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The student nurse is shadowing on a medical/surgical unit and observes the
duties of the charge nurse. Which of the following would the student identify as
a quality attributed to a nurse in a leadership role?
A. Delays admission from emergency department until staff has appropriately
educated a newly diagnosed diabetic patient on insulin administration.
B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to
communicate his future health concerns.
C. Reevaluates staffing needs after one RN "calls in sick."
D. Counsels a UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) after arriving late for work
the third time that week.
Ans: B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to communicate
his future health concerns.
Rationale:
Leaders do the right thing.
Therefore focus on effectiveness whereas a manager focuses on efficiencies.
Which of the following is NOT a task or responsibility of the first-level manager?
Staff assignments for patient care during shifts
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Conducting staff meetings
Making daily patient rounds
Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence
Ans: Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence
Rationale:
Initiating change to the unit policies based on current evidence is done by the middle-level
manage. The other options describe tasks of the first-level manager.
A new nurse is interviewed at a facility where various models of patient care
delivery are used. The nurse is interested in developing clinical decision-making
skills. After the interview, the nurse determines the best position for enhancing
those skills is the unit that uses which of the following models?
Primary nursing
Team nursing
Functional nursing
Case management
Ans: Primary Nursing
In primary nursing, clinical decision making is focused at the bedside by the nurse
administering the care. The other options are a patient care delivery model whose focus is not
bedside decision making.
Which of the following is NOT an example of the behavioral theory of
leadership?
Democratic leader
Republican leader
Laissez faire leader
Bureaucratic leader
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Management and Leadership HESI Practice
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
(100% Correct Answers) /Already Graded
A+
The student nurse is shadowing on a medical/surgical unit and observes the
duties of the charge nurse. Which of the following would the student identify as
a quality attributed to a nurse in a leadership role?
A. Delays admission from emergency department until staff has appropriately
educated a newly diagnosed diabetic patient on insulin administration.
B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to
communicate his future health concerns.
C. Reevaluates staffing needs after one RN "calls in sick."
D. Counsels a UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) after arriving late for work
the third time that week.
Ans: B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to communicate
his future health concerns.
Rationale:
Leaders do the right thing.
Therefore focus on effectiveness whereas a manager focuses on efficiencies.
Which of the following is NOT a task or responsibility of the first-level manager?
Staff assignments for patient care during shifts
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Conducting staff meetings
Making daily patient rounds
Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence
Ans: Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence
Rationale:
Initiating change to the unit policies based on current evidence is done by the middle-level
manage. The other options describe tasks of the first-level manager.
A new nurse is interviewed at a facility where various models of patient care
delivery are used. The nurse is interested in developing clinical decision-making
skills. After the interview, the nurse determines the best position for enhancing
those skills is the unit that uses which of the following models?
Primary nursing
Team nursing
Functional nursing
Case management
Ans: Primary Nursing
In primary nursing, clinical decision making is focused at the bedside by the nurse
administering the care. The other options are a patient care delivery model whose focus is not
bedside decision making.
Which of the following is NOT an example of the behavioral theory of
leadership?
Democratic leader
Republican leader
Laissez faire leader
Bureaucratic leader
