NURS 3004 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What are the 3 ways that a nurse demonstrates leadership in the coordination of health care? -
ANS 1) advocating for client care in the client's best interest
2) delegating and evaluating the performance of selected health care team members in carrying
out delegated nursing activities
3) facilitating continuity of client care
What is CNO entry to practice competencies definition of leadership - ANS RNs are leaders
who influence and inspire others to achieve optimal health outcomes for all
What is CNO entry to practice competencies definition of advocate - ANS RNs are advocates
who support clients to voice their needs to achieve optimal health outcomes. RNs also support
clients who cannot advocate for themselves
Leadership definition - ANS A relational process in which an individual seeks to influence
others towards a mutually desirable goal
What are the 4 ways professional leadership is demonstrated - ANS 1) building relationships
and trust with clients and members of the health care team
2) creating healthy and culturally safe practice environments
3) supporting knowledge development and integration within the health care team
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,4) balancing competing nursing care values and priorities
How does a nurse demonstrate a specialized body of knowledge - ANS demonstrates a body
of knowledge in nursing science, social sciences, humanities and health-related research (e.g.
nursing theories, leadership and change theories, communication and learning, crisis
intervention, loss, grief and bereavement, systems theory, diversity, power relations)
What are the 6 domains of leadership according to CASN - ANS 6.1 The nursing education
program prepares graduates to coordinate, to affect change and to lead within the context of
providing nursing care
6.2.1 a) coordinating nursing care effectively with other regulated and unregulated health
professional
6.2.1 b) demonstrate leadership skills when collaborating with the intra professional,
interprofessional, and intersectional team
6.2.2 advocate for health care environments that include safe working conditions
6.2.3 advocate for change to address racism, social injustices, and health inequities, in nursing
care or nursing services
6.2.4 contribute to team decision-making in the context of diverse, complex and changing
health care environments
6.2.5 incorporate health care policies and those from other sectors to provide and improve
health car e
What is nursing leadership about, according to CNA - ANS Nursing leadership is about the
competent and engaged practice of nurses, who provide exemplary care, think critically and
independently, inform their practice with evidence, delegate and take charge appropriately,
advocate for patients and communities, insist on practicing to their full and legal scope and
push the boundaries of practice to innovative new levels
5 ways to describe leadership - ANS Chaos
Multidimensional
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,Multi-factoral
Different from management
Many know when they see it but few can define it
What are the 4 necessities of nursing leadership - ANS Individual success
Success of the unit/dept/practice
organizational success
advancing the profession
What are the 4 main concepts in nursing leadership - ANS leaders, managers, followers, and
mentors
What is a gap in nursing identity literature - ANS social constructs of difference are not
considered
What has nursing identity been co-opted by and what does it lead to - ANS nursing identity
has been co-opted by the professionalization project- leads to a monolithic, apolitical
representation of nursing identity that erases differences, denies historical influence,
universalizes nursing work and further marginalizes marginalized identities
What contributes to a lack of disciplinary reflexivity - ANS The oppressive nature of a
universal nursing identity may contribute to a lack of disciplinary reflexivity about the ongoing
influences of foundational discursive constructs of gender, epistemology, power and
professional status
What is full scope of practice according to - ANS task vs competency focus
ever changing
role ambiguity
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, leaders as critical thinkers
nursing process considerations
matching
Four aspects of understanding change in healthcare - ANS Organizations grow and evolve
response to disequilibrium or challenge
change is inevitable
chaos leads to change
What do the demands of work include - ANS knowledge workers
acuity of patients
level of assessments
expectations
accountabilities
technology
what are some principles to consider about change - ANS change of one part affects other
parts and other systems
people affected by the change should participate in making the change
people should be informed of the reasons for the change
concrete and specific feedback about the process of change will enhance its acceptance
people need assistance in dealing with the effects of change
peoples suggestions should be sought and incorporated
21st century leadership - ANS advances in technology
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ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What are the 3 ways that a nurse demonstrates leadership in the coordination of health care? -
ANS 1) advocating for client care in the client's best interest
2) delegating and evaluating the performance of selected health care team members in carrying
out delegated nursing activities
3) facilitating continuity of client care
What is CNO entry to practice competencies definition of leadership - ANS RNs are leaders
who influence and inspire others to achieve optimal health outcomes for all
What is CNO entry to practice competencies definition of advocate - ANS RNs are advocates
who support clients to voice their needs to achieve optimal health outcomes. RNs also support
clients who cannot advocate for themselves
Leadership definition - ANS A relational process in which an individual seeks to influence
others towards a mutually desirable goal
What are the 4 ways professional leadership is demonstrated - ANS 1) building relationships
and trust with clients and members of the health care team
2) creating healthy and culturally safe practice environments
3) supporting knowledge development and integration within the health care team
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,4) balancing competing nursing care values and priorities
How does a nurse demonstrate a specialized body of knowledge - ANS demonstrates a body
of knowledge in nursing science, social sciences, humanities and health-related research (e.g.
