Nursing Leadership and Mgmt: Practice
Quiz 1 And All Correct Answers.
Which client should the RN team leader assess first after morning report?
Answers:
A client with diabetes whose capillary blood glucose was 150 mg/dL before breakfast.
A client who has a heart rate of 110 beats per minute after an albuterol respiratory treatment.
A client with chronic kidney disease who has a creatinine level of 2.3.
A client 2 days postoperative colon resection with an oral temperature of 103.6 degrees
Farenheit. - Answer A client 2 days postoperative colon resection with an oral temperature of
103.6 degrees Farenheit.
A RN working in the psychiatric unit receives a report on the following four clients. Which client
should the RN assess first?
Answers:
A client who has paranoid schizophrenia and is pacing the halls.
A client with severe agoraphobia who refuses to leave her room.
A client who is socially withdrawn and refuses to eat.
A client with stage 3 (severe) anxiety who is disoriented. - Answer A client with stage 3
(severe) anxiety who is disoriented.
What is critical thinking?
Answers:
It requires reasoning and creative analysis.
It is a simple approach to decision making.
It is narrower in scope than decision making.
It is a synonym for the problem-solving process. - Answer It requires reasoning and creative
analysis.
, Using a decentralized approach to ensure there is adequate staffing throughout the medical
center.
Ensuring that fair and uniform staffing and scheduling policies are in place.
Using an in-house registry/float pool to assist in covering sick calls, weekend shifts and holidays.
Using traveling nurses wisely to fill longer term staff vacancies or leaves of absences. - Answer
Using a decentralized approach to ensure there is adequate staffing throughout the medical
center.
When your nurse leader maintains strong control over the nursing staff and makes most of the
decisions about how the unit will function, your leader is demonstrating what style of
leadership?
Answers:
Laissez-faire
Authoritarian
Democratic
Transactional - Answer Authoritarian
A RN is caring for a client who is receiving a blood transfusion and develops urticaria one-half
hour after the transfusion has begun. What is the first action the RN should take?
Answers:
Call the physician.
Take vital signs and observe for further symptoms.
Administer Benadryl and continue the infusion.
Stop the infusion.
Slow the rate of infusion. - Answer Call the physician.
Which best describes mentorship?
Answers:
The focus, intensity and duration of relationships are similar in mentorship and preceptorship.
Staff are not usually assigned to be mentors. It is a role voluntarily chosen by the mentor.
Quiz 1 And All Correct Answers.
Which client should the RN team leader assess first after morning report?
Answers:
A client with diabetes whose capillary blood glucose was 150 mg/dL before breakfast.
A client who has a heart rate of 110 beats per minute after an albuterol respiratory treatment.
A client with chronic kidney disease who has a creatinine level of 2.3.
A client 2 days postoperative colon resection with an oral temperature of 103.6 degrees
Farenheit. - Answer A client 2 days postoperative colon resection with an oral temperature of
103.6 degrees Farenheit.
A RN working in the psychiatric unit receives a report on the following four clients. Which client
should the RN assess first?
Answers:
A client who has paranoid schizophrenia and is pacing the halls.
A client with severe agoraphobia who refuses to leave her room.
A client who is socially withdrawn and refuses to eat.
A client with stage 3 (severe) anxiety who is disoriented. - Answer A client with stage 3
(severe) anxiety who is disoriented.
What is critical thinking?
Answers:
It requires reasoning and creative analysis.
It is a simple approach to decision making.
It is narrower in scope than decision making.
It is a synonym for the problem-solving process. - Answer It requires reasoning and creative
analysis.
, Using a decentralized approach to ensure there is adequate staffing throughout the medical
center.
Ensuring that fair and uniform staffing and scheduling policies are in place.
Using an in-house registry/float pool to assist in covering sick calls, weekend shifts and holidays.
Using traveling nurses wisely to fill longer term staff vacancies or leaves of absences. - Answer
Using a decentralized approach to ensure there is adequate staffing throughout the medical
center.
When your nurse leader maintains strong control over the nursing staff and makes most of the
decisions about how the unit will function, your leader is demonstrating what style of
leadership?
Answers:
Laissez-faire
Authoritarian
Democratic
Transactional - Answer Authoritarian
A RN is caring for a client who is receiving a blood transfusion and develops urticaria one-half
hour after the transfusion has begun. What is the first action the RN should take?
Answers:
Call the physician.
Take vital signs and observe for further symptoms.
Administer Benadryl and continue the infusion.
Stop the infusion.
Slow the rate of infusion. - Answer Call the physician.
Which best describes mentorship?
Answers:
The focus, intensity and duration of relationships are similar in mentorship and preceptorship.
Staff are not usually assigned to be mentors. It is a role voluntarily chosen by the mentor.
