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Test Bank For Leadership Roles And Management
Functions In Nursing 11th Edition By Carol J
Huston|9781975193089| All Chapters 1-25|Latest
Page 1 of 378
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table of contents
chapter 1: decision making, problem solving, critical thinkin g,and clinical reasoning: requisites
for successful leadership and management
chapter 2: classical views of leadership and management
chapter 3: twenty-first-
century thinking about leadership and management
chapter 4: ethical issues
chapter 5: legal and legislative issues
chapter 6: patient, subordinate, workplace, and professiona ladvocacy
chapter 7: organization plannin g
chapter 8: planned change
chapter 9: time management
chapter 10: fiscal planning and health-
care reimbursement
chapter 11: career planning and devel opment in nursing
chapter 12: organization structure
chapter 13: organization, political, and personal powe r
chapter 14: organizing patient care
chapter 15: employee recruitment, selection, placement, and indoctrinatio n
chapter 16: educating and socializing staff in a learning organization
chapter 17: staffing needs and scheduling policies
chapter 18: creating a motivating climate
chapter 19: organization, interpersonal, and group communication in team buildin g
chapter 20: delegation
chapter 21: conflict, workplace violence, and negotiations
chapter 22: collective bargaining, unionization, and employment law s
chapter 23: quality control in creating a culture of patient safety
chapter 24: performance appraisal
chapter 25: problem employees: rule breakers, marginal employees, and the chemically or
psychologically impaired
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chapter 1 decision making, problem solving, critical thinking, and clinical reasonin
g:requisites for successful leadership and management
1. what statement is true regarding decision making?
A) it is an analysis of a situation
B) it is closely related to evaluation
C) it involves choosing between courses of action
it is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem ANS: c
feedback:
decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular
cour seof action. problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic
process that foc useson analyzing a difficult situation. critical thinking, sometimes
referred to as reflective t hinking, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope
than decision making and problem solving.
2. what
1. a) its need for implementation time
2. b) its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. c) its failure to gather sufficient data
4. d) its failure to evaluate alternatives
ANS: a feedback:
the traditional problem-
solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration. decision
makin g can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. because
problem solvi ng attempts to identify the root problem in situations, muchtime and
energy are spent on identifying the real problem.
3. which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
1. a) scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for th
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esame problems
2. b) decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
3. c) personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to
proble msolving is used
4. d) past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision
ANS: b feedback:
values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will
influenc e a persons decision making. no matter how objective the criteria will be,
value judgments willalways play a part in a persons decision making, either
consciously or subconsciously.
is a weakness of the traditional
problem- solving model?page 1
4. what influences the quality of a decision most often? a) the decision makers
immedia tesuperior
B) the type of decision that needs to be made
C) questions asked and alternatives generated
the time of day the decision is mad eANS: c
feedback:
the greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker,
the bett erthe final decision will be. the alternatives generated and the final choices
are limited by eachpersons value system.
5. what
1. a) good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
2. b) effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
3. c) good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
4. d) good decision making requires analytical rather than creative processes
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Test Bank For Leadership Roles And Management
Functions In Nursing 11th Edition By Carol J
Huston|9781975193089| All Chapters 1-25|Latest
Page 1 of 378
, 2
table of contents
chapter 1: decision making, problem solving, critical thinkin g,and clinical reasoning: requisites
for successful leadership and management
chapter 2: classical views of leadership and management
chapter 3: twenty-first-
century thinking about leadership and management
chapter 4: ethical issues
chapter 5: legal and legislative issues
chapter 6: patient, subordinate, workplace, and professiona ladvocacy
chapter 7: organization plannin g
chapter 8: planned change
chapter 9: time management
chapter 10: fiscal planning and health-
care reimbursement
chapter 11: career planning and devel opment in nursing
chapter 12: organization structure
chapter 13: organization, political, and personal powe r
chapter 14: organizing patient care
chapter 15: employee recruitment, selection, placement, and indoctrinatio n
chapter 16: educating and socializing staff in a learning organization
chapter 17: staffing needs and scheduling policies
chapter 18: creating a motivating climate
chapter 19: organization, interpersonal, and group communication in team buildin g
chapter 20: delegation
chapter 21: conflict, workplace violence, and negotiations
chapter 22: collective bargaining, unionization, and employment law s
chapter 23: quality control in creating a culture of patient safety
chapter 24: performance appraisal
chapter 25: problem employees: rule breakers, marginal employees, and the chemically or
psychologically impaired
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chapter 1 decision making, problem solving, critical thinking, and clinical reasonin
g:requisites for successful leadership and management
1. what statement is true regarding decision making?
A) it is an analysis of a situation
B) it is closely related to evaluation
C) it involves choosing between courses of action
it is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem ANS: c
feedback:
decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular
cour seof action. problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic
process that foc useson analyzing a difficult situation. critical thinking, sometimes
referred to as reflective t hinking, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope
than decision making and problem solving.
2. what
1. a) its need for implementation time
2. b) its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. c) its failure to gather sufficient data
4. d) its failure to evaluate alternatives
ANS: a feedback:
the traditional problem-
solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration. decision
makin g can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. because
problem solvi ng attempts to identify the root problem in situations, muchtime and
energy are spent on identifying the real problem.
3. which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
1. a) scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for th
Page 3 of 378
, 4
esame problems
2. b) decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
3. c) personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to
proble msolving is used
4. d) past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision
ANS: b feedback:
values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will
influenc e a persons decision making. no matter how objective the criteria will be,
value judgments willalways play a part in a persons decision making, either
consciously or subconsciously.
is a weakness of the traditional
problem- solving model?page 1
4. what influences the quality of a decision most often? a) the decision makers
immedia tesuperior
B) the type of decision that needs to be made
C) questions asked and alternatives generated
the time of day the decision is mad eANS: c
feedback:
the greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker,
the bett erthe final decision will be. the alternatives generated and the final choices
are limited by eachpersons value system.
5. what
1. a) good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
2. b) effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
3. c) good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
4. d) good decision making requires analytical rather than creative processes
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