NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MGMT: PRACTICE
QUIZ 1|QUESTIONS AND 1005 CORRECT WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS|2025/2026|GRADED A+
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A client who is socially withdrawn and refuses to eat.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.
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,It is a synonym for the problem-solving process. - ANSWER It requires reasoning and
creative analysis.
Good management in staffing nursing units in larger healthcare facilities usually includes all
but which one of the following practices:
Answers:
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:
2
, 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.
Persons being mentored must be willing to put aside their personal goals and beliefs in an
effort to identify more closely with their mentor.
Most nurses will have the opportunity for many mentor relationships during their careers.
Question 8 - ANSWER Staff are not usually assigned to be mentors. It is a role
voluntarily chosen by the mentor.
A RN working the evening shift has just finished receiving a report on the following clients.
Which client should the RN see first?
Answers:
A 46-year-old male postoperative day 2 for an open cholecystectomy.
A 52-year-old female who had a thyroidectomy and arrived on the unit 1 hour ago.
A 25-year-old female admitted 4 hours ago for nausea, vomiting, and nonspecific abdominal
pain.
A 60-year-old male with diagnosis of bleeding peptic ulcer disease (PUD) who completed a
blood transfusion 2 hours ago. - ANSWER A 52-year-old female who had a
thyroidectomy and arrived on the unit 1 hour ago.
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QUIZ 1|QUESTIONS AND 1005 CORRECT WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS|2025/2026|GRADED A+
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.
1
,It is a synonym for the problem-solving process. - ANSWER It requires reasoning and
creative analysis.
Good management in staffing nursing units in larger healthcare facilities usually includes all
but which one of the following practices:
Answers:
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:
2
, 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.
Persons being mentored must be willing to put aside their personal goals and beliefs in an
effort to identify more closely with their mentor.
Most nurses will have the opportunity for many mentor relationships during their careers.
Question 8 - ANSWER Staff are not usually assigned to be mentors. It is a role
voluntarily chosen by the mentor.
A RN working the evening shift has just finished receiving a report on the following clients.
Which client should the RN see first?
Answers:
A 46-year-old male postoperative day 2 for an open cholecystectomy.
A 52-year-old female who had a thyroidectomy and arrived on the unit 1 hour ago.
A 25-year-old female admitted 4 hours ago for nausea, vomiting, and nonspecific abdominal
pain.
A 60-year-old male with diagnosis of bleeding peptic ulcer disease (PUD) who completed a
blood transfusion 2 hours ago. - ANSWER A 52-year-old female who had a
thyroidectomy and arrived on the unit 1 hour ago.
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