Nursing Theory and Application, 11th Edition by Huston,
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Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
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1. Whatlstatementlisltruelregardingldecisionlmaking?
A) Itlislanlanalysisloflalsituation
B) Itlislcloselylrelatedltolevaluation
C) Itlinvolveslchoosinglbetweenlcoursesloflaction
D) Itlisldependentluponlfindinglthelcauseloflalprobleml
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Decisionlmakinglislalcomplexlcognitivelprocessloftenldefinedlaslchoosinglalparticularlcourselofla
ction.lProblemlsolvinglislpartlofldecisionlmakinglandlislalsystematiclprocesslthatlfocuseslonlanaly
zinglaldifficultlsituation.lCriticallthinking,lsometimeslreferredltolaslreflectivelthinking,lislrelatedlt
olevaluationlandlhaslalbroaderlscopelthanldecisionlmakinglandlproblemlsolving.
2. What
1. A)lItslneedlforlimplementationltime
2. B)lItsllackloflalsteplrequiringlevaluationloflresults
3. C)lItslfailureltolgatherlsufficientldata
4. D)lItslfailureltolevaluatelalternatives
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Theltraditionallproblem-
solvinglmodellisllessleffectivelwhenltimelconstraintslarelalconsideration.lDecisionlmakinglcanl
occurlwithoutlthelfulllanalysislrequiredlinlproblemlsolving.lBecauselproblemlsolvinglattemptsl
tolidentifylthelrootlproblemlinlsituations,lmuchltimelandlenergylarelspentlonlidentifyinglthelreall
problem.
3. Whichloflthelfollowinglstatementslisltruelregardingldecisionlmaking?
1. A)lScientificlmethodslprovidelidenticalldecisionslbyldifferentlindividualslforlthelsa
melproblems
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