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