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Nursing Delegation and Management of Patient Care
2nd Edition
,Chapter 01: Leadership and Management
Motacki: Nursing Delegation and Management of Patient Care, 2nd Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Nurses can be leaders without being managers. Which nursing actions demonstrate leadership?
a. Assisting a new nurse with enteral tube feedings
b. Counseling a new nurse regarding attendance
c. Adjusting assignments after a staff member calls in sick
d. Calling a physician for new order clarification
ANS: A
Leaders act as role models and mentor new staff. The other options are incorrect because they are
management responsibilities and not leadership roles.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: page 6
2. Which nursing actions demonstrate the role of management in nursing?
a. Encouraging autonomous decision making
b. Observing the documentation of appropriate charges to patients
c. Assisting in a code
d. Asking the patient/family about advance directives
ANS: B
Managers are responsible for the budget of their units. The other options are incorrect because
those are leadership or mentoring roles.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: page 6
3. Much like a politician, a nurse manager must exhibit leadership that inspires and motivates. In
which instance is a nurse demonstrating leadership qualities?
a. A staff nurse becomes aware of increased infection rates following cardiac surgery.
The nurse takes it upon herself to research the possible causes and prevention
measures and to make suggestions to better protect patients.
b. A staff nurse acts quickly when a cardiac arrest is called on her patient.
c. A staff nurse notifies another staff member that she is being “pulled” today.
d. A new nurse volunteers to work when another staff member must leave work
because her child is ill.
ANS: A
Nurse leaders are interested in changing practice based on evidence. Options B and D are
incorrect because they are actions taken by nurses as part of the functional structure of the unit.
Option C is incorrect because it is an action taken by a manager.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: page 6
4. A nurse manager must exhibit qualities of efficiency and organization. Which nurse is
demonstrating the qualities necessary for a manager?
, a. A nurse becomes aware of increased infection rates following cardiac surgery. The
nurse takes it upon herself to research the possible causes and prevention measures
and to make suggestions to better protect patients.
b. A nurse acts quickly when a cardiac arrest is called on her patient.
c. A nurse notifies another staff member that she is being “pulled” today.
d. A nurse volunteers to work when another staff member must leave work because
her child is ill.
ANS: C
Determining who gets “pulled” is a management decision. Option A is incorrect because it is a
role taken by a nurse leader. Option B is incorrect because it is an action taken by staff as part of
the functional structure of the unit. Option D is incorrect because it is an action taken by staff as
part of the functional structure of the unit.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: page 6
5. A nurse has accepted a position on a nursing unit where the nurse manager promotes autonomy
and staff involvement in decision making. What would the nurse expect to observe on this unit?
a. Nurse manager mandates changes.
b. Staff takes responsibility for assignments.
c. Staff participates on hospital committees.
d. Nurses are recognized for excellence in practice.
ANS: C
Work environments that promote autonomy and decision making encourage participation on
hospital committees so that staff may become involved in the decisions that are made. Option A
is incorrect because this is not an environment in which staff are encouraged to participate in
decision making. Option B is incorrect because it should be seen in all environments regardless
of autonomy. Option D is incorrect because excellence in practice is not seen solely in
autonomous environments.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: page 6
6. The fundamental element of any patient care delivery combines work allocation with
a. patient acuity.
b. leadership.
c. clinical decision making.
d. delegation.
ANS: C
Work allocation is necessary in any patient care delivery system. The other options are incorrect
because it is not necessarily useful in determining the appropriate patient care delivery systems
needed.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: page 10
7. The student nurse, shadowing on a medical-surgical unit, observes the charge nurse. Which
action would the student identify as a leadership quality in the nurse’s actions?
a. Making patient care assignments distributed equally to staff
, b. Sitting with a confused combative patient
c. Calling the nursing office for extra staff when an RN calls in sick
d. Assisting in a code
ANS: B
Leaders act as role models and do what is right for the patient. The other options are incorrect
because these actions are expected as part of the functioning of the unit.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: page 5
8. Health care is seen and managed as a business today. Which skills are considered essential to
managing health care as a business?
a. Ability to pressure staff to do what you want
b. Resource utilization
c. Cutting corners to make money
d. Providing bonuses to staff members who help the organization to save money
ANS: B
The ability to manage a budget is essential to being a manager in health care today. The other
options are incorrect because they are only a perception of the public regarding successful
managers.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: page 3 | page 7
9. The novice nurse is speaking with the nurse manager about their roles within the hierarchy of the
institution. The nurse manager would most likely identify which role as having the most internal
conflict?
a. Coordinating institutional goals with the immediate demands of the clinical area
b. Determining which of the staff members should get better raises than other
members
c. Deciding which employees should be recommended for promotion
d. Determining which staff members get Christmas day off
ANS: A
Many times the goals of the institution conflict with the goals of the individual employees of a
particular clinical area and the nurse manager must implement institutional changes regardless of
the nurse’s personal opinion. The other options are incorrect because those roles should not
provoke as much conflict.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: pages 7-8
10. Nurse managers can best be described as people who
a. develop institutional goals based on staff suggestions.
b. develop institutional goals based on a personal theory.
c. motivate staff to meet institutional goals through positional power.
d. inspire staff to meet institutional goals through personal power.
