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Chapter 01: Leadership and Management Principles
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Huber: Leadership & Nursing Care Management, 6th Edition
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1. Leadership is best defined as: m m m m
a. an interpersonal process of participating by encouraging fellowship.
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b. delegation of authority and responsibility and the coordination of activities.
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c. inspiring people to accomplish goals through support and confidence building.
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d. the integration of resources through planning, organizing, and directing.
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ANS: C m
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring
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confidenceand support among followers.
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2. A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates
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mofstaff satisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data
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a. Effective leadership m
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Effective leadership is important in nursing because of the impact on nurses’ work lives,
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it being a stabilizing influence during change, and for nurses’ productivity and quality of
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3. A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathway team in
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mthedevelopment of care for patients with total knee replacement. Which of the
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a. ―Nursing is responsible for pain control of the total knee replacement patient.‖
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b. ―Our pharmacist has provided some excellent pain control literature.‖
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c. ―Physical therapy’s expertise is in rehabilitation, not pain control.‖
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d. ―Total knee replacement patients require optimal pain control.‖
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ANS: B m
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring
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confidence and support among followers. The correct answer is supportive of a team
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member’s work and depicts some skill at interpersonal relationships.
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MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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4. Which of the following is true of management activities?
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5. During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving
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mto the unit in a timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this
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missue through the development and work of a multidisciplinary team led by one of these
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mRNs. Thisscenario demonstrates:
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a. adaptation.
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Empowerment is the giving of authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act. In
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this situation, the manager has given authority, responsibility, and the freedom to
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6. A nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home.
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mWhen creating a care plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health
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mvisitto assess for home safety and medication compliance. In addition, the nurse is
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mconcerned about the nutrition of the patient and requests a dietitian evaluation. The nurse
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mis demonstrating which of the following leadership skills?
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c. Care coordination m
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Care coordination is the delivery of nursing services that involves the organization
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andcoordination of complex activities. The nurse uses managerial and leadership
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skills to facilitate delivery of quality care.
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a. vision
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