Test Bank For Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing, 11th Edition by Huston, ISBN: 9781975193065, All 25 Chapters Covered, Verified Latest Edition

TEST BANK FOR LEADERSHIP ROLES AND
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN NURSING 11th
EDITION BY MARQUIS HUSTON/ALL CHAPTERS 1-
25

,CH: 1 Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for su
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ccessful leadership and management
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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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ACCURATE ANSWER:-C
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REASONING:-
>>Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of action.
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Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult
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situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related toevaluationand has a bro
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ader scope than decision making and problem solving.
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2. What is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model?
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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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ACCURATE ANSWER:-A BR




Reasoning:->>The traditional problem- BR BR




solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration. Decision making can occur with
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out the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem-
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solving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and energy are spent on identifying
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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 the same problems
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2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each person’s value system
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3. C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to problem solving is used
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4. D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision
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ACCURATE ANSWER:-B BR




Reasoning:-

, >>Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will influence a persons d
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ecision making. No matter how objective the criteria will be, value judgments will always play apart ina pers
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ons decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
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is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model? Page 1
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4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision makers immediate su
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perior

B) The type of decision that needs to be made
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D) The time of day the decision is made
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Reasoning:-
>>The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, the better the final d
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ecision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are limited by each person’s value system.
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5. What does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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1. A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
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2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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4. D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative processes A
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CCURATE ANSWER:-B BR




Reasoning:->>Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive to other BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR




people and situations. Left-
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brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers, and sequential ordering, whereas
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right-brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
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6. What is the best definition of decision making?
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1. A) The planning process of management
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2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
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4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
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, ACCURATE ANSWER:-C
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Reasoning:-
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