Nursing Concepts Practice Exam 3
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Solutions.
Processes used in management parallel the nursing process. Which sentence describes a nurse
using a management principle paralleled with the nursing process?
a. Planning is demonstrated when the nurse motivates others.
b. Directing is demonstrated when the nurse plans care for the patient.
c. Organizing is demonstrated when the nurse coordinates care for patients.
d. Controlling is demonstrated when the nurse tells other staff members what to do. - Answer
c. Organizing is demonstrated when the nurse coordinates care for patients.
Which statement most closely reflects the differences between nurse leaders and managers?
a. Nurse leaders are always in formal positions of authority.
b. Nurse managers use transactional principles to accomplish goals.
c. Nurse leaders rely primarily on interpersonal skills to accomplish goals.
d. Nurse managers rely on supervisors for accountability and responsibility. - Answer c. Nurse
leaders rely primarily on interpersonal skills to accomplish goals.
The nurse manager is monitoring overtime for the unit. She closely monitors staff hours and
does not allow staff to come in for extra hours if they are over their allotted time per week. This
is an example of which of Mintzberg's decisional roles of the manager?
a. Entrepreneur
b. Disturbance handler
c. Negotiator
d. Resource handler - Answer d. Resource handler
A nurse manager is trying to improve patient satisfaction ratings for her area of responsibility.
The manager meets with the staff and forms an ad hoc committee to address the issues around
the problem. This is an example of what style of leadership?
a. Bureaucratic
b. Democratic
c. Laissez-faire
, A nurse is volunteering in the community to educate parents to increase the number of children
in the school district who are immunized. The nurse oversees the activities of a group of
volunteers. Which role best describes the nurse's activity in this situation?
a. Management
b. Leadership
c. Volunteerism
d. Activism - Answer b. Leadership
Which statement is an example of the use of situational leadership?
a. The emergency room manager takes a vote on holiday coverage and then responds to a Code
Blue by directing orders at the nursing staff.
b. The manager in surgery uses the vacation policy to grant time off and then performs a
surgical count in an operating room using a checklist.
c. A vice president of nursing allows the department directors to make a decision about a
hospital policy on holiday time and then sides with a nurse who does not want to work the
required time.
d. The CEO of the hospital instructs the nursing senate to develop a dress code and then
changes the dress code after determining he does not like it. - Answer a. The emergency room
manager takes a vote on holiday coverage and then responds to a Code Blue by directing orders
at the nursing staff.
To be effective, nurse managers should focus on which area?
a. Cost-effective operation of the unit
b. Motivation of staff
c. Accomplishing organizational goals
d. The patients and their needs - Answer d. The patients and their needs
A nurse states she believes in the dignity of each patient. At break, she is overheard talking
about a patient in a persistent vegetative state as a "lump." This represents an inconsistency in
which quality of an effective leader?
a. Dedication
b. Magnanimity
c. Integrity
d. Humility - Answer c. Integrity
Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions.
Processes used in management parallel the nursing process. Which sentence describes a nurse
using a management principle paralleled with the nursing process?
a. Planning is demonstrated when the nurse motivates others.
b. Directing is demonstrated when the nurse plans care for the patient.
c. Organizing is demonstrated when the nurse coordinates care for patients.
d. Controlling is demonstrated when the nurse tells other staff members what to do. - Answer
c. Organizing is demonstrated when the nurse coordinates care for patients.
Which statement most closely reflects the differences between nurse leaders and managers?
a. Nurse leaders are always in formal positions of authority.
b. Nurse managers use transactional principles to accomplish goals.
c. Nurse leaders rely primarily on interpersonal skills to accomplish goals.
d. Nurse managers rely on supervisors for accountability and responsibility. - Answer c. Nurse
leaders rely primarily on interpersonal skills to accomplish goals.
The nurse manager is monitoring overtime for the unit. She closely monitors staff hours and
does not allow staff to come in for extra hours if they are over their allotted time per week. This
is an example of which of Mintzberg's decisional roles of the manager?
a. Entrepreneur
b. Disturbance handler
c. Negotiator
d. Resource handler - Answer d. Resource handler
A nurse manager is trying to improve patient satisfaction ratings for her area of responsibility.
The manager meets with the staff and forms an ad hoc committee to address the issues around
the problem. This is an example of what style of leadership?
a. Bureaucratic
b. Democratic
c. Laissez-faire
, A nurse is volunteering in the community to educate parents to increase the number of children
in the school district who are immunized. The nurse oversees the activities of a group of
volunteers. Which role best describes the nurse's activity in this situation?
a. Management
b. Leadership
c. Volunteerism
d. Activism - Answer b. Leadership
Which statement is an example of the use of situational leadership?
a. The emergency room manager takes a vote on holiday coverage and then responds to a Code
Blue by directing orders at the nursing staff.
b. The manager in surgery uses the vacation policy to grant time off and then performs a
surgical count in an operating room using a checklist.
c. A vice president of nursing allows the department directors to make a decision about a
hospital policy on holiday time and then sides with a nurse who does not want to work the
required time.
d. The CEO of the hospital instructs the nursing senate to develop a dress code and then
changes the dress code after determining he does not like it. - Answer a. The emergency room
manager takes a vote on holiday coverage and then responds to a Code Blue by directing orders
at the nursing staff.
To be effective, nurse managers should focus on which area?
a. Cost-effective operation of the unit
b. Motivation of staff
c. Accomplishing organizational goals
d. The patients and their needs - Answer d. The patients and their needs
A nurse states she believes in the dignity of each patient. At break, she is overheard talking
about a patient in a persistent vegetative state as a "lump." This represents an inconsistency in
which quality of an effective leader?
a. Dedication
b. Magnanimity
c. Integrity
d. Humility - Answer c. Integrity