ANS: C
Nursing Delegation and Management of Patient Care
2nd Edition
,Chapter 01: Leadership and Management
Motacki: Nursing Delegation and Management of Patient Care, 2nd Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Nurses can be leaders without being managers. Which nursing actions demonstrate leadership?
a. Assisting a new nurse with enteral tube feedings
b. Counseling a new nurse regarding attendance
c. Adjusting assignments after a staff member calls in sick
d. Calling a physician for new order clarification
ANS: A
Leaders act as role models and mentor new staff. The other options are incorrect because they are
management responsibilities and not leadership roles.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: page 6
2. Which nursing actions demonstrate the role of management in nursing?
a. Encouraging autonomous decision making
b. Observing the documentation of appropriate charges to patients
c. Assisting in a code
d. Asking the patient/family about advance directives
ANS: B
Managers are responsible for the budget of their units. The other options are incorrect because
those are leadership or mentoring roles.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: page 6
3. Much like a politician, a nurse manager must exhibit leadership that inspires and motivates. In
which instance is a nurse demonstrating leadership qualities?
a. A staff nurse becomes aware of increased infection rates following cardiac surgery.
The nurse takes it upon herself to research the possible causes and prevention
measures and to make suggestions to better protect patients.
b. A staff nurse acts quickly when a cardiac arrest is called on her patient.
c. A staff nurse notifies another staff member that she is being “pulled” today.
d. A new nurse volunteers to work when another staff member must leave work
because her child is ill.
ANS: A
Nurse leaders are interested in changing practice based on evidence. Options B and D are
incorrect because they are actions taken by nurses as part of the functional structure of the unit.
Option C is incorrect because it is an action taken by a manager.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: page 6
4. A nurse manager must exhibit qualities of efficiency and organization. Which nurse is
demonstrating the qualities necessary for a manager?
, a. A nurse becomes aware of increased infection rates following cardiac surgery. The
nurse takes it upon herself to research the possible causes and prevention measures
and to make suggestions to better protect patients.
b. A nurse acts quickly when a cardiac arrest is called on her patient.
c. A nurse notifies another staff member that she is being “pulled” today.
d. A nurse volunteers to work when another staff member must leave work because
her child is ill.
ANS: C
Determining who gets “pulled” is a management decision. Option A is incorrect because it is a
role taken by a nurse leader. Option B is incorrect because it is an action taken by staff as part of
the functional structure of the unit. Option D is incorrect because it is an action taken by staff as
part of the functional structure of the unit.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: page 6
5. A nurse has accepted a position on a nursing unit where the nurse manager promotes autonomy
and staff involvement in decision making. What would the nurse expect to observe on this unit?
a. Nurse manager mandates changes.
b. Staff takes responsibility for assignments.
c. Staff participates on hospital committees.
d. Nurses are recognized for excellence in practice.
ANS: C
Work environments that promote autonomy and decision making encourage participation on
hospital committees so that staff may become involved in the decisions that are made. Option A
is incorrect because this is not an environment in which staff are encouraged to participate in
decision making. Option B is incorrect because it should be seen in all environments regardless
of autonomy. Option D is incorrect because excellence in practice is not seen solely in
autonomous environments.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: page 6
6. The fundamental element of any patient care delivery combines work allocation with
a. patient acuity.
b. leadership.
c. clinical decision making.
d. delegation.
ANS: C
Work allocation is necessary in any patient care delivery system. The other options are incorrect
because it is not necessarily useful in determining the appropriate patient care delivery systems
needed.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: page 10
7. The student nurse, shadowing on a medical-surgical unit, observes the charge nurse. Which
action would the student identify as a leadership quality in the nurse’s actions?
a. Making patient care assignments distributed equally to staff
, b. Sitting with a confused combative patient
c. Calling the nursing office for extra staff when an RN calls in sick
d. Assisting in a code
ANS: B
Leaders act as role models and do what is right for the patient. The other options are incorrect
because these actions are expected as part of the functioning of the unit.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: page 5
8. Health care is seen and managed as a business today. Which skills are considered essential to
managing health care as a business?
a. Ability to pressure staff to do what you want
b. Resource utilization
c. Cutting corners to make money
d. Providing bonuses to staff members who help the organization to save money
ANS: B
The ability to manage a budget is essential to being a manager in health care today. The other
options are incorrect because they are only a perception of the public regarding successful
managers.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: page 3 | page 7
9. The novice nurse is speaking with the nurse manager about their roles within the hierarchy of the
institution. The nurse manager would most likely identify which role as having the most internal
conflict?
a. Coordinating institutional goals with the immediate demands of the clinical area
b. Determining which of the staff members should get better raises than other
members
c. Deciding which employees should be recommended for promotion
d. Determining which staff members get Christmas day off
ANS: A
Many times the goals of the institution conflict with the goals of the individual employees of a
particular clinical area and the nurse manager must implement institutional changes regardless of
the nurse’s personal opinion. The other options are incorrect because those roles should not
provoke as much conflict.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: pages 7-8
10. Nurse managers can best be described as people who
a. develop institutional goals based on staff suggestions.
b. develop institutional goals based on a personal theory.
c. motivate staff to meet institutional goals through positional power.
d. inspire staff to meet institutional goals through personal power.
ANS: C
