Test Bank for Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 11th Edition by Huston | Complete Questions, Answers & Rationales

Leadership

, Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 11th Edition Marquis Huston Test Bank
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Chapter 1 Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning:
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Requisites for successful leadership and management
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1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
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A) It is an analysis of a situation
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B) It is closelyrelated to evaluation
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C) It involves choosing between courses of action
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D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem
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Decision makingis a complex cognitive process often defined as choosinga particular courseof
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r action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuseson
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r analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is
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r related to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
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2. What is the best definition of decision making?
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1. A) r Its need forimplementation time
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2. B) Its lack of a step requiringevaluation of results
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3. C) r Its failureto gather sufficient data
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4. D) r Its failureto evaluate alternatives
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The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time constraints are a
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r consideration. Decision making can occur without the full analysis required in problem
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r solving. Because problem solving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much
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r time and energy are spent on identifying the real problem.
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3. Which ofthe followingstatements is true regarding decision making?
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1. A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for the
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, 2. B) r Decisions are greatly influenced byeach persons value system
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3. C) r Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to problem
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4. D) r Past experience has little to do with the qualityof the decision
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Ans: B
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Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will influencea
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r persons decision making. No matter how objective the criteria will be, value judgments will
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r always play a part in a persons decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
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4. What influences the qualityof adecision most often? A)The decision makers immediate
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B) Thetype of decision that needs to be made
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D) The time of day the decision is made
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, the better
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r the final decision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are limited by
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each persons value system.
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5. What

1. A) r Good decision makers are usuallyright-brain, intuitive thinkers
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2. B) r Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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3. C) r Good decisions are usuallymadebyleft-brain, logical thinkers
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4. D) r Good decision makingrequires analytical rather than creative processes
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