Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
Theory and Application, 11th Edition
By (Huston, 2024), All Chapters 1 - 25
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
,Chapter 1 Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking,
and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for successful leadership and
management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing between courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem
ANS: C
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular courseof action.
Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a
difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation
and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
, ANS: A
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The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration.
Decision making can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem
solving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, muchtime and energy are spent on
identifying the real problem.
3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
1. A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for thesame
problems
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