LEADING AND MANAGING IN NURSING

Prepare for your nursing leadership and management exams with the Test Bank for Leading and Managing in Nursing, 7th Edition by Patricia S. Yoder-Wise. This comprehensive study resource covers all chapters and includes the latest multiple-choice questions (MCQs) with accurate answers to help students excel in quizzes, assignments, midterm exams, final exams, NCLEX-style practice, and leadership coursework. Designed to strengthen your understanding of nursing leadership, healthcare management, de...

Test Bank for Leading and Managing in Nursing, 7th Edition by Patricia S. Yoder-Wise. This comprehensive Test Bank is an excellent study resource for nursing students preparing for quizzes, exams, leadership courses, and NCLEX-style assessments. It includes all completed Chapters 1–31 with well-organized multiple-choice questions and accurate answers to help reinforce key nursing leadership and management concepts. Features Complete Chapters 1–31 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. You are offered an opportunity to take a temporary leave from your position as a nurse manager to lead a technology implementation project. Which of the following reasons for accepting the opportunity is most consistent with developing a solid career path? a. You are pressured to do so by your supervisor. b. The organization has no other suitable candidate for the position. c. You have limited knowledge of information technology and no real interest, but this will increa...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A strategy that may help to make transition to a new management role and to respond to relationships and situations in the new position is: a. avoiding discussion of personal beliefs with staff until ready to do so. b. finding a network of clinicians with interests similar to their own. c. researching clinical literature to maintain clinical assessment skills for the unit. d. recognizing a strong commitment to care in the management process ANS: D During the trans...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The unit manager on 4E is concerned about the performance of Jean, a staff nurse. She is not involved directly with Jean, so she has not been able to determine whether the problem is one of motivation, ability, or both. If Jean lacks ability, which of the following strategies might the head nurse use? a. Dismiss or transfer Jean. b. Document all problem areas and then discuss them with Jean. c. Develop appropriate solutions and make recommendations to human resources. d...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following strategies is most important in developing a strong vision? a. Seeking out evidence to support trends and out-of-the-box thinking b. Spending time with others with whom we discuss ideas c. Setting up focus groups to provide information on current realities d. Being honest and open about what we think for the future ANS: D Regardless of how we go about developing our vision (gathering evidence, testing ideas with others), honesty and openness...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following is not important in a positive work environment, as defined by the AONE? a. Clear, open, trustful communication b. Accountability and clarity of roles and responsibilities c. Participatory decision making d. Challenge and striving for excellence ANS: D Clear and open communication, accountability and clarity of roles, and participatory decision making are considered by the AONE to be important to a healthy environment. Challenge and excellen...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. As the head nurse involved in leading determination of which patient surveillance systems to acquire for your unit, one of your aims is to avoid adverse events through the implementation of appropriate technology. This particular aim recognizes that: a. human error is significant in contributing to adverse events. b. documentation of patient data is often illegible and therefore, misinterpreted. c. data systems provide backup documentation with adverse events that staff ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Sally (RN) and Melissa (RN) have shared an ongoing conflict since the first day that Melissa worked on the unit. Sally has confided to another colleague that she doesn’t even know why the conflict started or what it was about. This is an example of: a. how expectations and objectives need to be made clear in team situations. b. the need to encourage open discussion of disagreements in opinions. c. the importance of involving all staff in discussions in group settings. ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A nurse manager in the ICU works with his staff to develop an appraisal instrument that includes quantitative data and respects standards for an RN working on that unit. This type of appraisal is a: a. rating scale. b. collaboratively based appraisal system. c. narrative instrument. d. behaviorally anchored rating scale. ANS: D Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARSs) describe performance quantitatively and qualitatively. TOP: AONE competency: Business Skill...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Physicians in a small urban hospital are reluctant to discharge older adult patients because many of the patients lack private insurance and the resources to travel distances for follow-up care. The hospital administration pressures the physicians to discharge patients sooner and to be more consistent with the number of hospitalization days specified within the DRGs. Which of the following would most likely prompt the action of administrators? a. The hospital is incurring ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Information that could be conceived as data that has been further contextualized to possess meaning, “data plus meaning”, is: a. data. b. information. c. knowledge. d. wisdom. ANS: B Information is described by Matney et al. (2011) as ―data plus meaning‖. Therefore, information could be conceived as data that has been further contextualized to possess meaning. For instance, the number 110 and 70 are both meaningless data. If the numbers of 110 and 70 are...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Collective action is effective in: a. ensuring that needs of nurses are placed ahead of other disciplines. b. defining nursing as a profession. c. advising patients of the needs of nurses. d. amplifying the influence of individuals. ANS: D Individuals may have limited influence in achieving various purposes such as advancement of quality care or of the profession, whereas collective action helps to define and sustain individuals in achieving the desired purposes. ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Staff members on your unit raise concern that there is rising acuity on the unit and lack of responsiveness in addressing these needs through appropriate staffing. They point to increased incidences of adverse and sentinel events on the unit. To address this concern, your hospital organization would do best to: a. implement a patient-classification system immediately. b. participate in databases that compare the outcomes and staffing levels versus those of similar institu...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. As a nursing leadership student, you have had the opportunity to develop a palliative care manual that will be utilized by the palliative care network (PCN) in your region for teaching healthcare professionals. The PCN has requested that you provide a prioritized plan of action for marketing the manual on a regional and state basis. What is the first priority? a. Motivate the target market. b. Research the target market. c. Communicate benefits to the target group. d. P...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following exemplifies accountability? Karen, the nurse manager on 5E: a. consistently submits her budgets on time. b. gets along well with her staff and with other managers. c. outlines her rationale for reduction of RN coverage on nights to the Nursing Practice Committee after serious patient injury. d. actively solicits ideas regarding scheduling from her staff. ANS: C Reliability, dependability, and obligation to fulfill the roles and responsibilit...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Select the statement that best defines the difference between problem solving and decision making: a. decision-making skills require critical thinking; problem-solving skills do not. b. problem-solving skills require critical thinking; decision-making skills do not. c. decision making is a goal-directed effort; problem solving is focused on solving an immediate problem. d. problem solving is a goal-directed effort; decision making is focused on solving an immediate prob...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Mrs. Hill, aged 68, was hospitalized after a stroke. The speech therapist recommended that oral feeding be stopped because of her dysplasia. During visiting hours, Mr. Hill fed his wife some noodles. The nurse noticed this and stopped Mr. Hill from feeding his wife, telling him it was the doctor’s decision. An hour later, the nurse returned and found Mr. Hill feeding his wife again. The nurse tried to stop him again. Mr. Hill refused and claimed that the clinical staff wa...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A nurse manager when in the formal leadership position attempts to translate the picture or vision of her facility across for the staff nurses. The manager is faced with a staff who is resistant to the vision of the facility. What is the theory the manger needs to incorporate to be effective? a. Model the Way b. Inspire a Shared Vision c. Challenge the Process d. The Four Agreements ANS: B In this instance, the nurse manager needs to utilize the theory of Inspire ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Marie is a long-term staff nurse on the rehab floor. Her unit manager has been eager to adopt evidence-based recommendations related to family-centered care on the unit. Marie’s response has been that she rarely has time to provide care to patients, let alone families, and that there is no good reason to do anything different than what she is already doing. An approach that may gain Marie’s support of the idea is to: a. invite Marie to review the studies for herself. ...