RNSG 2221 LEADERSHIP FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

RNSG 2221 LEADERSHIP FINAL EXAM |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




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What type of power does a professional nursing certification
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provide? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Expert |\ |\ |\ |\




Which statement about power is correct? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Having power generally results in the gain of additional power
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Which statement represents a powerful image of a team leader? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"We have a great deal to accomplish
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today, but I am confident that, by working together, we can do it
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and do it well."
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Which power-building strategy would be the appropriate for a
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new employee? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A)
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Maintaining a sense of humor |\ |\ |\ |\




B) Gaining additional nursing certifications
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C) Learning the institution's organizational culture.
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D) Attending a training seminar on a new piece of unit equipment
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What determines the size of the authority-power gap between a
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manager and an employee? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔How
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credible the manager is perceived to be
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,What does proactive political strategy include? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Assuming authority to do something if it is not
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Which strategy is most effective in empowering staff? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Serving as a role model of an empowered nurse
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Which statement concerning the queen bee syndrome is true? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔It prevents the sharing of power
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What is one of the most politically serious errors one can make? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Dispensing fictitious information
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Which statement describes both self-power and feminist power? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Personally awareness that is
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demonstrated by having power over one's life |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




A nursing administrator believes that the organization supports
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an inadequate distribution of power. What is the administrator's
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initial action to combat this situation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To
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gain entry into an informal power group.
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What does empowerment encourage? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Sharing authority with others |\ |\ |\




Two of the organizational goals are to increase physician
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satisfaction and reduce costs. A unit goal is to increase |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


professional RN staffing. Which statement best supports all the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

,stated goals? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Increasing the RN staff
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will free more nurses to be available to answer doctors' concerns
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during their rounds and will reduce our costly use of overtime
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What are necessary components of leadership and management?
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Power
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|\ 2. Authority
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What is the primary influence that shapes a person's response to
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authority? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Power figures in the family
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unit


What is the name of the gap that sometimes exists between a
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position of authority and subordinate response? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Authority-power |\




Which factors are associated with the empowerment of staff? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Allow |\ |\ |\




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|\ 3. Enable
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Which statement concerning women's views of power is true? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Women view power differently than men
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do


What is coercive power based on? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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power of fear and of punishment
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, What are the reasons for losing this power? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔1. Being politically naive
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|\ 2. Failure to use appropriate political strategies
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Which statement regarding the view of power held by some
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women is true? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A)
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Power is inherently possessed by men
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B) Power is associated with personal attributes
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C) Power is viewed as dominance versus submission
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D) Power is associated with personal qualities not
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accomplishment


What is the foundation of reference power? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Association with others
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Which is the positive outcome for a manager perceived to
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possess manager power? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Staff have
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trust in the manager |\ |\ |\




A staff member asks the manger for a particular day off on the
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next schedule. Which response demonstrates the concept of
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underpromising and help the manager retain the staff's trust? - |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"If staffing stays the same, I will arrange|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


for your request."
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