and attends meetings sponsored by professional organizations in order to
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manage relationships. These activities are considered which function of a manager?
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a. Informing
b. Problem solving U!


c. Monitoring
d. Networking

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onflictU!andU!teamU!building,U!motivatingU!andU!inspiring,U!recognizing,U!andU!rewarding.U!TheU!roleU!functionsU!toU!manageU!theU!work
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elegating.

4. A nurse was recently promoted to a middle-
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level manager position. The nurses title would most likely be which of the following?
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a. First-line manager U!


b. Director
c. Vice president of patient care services
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d. Chief nurse executiveU! U!




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ices.

5. A nurse manager who uses Frederick Taylors scientific management approach, would most li
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kely focus on which of the following?
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, a. General principles U!


b. Positional authority U!


c. Labor productivity
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d. Impersonal relations U!




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6. According to Vrooms Theory of Motivation, force:
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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.
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c. describes people who have free will but choose to comply with orders they are given.
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d. is a naturally forming social group that can become a contributor to an organization.
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orceU!=U!ValenceU!ExpectancyU!(Vroom,U!1964).U!TheU!theoryU!proposesU!thatU!thisU!equationU!canU!helpU!toU!predictU!theU!motivation,U!
orU!force,U!ofU!anU!individualU!asU!describedU!byU!Vroom.

7. According to R. N. Lussier, motivation:
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a. is unconsciously demonstrated by people.
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b. occurs externally to influence behavior.
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c. is determined by others choices.
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d. occurs internally to influence behavior.
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everU!influencesU!ourU!choicesU!andU!createsU!direction,U!intensity,U!andU!persistenceU!inU!ourU!behavior.

8. According to R. N. Lussier, there are content motivation theories and process motivat
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ion theories. Which of the following is considered a process motivation theory?
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a. Equity theory U!


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c. Existence-relatedness-growth theory U!


d. Hygiene maintenance and motivation factors
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9. The theory that includes maintenance and motivation factors is:
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a. Maslows hierarchy of needs.
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d. Ouchis theory Z. U! U!

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10. A nurse is appointed to a leadership position in the local hospital. The nurses position woul
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d be considered which of the following?
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c. Leadership
d. Management

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11. A nursing instructor is evaluating whether the nursing students understand the thre
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e fundamental qualities that leaders share. According to Bennis and Nanus, the fundam
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ental qualities of effective leaders are:
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a. guided vision, passion, and integrity.
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b. knowledge of self, honesty, and maturity.
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c. intelligence, self-confidence, and determination.
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d. honesty, self-awareness, and sociability.
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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.
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b. self-
confidence, progression of experiences, influence of others, personal life factors, honesty,
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drive.
c. intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity, sociability, honesty.
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d. drive, desire to lead, honesty, self-confidence, cognitive ability, knowledge of business.
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13. A nurse manager who uses a leadership style that is participatory and where autho
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rity 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