NURSING LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT NCLEX
PRACTICE QUIZ #2, LEADERSHIP &
100% CORRECT ANSWERS|2025/2026|GRADED
Katherine is a young Unit Manager of the Pediatric Ward. Most of her staff nurses are senior
to her, very articulate, confident and sometimes aggressive. Katherine feels uncomfortable
believing that she is the scapegoat of everything that goes wrong in her department. Which
of the following is the best action that she must take?
A. Identify the source of the conflict and understand the points of friction
B. Disregard what she feels and continue to work independently
C. Seek help from the Director of Nursing
D. Quit her job and look for another employment. - ANSWER Answer: A. Identify the
source of the conflict and understand the points of friction
This involves a problem solving approach, which addresses the root cause of the problem.
As a young manager, she knows that conflict occurs in any organization. Which of the
following statements regarding conflict is NOT true?
A. Can be destructive if the level is too high
B. Is not beneficial; hence it should be prevented at all times
C. May result in poor performance
D. May create leaders - ANSWER Answer: B. Is not beneficial; hence it should be
prevented at all times
Conflicts are beneficial because it surfaces out issues in the open and can be solved right
away. Likewise, members of the team become more conscientious with their work when
they are aware that other members of the team are watching them.
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,Katherine tells one of the staff, "I don't have time to discuss the matter with you now. See
me in my office later" when the latter asks if they can talk about an issue. Which of the
following conflict resolution strategies did she use?
A. Smoothing
B. Compromise
C. Avoidance
D. Restriction - ANSWER Answer: C. Avoidance
This strategy shuns discussing the issue head-on and prefers to postpone it to a later time. In
effect the problem remains unsolved and both parties are in a lose-lose situation.
Kathleen knows that one of her staff is experiencing burnout. Which of the following is the
best thing for her to do?
A. Advise her staff to go on vacation.
B. Ignore her observations; it will be resolved even without intervention
C. Remind her to show loyalty to the institution.
D. Let the staff ventilate her feelings and ask how she can be of help. -
ANSWER Answer: D. Let the staff ventilate her feelings and ask how she can be of
help.
Reaching out and helping the staff is the most effective strategy in dealing with burn out.
Knowing that someone is ready to help makes the staff feel important; hence her self-worth
is enhanced.
She knows that performance appraisal consists of all the following activities EXCEPT:
A. Setting specific standards and activities for individual performance.
B. Using agency standards as a guide.
C. Determine areas of strength and weaknesses
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,D. Focusing activity on the correction of identified behavior. - ANSWER Answer: D.
Focusing activity on the correction of identified behavior.
Performance appraisal deal with both positive and negative performance; is not meant to be
a fault-finding activity
Which of the following statements is NOT true about performance appraisal?
A. Informing the staff about the specific impressions of their work help improve their
performance.
B. A verbal appraisal is an acceptable substitute for a written report
C. Patients are the best source of information regarding personnel appraisal.
D. The outcome of performance appraisal rests primarily with the staff. -
ANSWER Answer: C. Patients are the best source of information regarding personnel
appraisal.
The patient can be a source of information about the performance of the staff but it is never
the best source. Directly observing the staff is the best source of information for personnel
appraisal.
There are times when Katherine evaluates her staff as she makes her daily rounds. Which of
the following is NOT a benefit of conducting an informal appraisal?
A. The staff member is observed in natural setting.
B. Incidental confrontation and collaboration is allowed.
C. The evaluation is focused on objective data systematically.
D. The evaluation may provide valid information for compilation of a formal report. -
ANSWER Answer: C. The evaluation is focused on objective data systematically.
Collecting objective data systematically can not be achieved in an informal appraisal. It is
focused on what actually happens in the natural work setting.
She conducts a 6-month performance review session with a staff member. Which of the
following actions is appropriate?
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, A. She asks another nurse to attest the session as a witness.
B. She informs the staff that she may ask another nurse to read the appraisal before the
session is over.
C. She tells the staff that the session is manager-centered.
D. The session is private between the two members. - ANSWER Answer: D. The session
is private between the two members.
The session is private between the manager and the staff and remains to be so when the
two parties do not divulge the information to others.
Alexandra is tasked to organize the new wing of the hospital. She was given the authority to
do as she deems fit. She is aware that the director of nursing has substantial trust and
confidence in her capabilities, communicates through downward and upward channels and
usually uses the ideas and opinions of her staff. Which of the following is her style of
management?
A. Benevolent -authoritative
B. Consultative
C. Exploitive-authoritative
D. Participative - ANSWER Answer: B. Consultative
A consultative manager is almost like a participative manager. The participative manager has
complete trust and confidence in the subordinate, always uses the opinions and ideas of
subordinates and communicates in all directions.
She decides to illustrate the organizational structure. Which of the following elements is
NOT included?
