NURS 4800 - Leadership Final Exam
questions well answered to pass
transformational leadership - correct answer ✔✔involves transforming people and
organizations in a literal sense to change them in mind and heart, *enlarge vision and
understanding*, clarify purposes, make behavior congruent with beliefs, values, or principles,
and bring about changes that are permanent, self-perpetuating, and momentum-building
- You have a *vision* as a leader, and you want to take everyone to that vision with you!
- Based on an *inspiring vision* that changes the framework of the organization for employees
- Encourages employees to transcend their own self-interest; communicate in a way that causes
emotional engagement
transactional leadership - correct answer ✔✔historical "boss" image; employees understand
that a superior makes the decisions with little or no input from the subordinates
- Relies on the power of organizational position and formal authority to reward and punish
performance
- Use of a *quid pro quo* style to accomplish work (Ex: "I'll do x in exchange for you doing y.")
authentic leadership - correct answer ✔✔involves leaders who are *deeply aware* of how they
think and behave and are perceived by others as being aware of their own and others'
values/moral perspectives, knowledge, and strengths; aware of the context in which they
operate; and who are *confident, hopeful, optimistic, resilient, and of high moral character*.
- Being *self-aware* is extremely important
servant leadership - correct answer ✔✔begins with the *natural feeling that one wants to
serve*, to serve first. Then, conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.
- Focus primarily on *growth and well-being of people and the communities to which they
belong*
,- Share power, *put needs of others first*, and help people develop and perform as highly as
possible
characteristics of a follower - correct answer ✔✔- Demonstrates sense of purpose in oneself
- Strives for autonomy, but knows when to ask for assistance
- Engages in the decision-making process
- Accepts constructive feedback as a learning opportunity
- Commits to practicing evidence-based care
- Asks intelligent, thought-provoking questions
ethical/moral distress - correct answer ✔✔refers to the feeling that follows when a nurse feels
that their personal values are compromised/interfered with; occurs when a nurse feels that they
have failed to live up to their own ethical standards
- Condition of knowing the morally right thing to do, but institutional, procedural, or social
constraints make doing the right thing nearly impossible; *threatens core values and moral
integrity*
values - correct answer ✔✔core beliefs of desirability, worth, or dignity that guide and motivate
attitudes and actions; are learned and greatly influenced by a person's culture or environment
- Societal ones are needed to feel accepted.
- Personal ones produce a sense of individuality.
- Professional ones often reflect and expand on personal ones.
morality/morals - correct answer ✔✔*personal* values, character, or conduct of individuals or
groups within communities and societies
- Usually refers to an *individual's personal standards of what is right and wrong in conduct,
character, and attitude*
- Principles and rules of right conduct
- *Private and personal*
, - Commitment to principles and values usually defended in daily life
- Pertain to an *individual's character*
ethics - correct answer ✔✔- Formal responding process used to determine right conduct
- Professionally and *publicly stated*
- Inquiry or study of principles and values; process of *questioning and perhaps changing one's
morals*
- Speaks to *relationships between human beings*
ANA - correct answer ✔✔Who wrote the nursing code of ethics?
purpose of nursing codes of ethics - correct answer ✔✔To inform the public about the
minimum standards of the profession and to help them understand professional nursing
conduct; *to tell the public how we practice*
4 fundamental responsibilities of nurses - correct answer ✔✔- promote health
- prevent illness
- restore health
- alleviate suffering
rights - correct answer ✔✔form the basis of most professional codes and legal judgments;
*something owed to an individual according to just claims*
autonomy - correct answer ✔✔involves the right to self-determination, independence, and
freedom; refers to the right to *make one's own decisions*
- Nurses who follow this principle respect a client's right to make decisions, even when those
choices don't seem to be in the client's best interest.
- Also involves *informed consent*
questions well answered to pass
transformational leadership - correct answer ✔✔involves transforming people and
organizations in a literal sense to change them in mind and heart, *enlarge vision and
understanding*, clarify purposes, make behavior congruent with beliefs, values, or principles,
and bring about changes that are permanent, self-perpetuating, and momentum-building
- You have a *vision* as a leader, and you want to take everyone to that vision with you!
- Based on an *inspiring vision* that changes the framework of the organization for employees
- Encourages employees to transcend their own self-interest; communicate in a way that causes
emotional engagement
transactional leadership - correct answer ✔✔historical "boss" image; employees understand
that a superior makes the decisions with little or no input from the subordinates
- Relies on the power of organizational position and formal authority to reward and punish
performance
- Use of a *quid pro quo* style to accomplish work (Ex: "I'll do x in exchange for you doing y.")
authentic leadership - correct answer ✔✔involves leaders who are *deeply aware* of how they
think and behave and are perceived by others as being aware of their own and others'
values/moral perspectives, knowledge, and strengths; aware of the context in which they
operate; and who are *confident, hopeful, optimistic, resilient, and of high moral character*.
- Being *self-aware* is extremely important
servant leadership - correct answer ✔✔begins with the *natural feeling that one wants to
serve*, to serve first. Then, conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.
- Focus primarily on *growth and well-being of people and the communities to which they
belong*
,- Share power, *put needs of others first*, and help people develop and perform as highly as
possible
characteristics of a follower - correct answer ✔✔- Demonstrates sense of purpose in oneself
- Strives for autonomy, but knows when to ask for assistance
- Engages in the decision-making process
- Accepts constructive feedback as a learning opportunity
- Commits to practicing evidence-based care
- Asks intelligent, thought-provoking questions
ethical/moral distress - correct answer ✔✔refers to the feeling that follows when a nurse feels
that their personal values are compromised/interfered with; occurs when a nurse feels that they
have failed to live up to their own ethical standards
- Condition of knowing the morally right thing to do, but institutional, procedural, or social
constraints make doing the right thing nearly impossible; *threatens core values and moral
integrity*
values - correct answer ✔✔core beliefs of desirability, worth, or dignity that guide and motivate
attitudes and actions; are learned and greatly influenced by a person's culture or environment
- Societal ones are needed to feel accepted.
- Personal ones produce a sense of individuality.
- Professional ones often reflect and expand on personal ones.
morality/morals - correct answer ✔✔*personal* values, character, or conduct of individuals or
groups within communities and societies
- Usually refers to an *individual's personal standards of what is right and wrong in conduct,
character, and attitude*
- Principles and rules of right conduct
- *Private and personal*
, - Commitment to principles and values usually defended in daily life
- Pertain to an *individual's character*
ethics - correct answer ✔✔- Formal responding process used to determine right conduct
- Professionally and *publicly stated*
- Inquiry or study of principles and values; process of *questioning and perhaps changing one's
morals*
- Speaks to *relationships between human beings*
ANA - correct answer ✔✔Who wrote the nursing code of ethics?
purpose of nursing codes of ethics - correct answer ✔✔To inform the public about the
minimum standards of the profession and to help them understand professional nursing
conduct; *to tell the public how we practice*
4 fundamental responsibilities of nurses - correct answer ✔✔- promote health
- prevent illness
- restore health
- alleviate suffering
rights - correct answer ✔✔form the basis of most professional codes and legal judgments;
*something owed to an individual according to just claims*
autonomy - correct answer ✔✔involves the right to self-determination, independence, and
freedom; refers to the right to *make one's own decisions*
- Nurses who follow this principle respect a client's right to make decisions, even when those
choices don't seem to be in the client's best interest.
- Also involves *informed consent*
