Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 9th Edition Marquis Huston – Test Bank with Complete Questions & Answers

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Chapterv1:vDecisionvMaking,vProblemvSolving,vCriticalvThinking,vandvClinicalvReasoning:vRequisitesvf
orvsuccessfulvleadershipvandvmanagement
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
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A) It is an analysis of a situation
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B) It is closely related to evaluation
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C) It involves choosing between courses of action
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D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a p
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Ans: C v


Feedback:
Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a
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particular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and i
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s a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critica
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l thinking, sometimes referred to asreflective thinking, is related to evaluati
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on and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
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2. Whatvisvavweaknessvofvthevtraditionalvproblem-solvingvmodel?
A) Itsvneedvforvimplementationvtime
B) Itsvlackvofvavstepvrequiringvevaluationvofvresults
C) Itsvfailurevtovgathervsufficientvdata
D) Itsvfailurevtovevaluatev
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Ans: A v


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The traditional problem-
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solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration.
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Decision making can occur without the full analysis required in problem s
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olving. Because problem solNving attempts to identify the root problem in
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situations, much time and energy are spent on identifying the real problem
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3. Whichvofvthevfollowingvstatementsvisvtruevregardingvdecisionvmaking?
A) Scientificvmethodsvprovidevidenticalvdecisionsvbyvdifferentvi
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B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each person's value system
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C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach t
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o problem solving is used
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D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the d
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ecision
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, Ans: B v


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Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of think
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ing will influence a person's decision making. No matter how objective the
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criteria will be, value judgments will always play a part in a
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Person’s decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
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4. Whatvinfluencesvthevqualityvofvavdecisionvmostvoften?
A) Thevdecisionvmaker'svimmediatevsuperior
B) Thevtypevofvdecisionvthatvneedsvtovbevmade
C) Questionsvaskedvandvalternativesvgenerated
D) Thevtimevofvdayvthevdecisionvisv
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Ans: C v


Feedback:
The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision
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maker, the better the final decision will be. The alternatives generated and t
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he final choices are limited by each person's value system.
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5. Whatvdoesvknowledgevaboutvgoodvdecisionvmakingvleadvonevtovbelieve?
A) Goodvdecisionvmakersvarevusuallyvright-brain,vintuitivevthinkers
B) Effectivevdecisionvmakersvarevsensitivevtovthevsituationvandvtovothers
C) Goodvdecisionsvarevusuallyvmadevbyvleft-brain,vlogicalvthinkers
D) Goodvdecisionvmakingvrequiresvanalyticalvrathervthanvcreativev
processes
Ans: B v


Feedback:
Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly se
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nsitive to other people and situations. Left-
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brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers, a
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nd sequential ordering, whereas right-
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brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
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6. Whatvisvthevbestvdefinitionvofvdecisionvmaking?
A) Thevplanningvprocessvofvmanagement
B) Thevevaluationvphasevofvthevexecutivevrole
C) Onevstepvinvthevproblem-solvingvprocess
D) Requiredvtovjustifyvthevneedvforv
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Ans: C v


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, Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing
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a particular course of action. Decision making, one step in the problem-
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solving process, is an important task that relies heavily on critical thinking a
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nd clinical reasoning skills.
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7. Ifvdecisionvmakingvisvtriggeredvbyvavproblemvwithvwhatvdoesvitvend?
A) Anvalternativevproblem
B) Avchosenvcoursevofvaction
C) Anvactionvthatvguaranteesvsuccess
D) Avrestatementvofvthev
solution
Ans: B v


Feedback:
A decision is made when a course of action has been chosen. Problem solvi
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ng is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuseson an
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alyzing a difficult situation. Problem solving always includes a decision-
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8. Whyvdovourvvaluesvoftenvcausevpersonalvconflictvinvdecisionvmaking?
A) Somevvaluesvarevnotvrealisticvorvhealthy
B) Notvallvvaluesvarevofvequalvworth
C) Ourvvaluesvremainvunchangedvovervtime
D) Ourvvaluesvoftenvcollidevwithvonev
another
Ans: D v


Feedback:
Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of think
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ing will influence a person's decision making. No matter how objective the
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criteria will be, value judgments will always play a part in aperson's decisio
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n making, either consciously or subconsciously.
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9. Whichvstatementvisvtruevconcerningvcriticalvthinking?
A) Itvisvavsimplevapproachvtovdecisionvmaking
B) Itvisvnarrowervinvscopevthanvdecisionvmaking
C) Itvrequiresvreasoningvandvcreativevanalysis
D) Itvisvavsynonymvforvthevproblem-
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Ans: C v


Feedback:
Critical thinking has a broader scope than decision making and problem so
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lving. It is sometimes referred to as reflective thinking. Critical thinking al
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so involves reflecting upon the meaning of statements,
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