1. The student nurse is shadowing on a medical/surgical unit and observes the
duties of the charge nurse. Which of the following would the student identify
as a quality attributed to a nurse in a leadership role?
A. Delays admission from emergency department until staff has appropriately
educated a newly diagnosed diabetic patient on insulin administration.
B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to
communicate his future health concerns.
C. Reevaluates staffing needs after one RN "calls in sick."
D. Counsels a UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) after arriving late for work
the third time that week.: B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer
patient to allow him to communicate his future health concerns.
Rationale:
Leaders do the right thing.
Therefore focus on effectiveness whereas a manager focuses on efficiencies.
2. Which of the following is NOT a task or responsibility of the first-level
manager?
Staff assignments for patient care during shifts
Conducting staff meetings
Making daily patient rounds
Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence: Initiate changes to
unit policies based on current evidence
Rationale:
Initiating change to the unit policies based on current evidence is done by the
middle-level manage. The other options describe tasks of the first-level manager.
3. A new nurse is interviewed at a facility where various models of patient
care delivery are used. The nurse is interested in developing clinical deci-
sion-making skills. After the interview, the nurse determines the best position
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, for enhancing those skills is the unit that uses which of the following models?
Primary nursing
Team nursing
Functional nursing
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duties of the charge nurse. Which of the following would the student identify
as a quality attributed to a nurse in a leadership role?
A. Delays admission from emergency department until staff has appropriately
educated a newly diagnosed diabetic patient on insulin administration.
B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to
communicate his future health concerns.
C. Reevaluates staffing needs after one RN "calls in sick."
D. Counsels a UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) after arriving late for work
the third time that week.: B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer
patient to allow him to communicate his future health concerns.
Rationale:
Leaders do the right thing.
Therefore focus on effectiveness whereas a manager focuses on efficiencies.
2. Which of the following is NOT a task or responsibility of the first-level
manager?
Staff assignments for patient care during shifts
Conducting staff meetings
Making daily patient rounds
Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence: Initiate changes to
unit policies based on current evidence
Rationale:
Initiating change to the unit policies based on current evidence is done by the
middle-level manage. The other options describe tasks of the first-level manager.
3. A new nurse is interviewed at a facility where various models of patient
care delivery are used. The nurse is interested in developing clinical deci-
sion-making skills. After the interview, the nurse determines the best position
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, for enhancing those skills is the unit that uses which of the following models?
Primary nursing
Team nursing
Functional nursing
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