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Test Bank for Leadership and Nursing Care Management 8th Edition
by M. Lindell Joseph, Diane Huber
All Chapters 1-27| Verified Questions & Answers with Rationales|
Graded A+
ISBN 9780443127373
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01: Leadership and Management Principles ................................................... 3
Chapter 02: Change and Innovation ............................................................................ 13
Chapter 03: Organizational Climate and Culture ........................................................ 26
Chapter 04: Managerial Decision Making ................................................................... 38
Chapter 05: Managing Time and Stress ...................................................................... 51
Chapter 06: Legal and Ethical Issues........................................................................... 63
Chapter 07: Communication Leadership .................................................................... 77
Chapter 08: Team Building and Working With Effective Groups ................................ 90
Chapter 09: Delegation in Nursing ............................................................................ 104
Chapter 10: Power and Conflict ................................................................................ 118
Chapter 11: Workplace Diversity .............................................................................. 132
Chapter 12: Organizational Structure ....................................................................... 144
Chapter 13: Decentralization and Shared Governance ............................................. 156
Chapter 14: Strategic Management ........................................................................... 169
Chapter 15: Professional Practice Models ................................................................ 187
Chapter 16: Case and Population Health Management............................................. 199
Chapter 17: Evidence-Based Practice: Strategies for Nursing Leaders ..................... 212
Chapter 18: Quality and Safety ................................................................................. 227
Chapter 19: Measuring and Managing Outcomes ..................................................... 247
Chapter 20: Prevention of Workplace Violence ........................................................ 255
Chapter 21: Confronting the Nursing Shortage ......................................................... 267
Chapter 22: Staffing and Scheduling ......................................................................... 282
Chapter 23: Budgeting, Productivity, and Costing Out Nursing ................................ 295
Chapter 24: Performance Appraisal ......................................................................... 304
Chapter 25: Emergency Management and Preparedness ......................................... 318
Chapter 26: Data Management and Clinical Informatics .......................................... 331
Chapter 27: Marketing .............................................................................................. 344
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Chapter 01: Leadership and Management Principles
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Leadership is best defined as:
a. an interpersonal process of participating by encouraging fellowship.
b. delegation of authority and responsibility and the coordination of activities.
c. inspiring people to accomplish goals through support and confidence building.
d. the integration of resources through planning, organizing, and directing.
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and
support among followers.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client
Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high
rates of staff satisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data
findings?
a. Effective leadership
b. Management involvement
c. Mentoring
d. Rewards and recognition
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Effective leadership is important in nursing because of the impact on nurses’ work lives, it being
a stabilizing influence during change, and for nurses’ productivity and quality of care. DIF:
Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathway team in the
development of care for patients with total knee replacement. Which of the following statements
exemplifies leadership behaviors in a clinical pathway team meeting?
a. ―Nursing is responsible for pain control of the total knee replacement patient.‖
b. ―Our pharmacist has provided some excellent pain control literature.‖
c. ―Physical therapy’s expertise is in rehabilitation, not pain control.‖
d. ―Total knee replacement patients require optimal pain control.‖
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and
support among followers. The is supportive of a team member’s work and depicts some skill at
interpersonal relationships.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client
Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
4. Which of the following is true of management activities?
a. Inspiring a vision is a management function.
b. Management is focused on task accomplishment.
c. Management is more focused on human relationships.
d. Management is more important than leadership.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Management is focused on task accomplishment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client
Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving
to the unit in a timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this issue
through the development and work of a multidisciplinary team led by one of these RNs. This
scenario demonstrates:
a. adaptation.
b. empowerment.
c. flexibility.
d. relationship management.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Empowerment is the giving of authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act. In this situation,
the manager has given authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act in the investigation and
resolution of this issue.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client
Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
6. A nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home.
When creating a care plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health visit
to assess for home safety and medication compliance. In addition, the nurse is concerned about
the nutrition of the patient and requests a dietitian evaluation. The nurse is demonstrating
which of the following leadership skills?
