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Nation Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) - Correct Answer -Identify residents correctly
-Use medicines safely
-Prevent infection
-Prevent residents from falling
-Prevent bed sores
-identify patient safety risk
Laissez-Faire leadership - Correct Answer -concern more with employees, than polices and patients
-kick back relaxed
-not a lot of guidance
-passive aggressive
-they achieve little to nothing
Situational leadership - Correct Answer -varying your leadership style to meet the demands of the situation in the work environment
What are the skills that are necessary to function successfully as a first-line manager. - Correct Answer -for supervising nursing assistance
-first line leaders are referred to as charged nurse position
-skills such as building a strong base
How does MANAGEMENT differ from leadership? management differ from leadership? - Correct Answer -they are the organization of all care required of patients. they also do planning and directing to meat patient goals
How does LEADERSHIP differ from Management? - Correct Answer -they get alone with co-workers and accomplish the job
-they focus on producing changes in the work place that will meet goals of employing agency Describe the characteristics of the democratic style of leadership. - Correct Answer -
Have staff vote
-shared responsibilities
-focus on policies BUT listens to employees
-seek input from workers
-problems solving and group effort
-They are good for daily work environment, meeting care plan reviews
What are five core areas of knowledge and skills that are necessary for the practical/vocational charge nurse to be an effective leader - Correct Answer 1) Motivate team members to accomplish goals
2) Team goals
3) Communicate assertively
4) build a team of cooperative workers
5) manage stress effective
what are the five levels of work motivators? Howlett hierarchy? - Correct Answer level 1-
salary, benefits, working conditions, supervision policies and agencies level 2- safety in the work place job security
level 3- affiliation interpersonal relationships
level 4- recognition growth, responsibilities, nature of the job
level 5- achievement advancement
What is the basic hint for successful problem solving? - Correct Answer -identify the real
issue and solve it
When documenting unacceptable behavior, give examples of objective information that should be included in the evaluation. - Correct Answer -day & time late for shift
-date of oral warning
-seriousness of the situation