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Leadership NUR4590 Exam 2 Questions and
Answers
What influences the structure of an organization?
Ans: Number of employees
What is the use of advanced practice roles?
Ans: Specialization
The span of control for a nursing chief executive officer (CEO)
who works in a major rehabilitation and subacute facility network
includes whom?
Ans: Nurses and non-nurses reporting to her
Define the span of control
Ans: The number of subordinates a manager can effectively and
efficiently direct
The subordinates reporting to a nurse manager for a unit
consisting of 40 nurses who report to two clinical supervisors are
known as what dimension of organizational design?
Ans: Span of control
A staff nurse has been working in the neonatal critical care unit
for 10 years. She believes that a professional nurse is a lifelong
learner. Many staff members come to her for clinical problem
solving and advice. What does this nurse have?
Ans: Informal power
What is informal power?
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Ans: Relationships and alliances with people in the organiation
An organizational chart with one line of management and one line
of staff reflects what type of organizational structure?
Ans: Flat structure
The term "the buck stops here" best describes what term?
Ans: Accountability
What is the difference between centralized and decentralized
structure?
Ans: Centralized - By taught management (EX: The CEO makes a decision
that mandates that white nursing caps will be worn by all RNs and blue
nursing caps by all LPNs to differentiate professional nurses and
occupational nurses from nurses' aides and other ancillary staff)
Decentralized - Decisions at point of activity
The patient is a 69-year-old woman who has a history of diabetes
mellitus, PVD, and MI. She was admitted to the hospital with a
stroke and is being transferred to a subacute facility and then to a
rehabilitation facility. At every transfer she must review her entire
history, provide telephone numbers of family members, list all of
her medications, and list all home care. What process could
improve the fragmentation in work flow?
Ans: Standardization
The ways in which work is divided and coordinated among
members and the resulting network of relationships, roles, and
work groups is called what?
Ans: Organizational social structure
According to __________ organizational approach, organizations
are logical and predictable with identifiable and scientifically
measurable characteristics that can be predicted, observed, or
manipulated
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Ans: Objective
What organizational theory emphasized the informal aspects of
organization social structure and was influenced by the Hawthorn
experiments?
Ans: Human relations school
The division of work by occupation or function is a form of what?
Ans: Specialization
Standardization of __________ provides a uniform structure for
information delivery and flow in order to facilitate exchange
among those involved in common work processes
Ans: Communication
A rapid response team within an acute care hospital is comprised
of critical care physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists. The
team assists staff throughout the hospital with detecting and
managing imminent patient deterioration. This is an example of
_____________ organizational form
Ans: Parallel
The structure of authority in an organization is known as what?
Ans: Hierarchy
The network or pattern of social relationships and friendship
circles within an organization is known as what?
Ans: Informal structure
The nursing staff on a critical care unit thought that professional
growth could be enhanced. What interventions would support
empowerment of the nursing staff?
© 2025 All rights reserved
Leadership NUR4590 Exam 2 Questions and
Answers
What influences the structure of an organization?
Ans: Number of employees
What is the use of advanced practice roles?
Ans: Specialization
The span of control for a nursing chief executive officer (CEO)
who works in a major rehabilitation and subacute facility network
includes whom?
Ans: Nurses and non-nurses reporting to her
Define the span of control
Ans: The number of subordinates a manager can effectively and
efficiently direct
The subordinates reporting to a nurse manager for a unit
consisting of 40 nurses who report to two clinical supervisors are
known as what dimension of organizational design?
Ans: Span of control
A staff nurse has been working in the neonatal critical care unit
for 10 years. She believes that a professional nurse is a lifelong
learner. Many staff members come to her for clinical problem
solving and advice. What does this nurse have?
Ans: Informal power
What is informal power?
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Ans: Relationships and alliances with people in the organiation
An organizational chart with one line of management and one line
of staff reflects what type of organizational structure?
Ans: Flat structure
The term "the buck stops here" best describes what term?
Ans: Accountability
What is the difference between centralized and decentralized
structure?
Ans: Centralized - By taught management (EX: The CEO makes a decision
that mandates that white nursing caps will be worn by all RNs and blue
nursing caps by all LPNs to differentiate professional nurses and
occupational nurses from nurses' aides and other ancillary staff)
Decentralized - Decisions at point of activity
The patient is a 69-year-old woman who has a history of diabetes
mellitus, PVD, and MI. She was admitted to the hospital with a
stroke and is being transferred to a subacute facility and then to a
rehabilitation facility. At every transfer she must review her entire
history, provide telephone numbers of family members, list all of
her medications, and list all home care. What process could
improve the fragmentation in work flow?
Ans: Standardization
The ways in which work is divided and coordinated among
members and the resulting network of relationships, roles, and
work groups is called what?
Ans: Organizational social structure
According to __________ organizational approach, organizations
are logical and predictable with identifiable and scientifically
measurable characteristics that can be predicted, observed, or
manipulated
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Ans: Objective
What organizational theory emphasized the informal aspects of
organization social structure and was influenced by the Hawthorn
experiments?
Ans: Human relations school
The division of work by occupation or function is a form of what?
Ans: Specialization
Standardization of __________ provides a uniform structure for
information delivery and flow in order to facilitate exchange
among those involved in common work processes
Ans: Communication
A rapid response team within an acute care hospital is comprised
of critical care physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists. The
team assists staff throughout the hospital with detecting and
managing imminent patient deterioration. This is an example of
_____________ organizational form
Ans: Parallel
The structure of authority in an organization is known as what?
Ans: Hierarchy
The network or pattern of social relationships and friendship
circles within an organization is known as what?
Ans: Informal structure
The nursing staff on a critical care unit thought that professional
growth could be enhanced. What interventions would support
empowerment of the nursing staff?
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