NURSE LEADERSHIP EXAM 1 FREQUENTLY TESTED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
What is malpractice?
ANSWER
Unintentional tort
Nurse administers large dose of med due to calculation error, client has cardiac arrest & dies
Question 2.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
ANSWER
1851: 3 month nurse training program at the Institute of Deaconesses at Kaiswerswerth,
Germany
1854: training at Harley Street Nursing Home, superintendent of nurses at King's College
Hospital in London
Crimean War
- 1854: lead a group of 38 nurses to work at the Barracks Hospital in Scutari
Accomplishments:
Aseptic technique
Infection control procedures
Political activism on health care reform
First nursing school in England
Up to 20 hours each day proving nursing care
System for transcribing doctors ordered
System to maintain patient records
Kept statistics (decrease in solider death rate as result of sanitary conditions)
,Question 3.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
ANSWER
Cared for wounded soldiers & conducted and underground railroad to lead slaves to freedom
Question 4.
Who was Susie King Taylor?
ANSWER
Hired in the laundry
Full time nurse on battle front
No pay or pension
Not considers official Union Army nurse
Question 5.
What do managers do? Coordination of resources (time, people, supplies) to achieve outcomes
ANSWER
Coordinate people, time, & supplies
Achieve desired outcomes in a defined area of responsibility
Appointed management position & formal line of authority & accountability
,Question 6.
What is defamation of character?
ANSWER
Quasi-intentional tort
Nurse tells coworker she believes the client has been unfaithful to the spouse
Question 7.
What is professional negligence?
ANSWER
Failure of a person w/ professional training to act in a reasonable & prudent manner
Five elements necessary to prove negligence:
- Duty to provide care as defined by a standard (complete a fall risk assessment on
admission)
- Breach of duty by failure to meet standard (nurse does not perform a fall risk assessment
during admission)
- Foreseeability of harm (failure to take fall-risk precautions may endanger the client)
- Breach of duty has potential to cause harm (if no fall risk assessment the client's risk is not
determined, proper precautions are not in place)
- Harm occurs (client falls out to bed & breaks his hip)
Question 8.
What are the rights of delegation?
ANSWER
1. Right task - routine, standard, more likely safe
2. Right circumstance - no judgment required
3. Right person - qualified & competent
4. Right direction & communication - task & outcomes
5. Right supervision & evaluation - feedback to assess/improve
Question 9.
What are the differences b/t
a transformational leader vs. a transactional leader?
ANSWER
Transformational
- Leaders empower followers to assume responsibility for communal vision
- Personal development is a secondary outcome
, Actional
- Focus on immediate problems
- Maintain status quo
- Uses rewards to motivate followers
Question 10.
What are the categories of conflict?
ANSWER
Intrapersonal - within the person, may involve internal struggle r/t contradictory values or
wants
Interpersonal - b/t two to more people w/ differing values, goals, beliefs
Question 11.
What does the ANA recommend to consider?
ANSWER
Age & functional ability
Communication
Cultural
Severity/urgency of admitting condition
Scheduled procedures
Ability to meet health care requisites
Availability of social supports
Question 12.
What is patient centered care (as defined by IOM)?
ANSWER
Care that is respectful of & responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, & values &
ensuring patient values guide all clinical decisions
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
What is malpractice?
ANSWER
Unintentional tort
Nurse administers large dose of med due to calculation error, client has cardiac arrest & dies
Question 2.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
ANSWER
1851: 3 month nurse training program at the Institute of Deaconesses at Kaiswerswerth,
Germany
1854: training at Harley Street Nursing Home, superintendent of nurses at King's College
Hospital in London
Crimean War
- 1854: lead a group of 38 nurses to work at the Barracks Hospital in Scutari
Accomplishments:
Aseptic technique
Infection control procedures
Political activism on health care reform
First nursing school in England
Up to 20 hours each day proving nursing care
System for transcribing doctors ordered
System to maintain patient records
Kept statistics (decrease in solider death rate as result of sanitary conditions)
,Question 3.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
ANSWER
Cared for wounded soldiers & conducted and underground railroad to lead slaves to freedom
Question 4.
Who was Susie King Taylor?
ANSWER
Hired in the laundry
Full time nurse on battle front
No pay or pension
Not considers official Union Army nurse
Question 5.
What do managers do? Coordination of resources (time, people, supplies) to achieve outcomes
ANSWER
Coordinate people, time, & supplies
Achieve desired outcomes in a defined area of responsibility
Appointed management position & formal line of authority & accountability
,Question 6.
What is defamation of character?
ANSWER
Quasi-intentional tort
Nurse tells coworker she believes the client has been unfaithful to the spouse
Question 7.
What is professional negligence?
ANSWER
Failure of a person w/ professional training to act in a reasonable & prudent manner
Five elements necessary to prove negligence:
- Duty to provide care as defined by a standard (complete a fall risk assessment on
admission)
- Breach of duty by failure to meet standard (nurse does not perform a fall risk assessment
during admission)
- Foreseeability of harm (failure to take fall-risk precautions may endanger the client)
- Breach of duty has potential to cause harm (if no fall risk assessment the client's risk is not
determined, proper precautions are not in place)
- Harm occurs (client falls out to bed & breaks his hip)
Question 8.
What are the rights of delegation?
ANSWER
1. Right task - routine, standard, more likely safe
2. Right circumstance - no judgment required
3. Right person - qualified & competent
4. Right direction & communication - task & outcomes
5. Right supervision & evaluation - feedback to assess/improve
Question 9.
What are the differences b/t
a transformational leader vs. a transactional leader?
ANSWER
Transformational
- Leaders empower followers to assume responsibility for communal vision
- Personal development is a secondary outcome
, Actional
- Focus on immediate problems
- Maintain status quo
- Uses rewards to motivate followers
Question 10.
What are the categories of conflict?
ANSWER
Intrapersonal - within the person, may involve internal struggle r/t contradictory values or
wants
Interpersonal - b/t two to more people w/ differing values, goals, beliefs
Question 11.
What does the ANA recommend to consider?
ANSWER
Age & functional ability
Communication
Cultural
Severity/urgency of admitting condition
Scheduled procedures
Ability to meet health care requisites
Availability of social supports
Question 12.
What is patient centered care (as defined by IOM)?
ANSWER
Care that is respectful of & responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, & values &
ensuring patient values guide all clinical decisions
