Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
Theory and Application, 11th Edition
By (Huston, 2024), All Chapters 1 - 25
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
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,Chapter 1 Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Think
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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
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular cours
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eof action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focus
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eson analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thin
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king, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solv
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ing.
2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
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2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
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3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
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4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
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eedback:
The traditional problem-
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solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration. Decision makin
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g can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem solvin
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g attempts to identify the root problem in situations, mucht ime and energy are spent on id
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entifying the real problem.
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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 th
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esame problems
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