nursing theories, leadership and change theories, communication and learning, crisis
intervention, loss, grief and bereavement, systems theory, diversity, power relations)
What are the 6 domains of leadership according to CASN - ANS 6.1 The nursing education
program prepares graduates to coordinate, to affect change and to lead within the context of
providing nursing care
6.2.1 a) coordinating nursing care effectively with other regulated and unregulated health
professional
6.2.1 b) demonstrate leadership skills when collaborating with the intra professional,
interprofessional, and intersectional team
6.2.2 advocate for health care environments that include safe working conditions
6.2.3 advocate for change to address racism, social injustices, and health inequities, in nursing
care or nursing services
6.2.4 contribute to team decision-making in the context of diverse, complex and changing
health care environments
6.2.5 incorporate health care policies and those from other sectors to provide and improve
health car e
What is nursing leadership about, according to CNA - ANS Nursing leadership is about the
competent and engaged practice of nurses, who provide exemplary care, think critically and
independently, inform their practice with evidence, delegate and take charge appropriately,
advocate for patients and communities, insist on practicing to their full and legal scope and
push the boundaries of practice to innovative new levels
5 ways to describe leadership - ANS Chaos
Multidimensional
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,Multi-factoral
Different from management
Many know when they see it but few can define it
What are the 4 necessities of nursing leadership - ANS Individual success
Success of the unit/dept/practice
organizational success
advancing the profession
What are the 4 main concepts in nursing leadership - ANS leaders, managers, followers, and
mentors
What is a gap in nursing identity literature - ANS social constructs of difference are not
considered
What has nursing identity been co-opted by and what does it lead to - ANS nursing identity
has been co-opted by the professionalization project- leads to a monolithic, apolitical
representation of nursing identity that erases differences, denies historical influence,
universalizes nursing work and further marginalizes marginalized identities
What contributes to a lack of disciplinary reflexivity - ANS The oppressive nature of a
universal nursing identity may contribute to a lack of disciplinary reflexivity about the ongoing
influences of foundational discursive constructs of gender, epistemology, power and
professional status
What is full scope of practice according to - ANS task vs competency focus
ever changing
role ambiguity
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, leaders as critical thinkers
nursing process considerations
matching
Four aspects of understanding change in healthcare - ANS Organizations grow and evolve
response to disequilibrium or challenge
change is inevitable
chaos leads to change
What do the demands of work include - ANS knowledge workers
acuity of patients
level of assessments
expectations
accountabilities
technology
what are some principles to consider about change - ANS change of one part affects other
parts and other systems
people affected by the change should participate in making the change
people should be informed of the reasons for the change
concrete and specific feedback about the process of change will enhance its acceptance
people need assistance in dealing with the effects of change
peoples suggestions should be sought and incorporated
21st century leadership - ANS advances in technology
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