CONTEMPORARY NURSING ISSUES
TRENDS AND MANAGEMENT 9TH
EDITION BARBARA CHERRY SCRIPT
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ what are the three major types of skills needed for effective
nursing leadership
Answer: 1. technical: clinical expertise and nursing knowledge
2. Human skills— the ability and judgment to work with and lead
people in a compassionate, caring way
3. Conceptual skills— the ability to understand the complexities
of the overall organization and to recognize how and where one's
own area of management fits into the overall organization.
◉ discuss the three management styles:
1. autocratic
2. laisez fair
,3. democratic: what is this commonly refferred to as
Answer: 1. makes all decisions with no staff input and uses the
authority of the position to accomplish goals.
2. provides little direction or guidance and will forgo decision
making.
3. often referred to as participative management because of its
basic premise of encouraging staff members to participate in
decision making.
◉ 1. what type of situation is an autocratic leader a good idea for?
2. what about democratic
Answer: 1. emergency situation like treating someone in cardiac
arrest
2. working with someone on their call schedule
◉ 1. what does systems theory view organization
Answer: a set of interdependent parts that together form a whole.
The interdependent nature of the parts of the organization
suggests that anything that affects the functioning of one aspect of
the organization will affect the other parts of the organization.
, ◉ how does chaos theory view organization
Answer: suggests that a degree of order can be attained by
viewing complicated behaviors and situations as predictable.
◉ how can healthcare be successful with systems theory
Answer: To be successful, today's health care organizations must
be able to continually adapt to internal and external changes.
◉ how does systems theory aid in nursing
Answer: has provided nurses with a framework to view nursing
services as a subsystem of the larger organization and to realize
the interrelatedness and interdependence of all the parts of the
organization.
◉ 1. how does chaos theory aid in nursing
2. give an example
Answer: 1. Chaos theory says that variation is a normal part of
managing health care systems.
2. a nurse manager knows that staff absences as a result of illness,
sick children, and family emergencies are a fact of life, which
require the nurse manager to have backup plans in place in the
event that staff members "call in" and are unable to report for
their assigned shift.
TRENDS AND MANAGEMENT 9TH
EDITION BARBARA CHERRY SCRIPT
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ what are the three major types of skills needed for effective
nursing leadership
Answer: 1. technical: clinical expertise and nursing knowledge
2. Human skills— the ability and judgment to work with and lead
people in a compassionate, caring way
3. Conceptual skills— the ability to understand the complexities
of the overall organization and to recognize how and where one's
own area of management fits into the overall organization.
◉ discuss the three management styles:
1. autocratic
2. laisez fair
,3. democratic: what is this commonly refferred to as
Answer: 1. makes all decisions with no staff input and uses the
authority of the position to accomplish goals.
2. provides little direction or guidance and will forgo decision
making.
3. often referred to as participative management because of its
basic premise of encouraging staff members to participate in
decision making.
◉ 1. what type of situation is an autocratic leader a good idea for?
2. what about democratic
Answer: 1. emergency situation like treating someone in cardiac
arrest
2. working with someone on their call schedule
◉ 1. what does systems theory view organization
Answer: a set of interdependent parts that together form a whole.
The interdependent nature of the parts of the organization
suggests that anything that affects the functioning of one aspect of
the organization will affect the other parts of the organization.
, ◉ how does chaos theory view organization
Answer: suggests that a degree of order can be attained by
viewing complicated behaviors and situations as predictable.
◉ how can healthcare be successful with systems theory
Answer: To be successful, today's health care organizations must
be able to continually adapt to internal and external changes.
◉ how does systems theory aid in nursing
Answer: has provided nurses with a framework to view nursing
services as a subsystem of the larger organization and to realize
the interrelatedness and interdependence of all the parts of the
organization.
◉ 1. how does chaos theory aid in nursing
2. give an example
Answer: 1. Chaos theory says that variation is a normal part of
managing health care systems.
2. a nurse manager knows that staff absences as a result of illness,
sick children, and family emergencies are a fact of life, which
require the nurse manager to have backup plans in place in the
event that staff members "call in" and are unable to report for
their assigned shift.
