NUR 280 PATHO EXAM 3 2024 -2025
ACTUAL EXAM 2 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% DETAILED
ANSWERS
, A unit manager watches a new RN graduate interacting with a patient. When the RN
comes out of the room, the unit manager says, "I don't know what they taught you in
your nursing program, but if I see you do that again, I will write you up." This example
demonstrates:
a. Coercive use of power.
b. Appropriate application of control.
c. Use of informatory power.
d. Use of power to provide coaching. - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: A
Influence is the process of using power. Influence can involve the punitive power of
coercion, as is used in this example.
A nurse manager is experiencing poor staff morale on her unit. While participating in a
baccalaureate course, the nurse manager had learned that one of the reasons nurses
lack power today is probably because of the past. In the early decades of the
profession, nurses lacked power because:
a. Nurses freely chose to defer to physicians and administrators with more education.
b. Women lacked legal, social, and political power because of legal and cultural
barriers.
c. The first nursing licensure laws prohibited nurses from making most decisions.
d. Nurses astutely recognized the risks of grabbing too much power too soon. -
CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: B
Nursing mirrored the lack of legal, social, and political power that was prevalent in the
early decades of the profession.
A manager relies on his director (immediate supervisor) for advice about enrolling in
graduate school to prepare for a career as a nurse executive. The director may exercise
what kinds of power in the relationship with the manager in this advisory situation?
a. Expert, coercive, and referent
b. Reward, connection, and information
c. Referent, expert, and information
d. Reward, referent, and information - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: C
Because the director is in a leadership role, he comes with knowledge or expertise that
is required to assume a leadership role, and he has information that he is willing to
share, which gives him the power of information. The employee sees him as credible
and seeks his advice, which gives him referent power.
Amy has worked in the dialysis unit on staff for about 12 years. She is frequently
consulted by other nursing staff regarding protocols and policies on the unit. What type
of power is Amy using?
a. Position power
b. Expert power
c. Personal power
d. Competency power - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: B
According to the types of power outlined in the text, Amy is most likely evidencing
expert power in that she is being consulted regarding areas of knowledge and
ACTUAL EXAM 2 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% DETAILED
ANSWERS
, A unit manager watches a new RN graduate interacting with a patient. When the RN
comes out of the room, the unit manager says, "I don't know what they taught you in
your nursing program, but if I see you do that again, I will write you up." This example
demonstrates:
a. Coercive use of power.
b. Appropriate application of control.
c. Use of informatory power.
d. Use of power to provide coaching. - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: A
Influence is the process of using power. Influence can involve the punitive power of
coercion, as is used in this example.
A nurse manager is experiencing poor staff morale on her unit. While participating in a
baccalaureate course, the nurse manager had learned that one of the reasons nurses
lack power today is probably because of the past. In the early decades of the
profession, nurses lacked power because:
a. Nurses freely chose to defer to physicians and administrators with more education.
b. Women lacked legal, social, and political power because of legal and cultural
barriers.
c. The first nursing licensure laws prohibited nurses from making most decisions.
d. Nurses astutely recognized the risks of grabbing too much power too soon. -
CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: B
Nursing mirrored the lack of legal, social, and political power that was prevalent in the
early decades of the profession.
A manager relies on his director (immediate supervisor) for advice about enrolling in
graduate school to prepare for a career as a nurse executive. The director may exercise
what kinds of power in the relationship with the manager in this advisory situation?
a. Expert, coercive, and referent
b. Reward, connection, and information
c. Referent, expert, and information
d. Reward, referent, and information - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: C
Because the director is in a leadership role, he comes with knowledge or expertise that
is required to assume a leadership role, and he has information that he is willing to
share, which gives him the power of information. The employee sees him as credible
and seeks his advice, which gives him referent power.
Amy has worked in the dialysis unit on staff for about 12 years. She is frequently
consulted by other nursing staff regarding protocols and policies on the unit. What type
of power is Amy using?
a. Position power
b. Expert power
c. Personal power
d. Competency power - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: B
According to the types of power outlined in the text, Amy is most likely evidencing
expert power in that she is being consulted regarding areas of knowledge and
