) Nursing and Healthcare
II | Questions with Verified Answers
| 100 % Correct | Grade A - Galen
Question:
TRUE OR FALSE
A purely task-centered leadership style that thrives on power and involves
telling someone what to do, with little regard for the employee as a person, is
the Autocratic style.
Answer:
TRUE
Question:
In which situation would the LPN/LVN charge nurse be in violation of OBRA
provisions
Answer:
Letting the unit secretary, who has completed 30 hours of instruction in a
CNA program, bathe and ambulate a resident
,Question:
How can the LPN/LVN charge nurse meet needs for affiliation among staff on
their shift?
Answer:
arrange a social gathering for the staff on shift
Question:
For an LPN/LVN to motivate staff members to meet the goals of the
organization, it is helpful if the nurse
Answer:
understands work motivators
Question:
The charge nurse tells the LPN/LVN "I need you to place the patient on a non-
rebreather mask now." The charge nurse has little regard for the LPN/LVN's
input at this time. The charge nurse is displaying what leadership style?
Answer:
autocratic
, Question:
Which of the following is an example of objective, rational thinking rather
than subjective, irrational thinking about nursing assistants whom the
LPN/LVN charge nurse supervises?
Answer:
"I want nursing assistants to be on time for report"
Question:
A nursing assistant states, "I have never learned how to transfer a resident
with end-stage Parkinson's disease from the bed to the chair." The nursing
assistant refuses to transfer the resident at this time. Which action would the
LPN/LVN charge nurse implement?
Answer:
arrange to teach the nursing assistant how to transfer the resident
Question:
Assuming all the following are staff members on the unit, to whom should the
LPN/LVN charge nurse assign a newly admitted 65-year-old resident with left
hemiplegia and a large sacral decubitus requiring a sterile dressing change?
Answer:
LPN/LVN with 2 years of experience