a. Care provider
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Test Bank for Leadership and Nursing Care Management 8th Edition
by M. Lindell Joseph, Diane Huber
All Chapters 1-27| Verified Questions & Answers with Rationales|
Graded A+
ISBN 9780443127373
~1~
,THIS DOCUMENT BELONGS TO TESTBANKSPROF
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01: Leadership and Management Principles ................................................... 3
Chapter 02: Change and Innovation ............................................................................ 13
Chapter 03: Organizational Climate and Culture ........................................................ 26
Chapter 04: Managerial Decision Making ................................................................... 38
Chapter 05: Managing Time and Stress ...................................................................... 51
Chapter 06: Legal and Ethical Issues........................................................................... 63
Chapter 07: Communication Leadership .................................................................... 77
Chapter 08: Team Building and Working With Effective Groups ................................ 90
Chapter 09: Delegation in Nursing ............................................................................ 104
Chapter 10: Power and Conflict ................................................................................ 118
Chapter 11: Workplace Diversity .............................................................................. 132
Chapter 12: Organizational Structure ....................................................................... 144
Chapter 13: Decentralization and Shared Governance ............................................. 156
Chapter 14: Strategic Management ........................................................................... 169
Chapter 15: Professional Practice Models ................................................................ 187
Chapter 16: Case and Population Health Management............................................. 199
Chapter 17: Evidence-Based Practice: Strategies for Nursing Leaders ..................... 212
Chapter 18: Quality and Safety ................................................................................. 227
Chapter 19: Measuring and Managing Outcomes ..................................................... 247
Chapter 20: Prevention of Workplace Violence ........................................................ 255
Chapter 21: Confronting the Nursing Shortage ......................................................... 267
Chapter 22: Staffing and Scheduling ......................................................................... 282
Chapter 23: Budgeting, Productivity, and Costing Out Nursing ................................ 295
Chapter 24: Performance Appraisal ......................................................................... 304
Chapter 25: Emergency Management and Preparedness ......................................... 318
Chapter 26: Data Management and Clinical Informatics .......................................... 331
Chapter 27: Marketing .............................................................................................. 344
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Chapter 01: Leadership and Management Principles
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Leadership is best defined as:
a. an interpersonal process of participating by encouraging fellowship.
b. delegation of authority and responsibility and the coordination of activities.
c. inspiring people to accomplish goals through support and confidence building.
d. the integration of resources through planning, organizing, and directing.
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and
support among followers.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client
Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high
rates of staff satisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data
findings?
a. Effective leadership
b. Management involvement
c. Mentoring
d. Rewards and recognition
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Effective leadership is important in nursing because of the impact on nurses’ work lives, it being
a stabilizing influence during change, and for nurses’ productivity and quality of care. DIF:
Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathway team in the
development of care for patients with total knee replacement. Which of the following statements
exemplifies leadership behaviors in a clinical pathway team meeting?
a. ―Nursing is responsible for pain control of the total knee replacement patient.‖
b. ―Our pharmacist has provided some excellent pain control literature.‖
c. ―Physical therapy’s expertise is in rehabilitation, not pain control.‖
d. ―Total knee replacement patients require optimal pain control.‖
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and
support among followers. The is supportive of a team member’s work and depicts some skill at
interpersonal relationships.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client
Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
4. Which of the following is true of management activities?
a. Inspiring a vision is a management function.
b. Management is focused on task accomplishment.
c. Management is more focused on human relationships.
d. Management is more important than leadership.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Management is focused on task accomplishment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client
Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving
to the unit in a timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this issue
through the development and work of a multidisciplinary team led by one of these RNs. This
scenario demonstrates:
a. adaptation.
b. empowerment.
c. flexibility.
d. relationship management.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Empowerment is the giving of authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act. In this situation,
the manager has given authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act in the investigation and
resolution of this issue.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client
Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
6. A nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home.
When creating a care plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health visit
to assess for home safety and medication compliance. In addition, the nurse is concerned about
the nutrition of the patient and requests a dietitian evaluation. The nurse is demonstrating
which of the following leadership skills?
a. Care provider
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