A. Level of authority
B. Lines of communication
C. Span of control
D. Unity of direction - ANSWER Answer: D. Unity of direction
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PRACTICE QUIZ #2, LEADERSHIP &
100% CORRECT ANSWERS|2025/2026|GRADED
Katherine is a young Unit Manager of the Pediatric Ward. Most of her staff nurses are senior
to her, very articulate, confident and sometimes aggressive. Katherine feels uncomfortable
believing that she is the scapegoat of everything that goes wrong in her department. Which
of the following is the best action that she must take?
A. Identify the source of the conflict and understand the points of friction
B. Disregard what she feels and continue to work independently
C. Seek help from the Director of Nursing
D. Quit her job and look for another employment. - ANSWER Answer: A. Identify the
source of the conflict and understand the points of friction
This involves a problem solving approach, which addresses the root cause of the problem.
As a young manager, she knows that conflict occurs in any organization. Which of the
following statements regarding conflict is NOT true?
A. Can be destructive if the level is too high
B. Is not beneficial; hence it should be prevented at all times
C. May result in poor performance
D. May create leaders - ANSWER Answer: B. Is not beneficial; hence it should be
prevented at all times
Conflicts are beneficial because it surfaces out issues in the open and can be solved right
away. Likewise, members of the team become more conscientious with their work when
they are aware that other members of the team are watching them.
1
,Katherine tells one of the staff, "I don't have time to discuss the matter with you now. See
me in my office later" when the latter asks if they can talk about an issue. Which of the
following conflict resolution strategies did she use?
A. Smoothing
B. Compromise
C. Avoidance
D. Restriction - ANSWER Answer: C. Avoidance
This strategy shuns discussing the issue head-on and prefers to postpone it to a later time. In
effect the problem remains unsolved and both parties are in a lose-lose situation.
Kathleen knows that one of her staff is experiencing burnout. Which of the following is the
best thing for her to do?
A. Advise her staff to go on vacation.
B. Ignore her observations; it will be resolved even without intervention
C. Remind her to show loyalty to the institution.
D. Let the staff ventilate her feelings and ask how she can be of help. -
ANSWER Answer: D. Let the staff ventilate her feelings and ask how she can be of
help.
Reaching out and helping the staff is the most effective strategy in dealing with burn out.
Knowing that someone is ready to help makes the staff feel important; hence her self-worth
is enhanced.
She knows that performance appraisal consists of all the following activities EXCEPT:
A. Setting specific standards and activities for individual performance.
B. Using agency standards as a guide.
C. Determine areas of strength and weaknesses
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,D. Focusing activity on the correction of identified behavior. - ANSWER Answer: D.
Focusing activity on the correction of identified behavior.
Performance appraisal deal with both positive and negative performance; is not meant to be
a fault-finding activity
Which of the following statements is NOT true about performance appraisal?
A. Informing the staff about the specific impressions of their work help improve their
performance.
B. A verbal appraisal is an acceptable substitute for a written report
C. Patients are the best source of information regarding personnel appraisal.
D. The outcome of performance appraisal rests primarily with the staff. -
ANSWER Answer: C. Patients are the best source of information regarding personnel
appraisal.
The patient can be a source of information about the performance of the staff but it is never
the best source. Directly observing the staff is the best source of information for personnel
appraisal.
There are times when Katherine evaluates her staff as she makes her daily rounds. Which of
the following is NOT a benefit of conducting an informal appraisal?
A. The staff member is observed in natural setting.
B. Incidental confrontation and collaboration is allowed.
C. The evaluation is focused on objective data systematically.
D. The evaluation may provide valid information for compilation of a formal report. -
ANSWER Answer: C. The evaluation is focused on objective data systematically.
Collecting objective data systematically can not be achieved in an informal appraisal. It is
focused on what actually happens in the natural work setting.
She conducts a 6-month performance review session with a staff member. Which of the
following actions is appropriate?
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, A. She asks another nurse to attest the session as a witness.
B. She informs the staff that she may ask another nurse to read the appraisal before the
session is over.
C. She tells the staff that the session is manager-centered.
D. The session is private between the two members. - ANSWER Answer: D. The session
is private between the two members.
The session is private between the manager and the staff and remains to be so when the
two parties do not divulge the information to others.
Alexandra is tasked to organize the new wing of the hospital. She was given the authority to
do as she deems fit. She is aware that the director of nursing has substantial trust and
confidence in her capabilities, communicates through downward and upward channels and
usually uses the ideas and opinions of her staff. Which of the following is her style of
management?
A. Benevolent -authoritative
B. Consultative
C. Exploitive-authoritative
D. Participative - ANSWER Answer: B. Consultative
A consultative manager is almost like a participative manager. The participative manager has
complete trust and confidence in the subordinate, always uses the opinions and ideas of
subordinates and communicates in all directions.
She decides to illustrate the organizational structure. Which of the following elements is
NOT included?
A. Level of authority
B. Lines of communication
C. Span of control
D. Unity of direction - ANSWER Answer: D. Unity of direction
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