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NUR 4590 EXAM 1: PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY OFNURSE LEADER (LATEST 2023-2024)-RAMUSSEN.
Effective leadership is exemplified by values, confidence in employees, and a sense of
security in the face of uncertainty. This aspect of leadership is known as: correct answer
Self-awareness.
The areas where leadership and management overlap are explained by which of
thefollowing statements? (SATA) correct answer Bring teams together
Direct activities
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) identified 5 areas of management practice for leaders to
attend to during turbulent times. Which of the following are included in those areas?
correctanswer Maintaining and sustaining quality and safety in service delivery
Balancing reliability and efficiency in service delivery
Involving workers to manage and sustain change
Hersey and colleagues identified three skills needed for leading or influencing workers.
Identify three skills leaders must possess to influence people. correct answer Diagnosing
Directing
Communicating
Great leaders possess four essential skills. Identify two statements that describe those
skills. correct answer Great leaders possess popularity to establish followers to engage.
Great leaders possess a combination of hardiness and the ability to
graspcontext, called "adaptive capacity."
The research of which team states that the leader needs to be flexible in behavior, able
todiagnose the leadership style appropriate to the situation, and able to apply the
appropriate style? correct answer hersey and Blanchard's model
Managers who proceed with a change can best engage staff and prevent resistance by
doing which of the following? correct answer Communicating accurate information to engage
staff and overcome
misunderstanding regarding the need for change
, Leaders are change agents and have a role in change that includes which of the
following? correct answer Providing reliable information and details to those who are
to
implement the change and understand their view of expectations and plan adequate, timely
education on the changed.
Porter-O'Grady and Malloch (2015) emphasized four practices for current workplaces that
foster learning organizations. Examples of practices would include: correct answer
Electronichealth records (EHRs), health information exchange (HIE) networks, and clinical
decision support.
Trends in 21-century health care in the US are described as revolutionary by Longenecker and
Longenecker (2014). Leaders will innovate and change toward preventive and wellness health
care services because of which of these trends? correct answer New laws and regulations from
the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to cut costs and improve indicators of quality and
staffingchallenges
Change is inevitable in health care, just as it is in life. Which two statements are
true about change? correct answer Change is inevitable and is necessary for organizational
viability.
Individuals become aware of the need for change when needs are unmet.
Change behaviors displayed in a variety of ways. Identify the two correct statements
correctanswer A. Resistance can be useful and should be listened to and analyzed.
D. Too much change is disruptive and can result in disorganization.
Change behaviors displayed in a variety of ways. Identify the two correct statements on
how leaders identify, support, and promote innovators. correct answer D. Seeks out
knowledgeable experts
E. Comfortable with uncertainty
The distinction between change and innovation is best described in which of the
following statements? correct answer B. Innovation refers to the process of bringing any
new or problem-solving idea into use, whereas change is a process for reducing variation
within anexisting process with a problem.
C. Innovation is often linked with creativity and viewed as the use of a new idea to
solve aproblem, whereas change means improving incrementally
, D. Change is a disruption; innovation is systematic,
Rogers (2003) described five factors to determine successful planned change: relative
advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability. The statements
below relate to these success factors. Leaders will present information on two of these
toexplain the necessity for the change and the expectations. Which of the following are
those two? correct answer A. The degree to which the change is thought to be better than
thestatus quo
B. The degree to which the change is compatible with existing values of the
individuals or group
Culture is a concept that is best portrayed in nursing with which of the following
statements? correct answer Culture is a set of values, beliefs, and assumptions that are
sharedby members of an organization.
Climate is often confused with culture. Which statement best describes aspects of
climate? correct answer D. Culture and climate can both be measured.
Identify the statements about organizational culture that impact nursing practice.
correctanswer A. Organizational culture affects the quality of nursing care and patient
outcomes.
B. Mission statements provide a view of strategic priorities for a nursing organization and
worksetting.
C. Culture is developed over time with the shared values that guidemembers on how to
problem solve and manage relationships.
The research leading to the gold standard for nursing excellence has produced which of
the following findings? correct answer A. The effects of nursing interventions are facilitated by
organizational characteristics at the unit level.
Mortality rates in Magnet hospitals had a significantly lower mortality rate for Medicare
patients than that control hospitals.
The 14 Forces of Magnetism has directed research on Hospital Magnet Standards, which
measure certain characteristics. Select the answers that best reflect those measures of
Magnet standards correct answer Clinically competent peers, education support,
adequatestaffing, and nurse manager support
Clinical autonomy, control of nursing practice, and collaborative nursephysician
relationships
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