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,Huber: Leadership & Nursing Care Management, 8th Edition
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Contents:
Part I: Leadership
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Chapter 1. Leadership and Management Principles Chap
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ter 2. Change and Innovation
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Chapter 3. Organizational Climate and Culture
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Part II: Professionalism
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Chapter 4. Managerial Decision Making Chapter
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@5. Managing Time and Stress Chapter 6. Legal
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@and Ethical Issues
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Part III: Communication and Relationship Building
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Chapter 7. Communication Leadership
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Chapter 8. Team Building and Working With Effective Groups Chapter 9.
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Delegation in Nursing @ @


Chapter 10. Power and Conflict Chapter 1
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1. Workplace Diversity
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Part IV: Knowledge of the Health Care Environment
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Chapter 12. Organizational Structure
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Chapter 13. Decentralization and Shared Governance Ch
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apter 14. Strategic Management
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Chapter 15. Professional Practice Models
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Chapter 16. Case and Population Case Management
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Chapter 17. Evidence-
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Based Practice: Strategies for Nurse Leaders Chapter 18. Quality and Saf
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ety
Chapter 19. Measuring and Managing Outcomes
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Part V: Business Skills
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Chapter 20. Prevention of Workplace Violence Ch
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apter 21. Confronting the Nursing Shortage Chapt
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er 22. Staffing and Scheduling
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Chapter 23. Budgeting, Productivity, and Costing out Nursing Chapter 24.
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Hazards Disaster Preparedness Chapter 26. Data Manage
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ment and Clinical Informatics
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,Chapter 01: Leadership and Management Principles
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Huber: Leadership & Nursing Care Management, 8th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Leadership is best defined as: @ @ @ @


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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Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and su
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pport among followers.
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DIF:
Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) TO @ @ @ @


P: Nursing Process: Assessment
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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2. A medical-
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surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of staff satisfaction a
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nd productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data findings?
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a. Effective leadership @


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c. Mentoring
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Effective leadership is important in nursing because of the impact on nurses’ work lives, it
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being a stabilizing influence during change, and for nurses’ productivity and quality of care.
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DIF:
Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP @ @ @ @


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3. A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathway team in the develop
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ment of care for patients with total knee replacement. Which of the following statements exem
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plifies leadership behaviors in a clinical pathway team meeting?
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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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Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and sup
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port among followers. The correct answer is supportive of a team member’s work and depicts some
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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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a. Inspiring a vision is a management function.
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Management is focused on task accomplishment.@ @ @ @ @




DIF:
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5. During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving to the unit
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in a timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this issue through the devel
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opment and work of a multidisciplinary team led by one of these RNs. This scenario demonstrates:
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a. adaptation.
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Empowerment is the giving of authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act. In this situatio
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n, the manager has given authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act in the investigation
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and resolution of this issue.
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DIF:
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6. A nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home. When creatin
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g a care plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health visit to assess for hom
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e safety and medication compliance. In addition, the nurse is concerned about the nutrition of the pati
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ent and requests a dietitian evaluation. The nurse is demonstrating which of the following leadership
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skills?
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Care coordination is the delivery of nursing services that involves the organization and coordination
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of complex activities. The nurse uses managerial and leadership skills to facilitate delivery of quality
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
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TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Pot
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ential

7. Interpersonal communication and the ability to apply
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are two critical skills every nurse needs to enhance professional practice.
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a. vision