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Leadership Roles and Management Functions in
Nurs Theory and Application, 11th Edition
By (Huston, 2024), All Chapters 1 - 25
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter 1 Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical
Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for successful
leadership and management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing between courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem
ANS: C
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course
of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that
focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective
thinking, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making and problem
solving.
2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
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ANS: A
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The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time constraints are a
consideration. Decision making can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving.
Because problem solving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and
energy are spent on identifying the real problem.
3.Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
1. A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for the
same problems
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