LEADERSHIP ROLES AND MANAGEMENT
FUNCTIONS ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ The LPN team leader has designed a program for the long-term
care facility that involves giving out stars to team members who go
above and beyond to meet the needs of the residents of the facility.
These stars can then be redeemed for items such as tee shirts, and
blankets with the long-term care logo on them. This team leader is
using which type of power in the team leader position?
Answer: Motivational
◉ The LPN is in the midst of a client's assessment when the client
mentions not having had a bath yet today. The LPN asks the CNA to
complete the client's bath before lunch. Just before lunch the LPN
checks in with the client about the bath. What does this behavior
demonstrate?
Answer: All of the responses are correct.
◉ The licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse
(LPN/LVN) is caring for a client who wants to stop taking a
prescribed treatment. Which response should the LPN/LVN make to
demonstrate advocacy for this client?
Answer: "I will contact your health care provider so you can share
your decision."
,◉ Successfully carrying out the five rights of delegation requires
following steps similar to those of the nursing process. The final step
includes a very important aspect to unlicensed personnel to perfect
their art. What is that aspect?
Answer: providing feedback
◉ Prior to delegating any task to a UAP, which information must be
known by the LPN/LVN team leader?
Answer: The nurse practice act of the state the LPN/LVN practices
◉ What type of leader shares decisions and activities with group
participants?
Answer: democratic
◉ Delegation is an integral part of nursing, regardless of the
educational level of the nurse. Additionally, the proper use of
delegation assures timely, cost-effective care. Which "rights" are
included in the five rights of delegation?
Answer: All of the responses are correct.
◉ What is correct about fiscal accountability for staffing?
Answer: A critical responsibility of mangers
,◉ A nurse manager makes all of the decisions for staff activities.
What type of leadership is demonstrated by this action?
Answer: autocratic
◉ Mr. David Collins is a 43-year-old client who lives in the rehab
center where you work three 12 hour shifts per week. He has a
history of quadriplegia resulting from a motorcycle crash in 1999. A
nurse at a rehab center is in the midst of assessing client with a
history of quadriplegia who reminds the nurse that the client hasn't
had a bath yet today. The nurse asks the CNA to complete the bath
before lunch. What does this action demonstrate?
Answer: All of the options are correct.
◉ Morale is at a low level among staff at a healthcare facility. High
client loads, frequent call-offs, increasing acuity levels all add to the
discouragement. A nurse has an idea to encourage co-workers and
supervisors, and places a small, anonymous gift in staff members'
mailboxes (a few per week) and monitors reactions. Within a month
attitudes have improved, people are bringing treats to share,
teamwork has improved. What type of power does this represent?
Answer: reward
◉ After morning report, the nurse manager held a mini conference
with a team member, a licensed nurses' aide, and assigned the
following duties: bathe and make beds for all your assigned patients,
answer lights, ambulate all those ambulatory and turn
, nonambulatory patients every 2 hours, and report complaints or
needs of the patients. Periodically during the day the nurse manager
checked with the aide to determine whether the aide was having
difficulty in completing the tasks. The nurse manager was frequently
in patient rooms observing and performing her own duties. What is
this an example of?
Answer: Effective delegation
◉ What is coercive power based?
Answer: Fear and punishment
◉ Jon is the only registered nurse at the hospital who is certified to
insert percutaneous intravenous catheters. What type of power does
this certification provide?
Answer: Expert
◉ The nurse accidentally left a confidential lab report on a table in
one of the exam rooms. The nurse is attending to another client in
that room and realizes the mistake when the client says, "I didn't
know that my neighbor was one of your patients. I must have just
missed her!" The nurse plans to tell her supervisor about the
mistake immediately upon finishing with this client. This is an
example of:
Answer: accountability.
FUNCTIONS ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ The LPN team leader has designed a program for the long-term
care facility that involves giving out stars to team members who go
above and beyond to meet the needs of the residents of the facility.
These stars can then be redeemed for items such as tee shirts, and
blankets with the long-term care logo on them. This team leader is
using which type of power in the team leader position?
Answer: Motivational
◉ The LPN is in the midst of a client's assessment when the client
mentions not having had a bath yet today. The LPN asks the CNA to
complete the client's bath before lunch. Just before lunch the LPN
checks in with the client about the bath. What does this behavior
demonstrate?
Answer: All of the responses are correct.
◉ The licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse
(LPN/LVN) is caring for a client who wants to stop taking a
prescribed treatment. Which response should the LPN/LVN make to
demonstrate advocacy for this client?
Answer: "I will contact your health care provider so you can share
your decision."
,◉ Successfully carrying out the five rights of delegation requires
following steps similar to those of the nursing process. The final step
includes a very important aspect to unlicensed personnel to perfect
their art. What is that aspect?
Answer: providing feedback
◉ Prior to delegating any task to a UAP, which information must be
known by the LPN/LVN team leader?
Answer: The nurse practice act of the state the LPN/LVN practices
◉ What type of leader shares decisions and activities with group
participants?
Answer: democratic
◉ Delegation is an integral part of nursing, regardless of the
educational level of the nurse. Additionally, the proper use of
delegation assures timely, cost-effective care. Which "rights" are
included in the five rights of delegation?
Answer: All of the responses are correct.
◉ What is correct about fiscal accountability for staffing?
Answer: A critical responsibility of mangers
,◉ A nurse manager makes all of the decisions for staff activities.
What type of leadership is demonstrated by this action?
Answer: autocratic
◉ Mr. David Collins is a 43-year-old client who lives in the rehab
center where you work three 12 hour shifts per week. He has a
history of quadriplegia resulting from a motorcycle crash in 1999. A
nurse at a rehab center is in the midst of assessing client with a
history of quadriplegia who reminds the nurse that the client hasn't
had a bath yet today. The nurse asks the CNA to complete the bath
before lunch. What does this action demonstrate?
Answer: All of the options are correct.
◉ Morale is at a low level among staff at a healthcare facility. High
client loads, frequent call-offs, increasing acuity levels all add to the
discouragement. A nurse has an idea to encourage co-workers and
supervisors, and places a small, anonymous gift in staff members'
mailboxes (a few per week) and monitors reactions. Within a month
attitudes have improved, people are bringing treats to share,
teamwork has improved. What type of power does this represent?
Answer: reward
◉ After morning report, the nurse manager held a mini conference
with a team member, a licensed nurses' aide, and assigned the
following duties: bathe and make beds for all your assigned patients,
answer lights, ambulate all those ambulatory and turn
, nonambulatory patients every 2 hours, and report complaints or
needs of the patients. Periodically during the day the nurse manager
checked with the aide to determine whether the aide was having
difficulty in completing the tasks. The nurse manager was frequently
in patient rooms observing and performing her own duties. What is
this an example of?
Answer: Effective delegation
◉ What is coercive power based?
Answer: Fear and punishment
◉ Jon is the only registered nurse at the hospital who is certified to
insert percutaneous intravenous catheters. What type of power does
this certification provide?
Answer: Expert
◉ The nurse accidentally left a confidential lab report on a table in
one of the exam rooms. The nurse is attending to another client in
that room and realizes the mistake when the client says, "I didn't
know that my neighbor was one of your patients. I must have just
missed her!" The nurse plans to tell her supervisor about the
mistake immediately upon finishing with this client. This is an
example of:
Answer: accountability.
