Chapter 02: Personal Management: Time and Self-Care Strategies
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement indicates the nurse’s understanding of effective time management?
a.
“The purpose of effective time management is to save hours,
minutes, and seconds.”
b.
“The purpose of effective time management is to do as much as
possible in as short a time as possible.”
c.
“The purpose of effective time management is to do as little as
possible.”
d.
“The purpose of effective time management is to achieve personal
and professional goals.”
ANS: D
Making time to meet your individual, family, professional, and career needs and goals is
vital to overall
success and is the primary purpose of time management. Stating the purpose of effective
time management as
saving time or doing as much or as little as possible in a short time would not indicate the
nurse’s
understanding. Procrastinating and doing as little as possible are not characteristic of
effective time
management.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 25
OBJ:Identify strategies for self-care.TOP:Time management
MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable
2. A student nurse likes to sleep late and has a high-energy period in the evening. The
student resists schedules
and prefers to study when it “feels right” and in groups. Which of the following
characteristics fit this student?
a.
Early bird and left-brain
dominance
c.
Owl and left-brain
dominance
b.
Early bird and right-brain
dominance
d.
Owl and right-brain
, dominance
ANS: D
The owl does its best work at night, which fits well with the right-brain–dominant person
who resists
schedules. People with these characteristics choose to do things in their own time and
fashion. Early birds tend
to do their best work earlier in the day. Left-brain–dominant people process information in
a linear, sequential
manner, so they would probably prefer a schedule of activities.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: pp. 26-27
OBJ: Identify your individual time styles. TOP: Time management
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MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable
3. In 4 weeks, a student nurse will have two tests and one paper due in the same week.
What is the most
effective time-management strategy for this student nurse?
a. Control time wasters to have more time for studying and writing.
b. Delegate everything possible to create more time for studying.
c.
Schedule specific times on a calendar to study for the tests and to
work on the paper during the next 4 weeks.
d.
Wait to study for the tests and to write the paper the week before
they are due because the student nurse “works best under pressure.”
ANS: C
The most effective approach to this problem would be to schedule specific time periods to
prepare for the tests
and write the paper. Waiting until the last minute to study and write the paper creates
unnecessary stress and
sets the student nurse up for failure. Creating more time for studying does not solve the
problem; how that time
is organized and how it is used is the key. Procrastinating by putting off assignments until
the last minute can
lead to extreme anxiety and stressful behavior. Although delegating some tasks is realistic
and can create time
for studying, it is unrealistic to delegate “everything possible.”
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: pp. 27-28
OBJ: Identify personal time management strategies. TOP: Time management
MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable
4. How can the student nurse increase studying efficiency?
a.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement indicates the nurse’s understanding of effective time management?
a.
“The purpose of effective time management is to save hours,
minutes, and seconds.”
b.
“The purpose of effective time management is to do as much as
possible in as short a time as possible.”
c.
“The purpose of effective time management is to do as little as
possible.”
d.
“The purpose of effective time management is to achieve personal
and professional goals.”
ANS: D
Making time to meet your individual, family, professional, and career needs and goals is
vital to overall
success and is the primary purpose of time management. Stating the purpose of effective
time management as
saving time or doing as much or as little as possible in a short time would not indicate the
nurse’s
understanding. Procrastinating and doing as little as possible are not characteristic of
effective time
management.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 25
OBJ:Identify strategies for self-care.TOP:Time management
MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable
2. A student nurse likes to sleep late and has a high-energy period in the evening. The
student resists schedules
and prefers to study when it “feels right” and in groups. Which of the following
characteristics fit this student?
a.
Early bird and left-brain
dominance
c.
Owl and left-brain
dominance
b.
Early bird and right-brain
dominance
d.
Owl and right-brain
, dominance
ANS: D
The owl does its best work at night, which fits well with the right-brain–dominant person
who resists
schedules. People with these characteristics choose to do things in their own time and
fashion. Early birds tend
to do their best work earlier in the day. Left-brain–dominant people process information in
a linear, sequential
manner, so they would probably prefer a schedule of activities.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: pp. 26-27
OBJ: Identify your individual time styles. TOP: Time management
DOWNLOAD THE Test Bank for Nursing Today Transition and Trends 9th
Edition Zerwekh
mynursytest.store
MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable
3. In 4 weeks, a student nurse will have two tests and one paper due in the same week.
What is the most
effective time-management strategy for this student nurse?
a. Control time wasters to have more time for studying and writing.
b. Delegate everything possible to create more time for studying.
c.
Schedule specific times on a calendar to study for the tests and to
work on the paper during the next 4 weeks.
d.
Wait to study for the tests and to write the paper the week before
they are due because the student nurse “works best under pressure.”
ANS: C
The most effective approach to this problem would be to schedule specific time periods to
prepare for the tests
and write the paper. Waiting until the last minute to study and write the paper creates
unnecessary stress and
sets the student nurse up for failure. Creating more time for studying does not solve the
problem; how that time
is organized and how it is used is the key. Procrastinating by putting off assignments until
the last minute can
lead to extreme anxiety and stressful behavior. Although delegating some tasks is realistic
and can create time
for studying, it is unrealistic to delegate “everything possible.”
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: pp. 27-28
OBJ: Identify personal time management strategies. TOP: Time management
MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable
4. How can the student nurse increase studying efficiency?
a.
