GAINING PERSONAL INSIGHT: THE
BEGINNING OF BEING A LEADER
YODER-WISE: LEADING AND
MANAGING IN NURSING, 7TH EDITION
CHAPTER 05: EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
8. A staff nurse is taking leadership classes in an advanced degree program as the
nurse wants to become a manager. The instructor requires the students to create a
journal and make notes of their feelings when they experience conflicts at work over the
next few weeks. The assignment calls for the use of reflection. What is the purpose of
this assignment?
a. Log of conflicts which occur
b. Reflection for self-awareness in conflict situations
c. Assess the students conflict management skills
d. Analysis of student lead conflicts - Answer-ANS: B
The use of journaling, when done with self-reflection and use of value to evaluate
situations and reflect, assist in self-awareness of situations. In this instance, the
instructor is wanting the students to use self-awareness through evaluation of conflict
occurrences.
9. The nurse manager is working with a group of new nurses. The new nurses ask
questions about leadership and the role of a manager in leading nursing. The manager
shares she has incorporated her core values and beliefs into her role and
responsibilities as a nurse manager. What type of leadership has she described?
a. Positional leadership
b. Personal leadership
c. Formal leadership
d. Information leadership - Answer-ANS: B
The manager has described the use of personal leadership. This incorporates core
values and beliefs of the person to improve their role and responsibilities.
10. Excellent leaders need to have or develop the skills of empathy and expressiveness
when dealing with others in the workplace. This is also known as understanding and
managing own feelings and emotions as well as discerning the emotions of others.
What is this an example of required by good leaders?
a. Social awareness
b. Self-awareness
c. Emotional intelligence
, d. Intellectual ability - Answer-ANS: C
Emotional intelligence is defined as understanding and managing our emotions with the
added awareness of discerning the emotions of others. Many organizations will assess
leaders for their level of emotional intelligence to assist the individuals understanding
their ability to relate to others.
11. A nurse manager when in the formal leadership position attempts to translate the
picture or vision of her facility across for the staff nurses. The manager is faced with a
staff who is resistant to the vision of the facility. What is the theory the manger needs to
incorporate to be effective?
a. Model the Way
b. Inspire a Shared Vision
c. Challenge the Process
d. The Four Agreements
ANS: B
In this instance, the nurse manager needs to utilize the theory of Inspire a Share Vision.
This is an expectation of leaders to be able to contribute by translating the big picture
vision to the staff. - Answer-
12. The manager is using self-reflection to gain insight into improving the leadership
skills. By using self-awareness what does a leader develop?
a. New knowledge
b. Personal growth
c. Improved self esteem
d. Management skills - Answer-ANS: A
By using the self-awareness, and essential task for leadership the leader cultivates
personal insights and new knowledge of themselves as a leader. Personal growth may
or may not occur with self-reflection, improved self-esteem is not guaranteed, and
management skills are not obtained.
13. In developing leadership skills, one should focus on authentic leadership. The
theory of authentic leadership focuses on various factors. What is the top priority in
development of authentic leadership?
a. Honest relationships
b. Organizational task
c. Accomplishment of goals
d. Exploring others - Answer-ANS: A
The top priority in development of authentic leadership is development of honest
relationships. Valuing what each person brings to the group trusting the group, exploring
other ideas, accomplishing goals, and being ineffective organizer are important.
However, development and honest relationships is the foundation of authentic
leadership.
14. As a leader in nursing, one must seek new insights and establish personal tools to
improve their lifelong learning. Which behavior by manager would be a concern for a
chief nursing executive?
BEGINNING OF BEING A LEADER
YODER-WISE: LEADING AND
MANAGING IN NURSING, 7TH EDITION
CHAPTER 05: EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
8. A staff nurse is taking leadership classes in an advanced degree program as the
nurse wants to become a manager. The instructor requires the students to create a
journal and make notes of their feelings when they experience conflicts at work over the
next few weeks. The assignment calls for the use of reflection. What is the purpose of
this assignment?
a. Log of conflicts which occur
b. Reflection for self-awareness in conflict situations
c. Assess the students conflict management skills
d. Analysis of student lead conflicts - Answer-ANS: B
The use of journaling, when done with self-reflection and use of value to evaluate
situations and reflect, assist in self-awareness of situations. In this instance, the
instructor is wanting the students to use self-awareness through evaluation of conflict
occurrences.
9. The nurse manager is working with a group of new nurses. The new nurses ask
questions about leadership and the role of a manager in leading nursing. The manager
shares she has incorporated her core values and beliefs into her role and
responsibilities as a nurse manager. What type of leadership has she described?
a. Positional leadership
b. Personal leadership
c. Formal leadership
d. Information leadership - Answer-ANS: B
The manager has described the use of personal leadership. This incorporates core
values and beliefs of the person to improve their role and responsibilities.
10. Excellent leaders need to have or develop the skills of empathy and expressiveness
when dealing with others in the workplace. This is also known as understanding and
managing own feelings and emotions as well as discerning the emotions of others.
What is this an example of required by good leaders?
a. Social awareness
b. Self-awareness
c. Emotional intelligence
, d. Intellectual ability - Answer-ANS: C
Emotional intelligence is defined as understanding and managing our emotions with the
added awareness of discerning the emotions of others. Many organizations will assess
leaders for their level of emotional intelligence to assist the individuals understanding
their ability to relate to others.
11. A nurse manager when in the formal leadership position attempts to translate the
picture or vision of her facility across for the staff nurses. The manager is faced with a
staff who is resistant to the vision of the facility. What is the theory the manger needs to
incorporate to be effective?
a. Model the Way
b. Inspire a Shared Vision
c. Challenge the Process
d. The Four Agreements
ANS: B
In this instance, the nurse manager needs to utilize the theory of Inspire a Share Vision.
This is an expectation of leaders to be able to contribute by translating the big picture
vision to the staff. - Answer-
12. The manager is using self-reflection to gain insight into improving the leadership
skills. By using self-awareness what does a leader develop?
a. New knowledge
b. Personal growth
c. Improved self esteem
d. Management skills - Answer-ANS: A
By using the self-awareness, and essential task for leadership the leader cultivates
personal insights and new knowledge of themselves as a leader. Personal growth may
or may not occur with self-reflection, improved self-esteem is not guaranteed, and
management skills are not obtained.
13. In developing leadership skills, one should focus on authentic leadership. The
theory of authentic leadership focuses on various factors. What is the top priority in
development of authentic leadership?
a. Honest relationships
b. Organizational task
c. Accomplishment of goals
d. Exploring others - Answer-ANS: A
The top priority in development of authentic leadership is development of honest
relationships. Valuing what each person brings to the group trusting the group, exploring
other ideas, accomplishing goals, and being ineffective organizer are important.
However, development and honest relationships is the foundation of authentic
leadership.
14. As a leader in nursing, one must seek new insights and establish personal tools to
improve their lifelong learning. Which behavior by manager would be a concern for a
chief nursing executive?
