Test Bank For Leadership Roles and Management
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Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application Eleventh
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Edition By Carol J. Huston, All Chapters ||Complete A+
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Guide oo
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Chapter 1 Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for
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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 closely related 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 Ans: C Feedback:
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular
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course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic
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process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes
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referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope
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than decision making and problem solving.
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2. What
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2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
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4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
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Ans: A Feedback:
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The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration.
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3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
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,1. A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for the same
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problems
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2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
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4. D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision
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4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision
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makers immediate superior
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B) The type of decision that needs to be made
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C) Questions asked and alternatives generated oo oo oo oo
D) The time of day the decision is made Ans:
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C Feedback:
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, the better
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the final decision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are limited by each
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persons value system.
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5. What
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2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive to other
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people and situations. Left-brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic,
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numbers, and sequential ordering, whereas right-brain thinkers excel at nonverbal
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ideation and holistic synthesizing.
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does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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6. What
1. A) The planning process of management
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2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
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4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
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Ans: C Feedback:
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action. Decision making, one step in the problem-solving process, is an important
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task that relies heavily on critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills.
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is the best definition of decision making? Page 2
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7. If decision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
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1. A) An alternative problem
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3. C) An action that guarantees success
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4. D) A restatement of the solution
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Ans: B Feedback:
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Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application Eleventh
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Edition By Carol J. Huston, All Chapters ||Complete A+
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Guide oo
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Chapter 1 Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for
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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 closely related to evaluation
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C) It involves choosing between courses of action
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course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic
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process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes
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referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope
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than decision making and problem solving.
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2. What
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3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
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3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
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problems
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2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
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4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision
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makers immediate superior
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, the better
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the final decision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are limited by each
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persons value system.
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5. What
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2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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, Ans: B Feedback:
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive to other
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people and situations. Left-brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic,
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numbers, and sequential ordering, whereas right-brain thinkers excel at nonverbal
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ideation and holistic synthesizing.
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does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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6. What
1. A) The planning process of management
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2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
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4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
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Ans: C Feedback:
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Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of
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action. Decision making, one step in the problem-solving process, is an important
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task that relies heavily on critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills.
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is the best definition of decision making? Page 2
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7. If decision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
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1. A) An alternative problem
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3. C) An action that guarantees success
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4. D) A restatement of the solution
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Ans: B Feedback:
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