MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP HESI
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED ANSWERS. EXPERT
VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS.
The student nurse is shadowing on a medical/surgical unit and observes the duties of the
charge nurse. Which of the following would the student identify as a quality attributed to a
nurse in a leadership role?
A. Delays admission from emergency department until staff has appropriately educated a newly
diagnosed diabetic patient on insulin administration.
B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to communicate his
future health concerns.
C. Reevaluates staffing needs after one RN "calls in sick."
D. Counsels a UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) after arriving late for work the third time
that week. - ANS B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to
communicate his future health concerns.
Rationale:
Leaders do the right thing.
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, Therefore focus on effectiveness whereas a manager focuses on efficiencies.
Which of the following is NOT a task or responsibility of the first-level manager?
Staff assignments for patient care during shifts
Conducting staff meetings
Making daily patient rounds
Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence - ANS Initiate changes to unit
policies based on current evidence
Rationale:
Initiating change to the unit policies based on current evidence is done by the middle-level
manage. The other options describe tasks of the first-level manager.
A new nurse is interviewed at a facility where various models of patient care delivery are used.
The nurse is interested in developing clinical decision-making skills. After the interview, the
nurse determines the best position for enhancing those skills is the unit that uses which of the
following models?
Primary nursing
Team nursing
Functional nursing
Case management - ANS Primary Nursing
In primary nursing, clinical decision making is focused at the bedside by the nurse administering
the care. The other options are a patient care delivery model whose focus is not bedside
decision making.
Which of the following is NOT an example of the behavioral theory of leadership?
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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED ANSWERS. EXPERT
VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS.
The student nurse is shadowing on a medical/surgical unit and observes the duties of the
charge nurse. Which of the following would the student identify as a quality attributed to a
nurse in a leadership role?
A. Delays admission from emergency department until staff has appropriately educated a newly
diagnosed diabetic patient on insulin administration.
B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to communicate his
future health concerns.
C. Reevaluates staffing needs after one RN "calls in sick."
D. Counsels a UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) after arriving late for work the third time
that week. - ANS B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to
communicate his future health concerns.
Rationale:
Leaders do the right thing.
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, Therefore focus on effectiveness whereas a manager focuses on efficiencies.
Which of the following is NOT a task or responsibility of the first-level manager?
Staff assignments for patient care during shifts
Conducting staff meetings
Making daily patient rounds
Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence - ANS Initiate changes to unit
policies based on current evidence
Rationale:
Initiating change to the unit policies based on current evidence is done by the middle-level
manage. The other options describe tasks of the first-level manager.
A new nurse is interviewed at a facility where various models of patient care delivery are used.
The nurse is interested in developing clinical decision-making skills. After the interview, the
nurse determines the best position for enhancing those skills is the unit that uses which of the
following models?
Primary nursing
Team nursing
Functional nursing
Case management - ANS Primary Nursing
In primary nursing, clinical decision making is focused at the bedside by the nurse administering
the care. The other options are a patient care delivery model whose focus is not bedside
decision making.
Which of the following is NOT an example of the behavioral theory of leadership?
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