Updated/Latest Leadership and Nursing Care Management 6th Edition by Diane Huber 2025–2026 Comprehensive Test Bank Questions and Answers for Nursing Leadership Management Delegation Prioritization Clinical Decision Making Healthcare Administration and NCL

TEST BANK FOR LEADERSHIP
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,Chapter 01: Leadership and Management Principles
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Test Bank
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1. Leadership is best defined as: YFT L YFT L YFT L L
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a. an interpersonal process of participating by encouraging fellowship.
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b. delegation of authority and responsibility and the coordination of activities. YFT L YFT L YFT L YFT L YFT L YFT L YFT L YFT L L
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c. inspiring people to accomplish goals through support and confidence building. L
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d. the integration of resources through planning, organizing, and directing.
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ANS: Y F T L C
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence YFT L YFT L L
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and support among followers.
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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2. A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of
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staff satisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data?
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c. Mentoring
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being a stabilizing influence during change, and for nurses’ productivity and quality of care.
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3. A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathway team in the
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development of care for patients with total knee replacement. Which of the
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following statements would exemplify leadership behaviors in a clinical pathway
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team meeting?
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b. “Our pharmacist has provided some excellent pain control literature.” L
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ANS: Y F T L B
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring YFT L Y FT L Y FT L YFT L Y FT L Y FT L YFT L YFT L YFT L YFT L Y FT L



confidence and support among followers. The correct answer is supportive of a team
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member’s work and depicts some skill at interpersonal relationships.
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MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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b. Management is focused on task accomplishment. YFT L YFT L YFT L YFT L YFT L



c. Management is more focused on human relationships. YFT L YFT L YFT L YFT L YFT L L
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d. Management is more important than leadership. YFT L YFT L L
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ANS: Y F T L B
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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5. During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving
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to the unit in a timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this
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issue through the development and work of a multidisciplinary team led by one of these
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RNs. This scenario demonstrates:
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a. adaptation.
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this situation, the manager has given authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act
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in the investigation and resolution of this issue.
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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6. A nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home.
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When creating a care plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health
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visit to assess for home safety and medication compliance. In addition, the nurse is
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concerned about the nutrition of the patient and requests a dietitian evaluation. The nurse
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is demonstrating which of the following leadership skills?
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Care coordination is the delivery of nursing services that involves the organization and
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coordination of complex activities. The nurse uses managerial and leadership skills to
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facilitate delivery of quality care.
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MSC: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
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Every nurse needs two critical skills to enhance professional practice. One is a skill at
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interpersonal relationships. This is fundamental to leadership and the work of nursing. The
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second skill is applying the problem-solving process. This involves critical thinking, problem
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identification, and the development of objectivity.
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8. Good leaders need to be able to demonstrate an intuitive skill of empathy and
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expressiveness when dealing with others in the workplace. This requires sensitivity and
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awareness of the emotions and moods of others and is known as:
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Social awareness is an intuitive skill of empathy and expressiveness in being sensitive and
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9. The manager of the emergency department in a large hospital focuses on customer service,
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exudes the nursing code of ethics, and sees his or her job as an occupation with a
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lifetime commitment. This is a concept known as:
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a. leadership.
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c. professionalism.
d. vision.
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focuses on service as the highest ideal, follows a code of ethics, and is seen as a lifetime
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and achieve the determined goals.
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a. Managers
b. Motivators