3 aspects of critical thinking - Answer-1. Reflection
2. Language
3. Intuition
/.4 Ethical issues in healthcare: - Answer-1)Consent and autonomy
2)Resource allocation
3)End-of-life care
4)Truth telling
/.4 ways nurses self-regulate: - Answer-1. practice according to the standards and code
of ethics
2. developing standards, code of ethics, and examinations
3. use of title
4. entry into practice competencies
/.5 Characteristics of leaders are: (D, I, I, S, S) - Answer-1.Intelligence
2.Self-confidence
3.Determination
4.Integrity
5.Sociability
/.5 Things that need to be assessed when looking at conflict are: - Answer-Latency
(what was the antecedent?)
Perceived conflict (issues and roles of those involved)
Felt conflict (emotions)
Overt conflict (when action is taken)
Aftermath (debriefing)
/.5 ways to gain power are? - Answer-Take Longterm Work Buds for Supper
1. Take opportunities to extend influence
2. Learn how to network
3. Work to STAND OUT (risks etc)
4. Be persistent
5. Stay accountable
/.After discussing the possible effects of the low patient satisfaction rate, the staff
started to list down possible strategies to solve the problems head-on. Should they
decide to vote on the best change strategy, which of the following strategies is referred
to this?
,A. Collaboration
B. Majority rule
C. Dominance
D. Compromise - Answer-B
The majority rule involves dividing the house and the highest vote wins. 1/2 + 1 is a
majority. The majority rule is a decision rule that selects alternatives that have a
majority, that is, more than half the votes. It is the binary decision rule used most often
in influential decision-making bodies, including all the legislatures of democratic nations.
/.Alexandra is tasked to organize the new wing of the hospital. She was given the
authority to do as she deems fit. She is aware that the director of nursing has
substantial trust and confidence in her capabilities, communicates through downward
and upward channels, and usually uses the ideas and opinions of her staff. Which of the
following is her style of management?
A. Benevolent -authoritative
B. Consultative
C. Exploitive-authoritative
D. Participative - Answer-B
A consultative manager is almost like a participative manager. The participative
manager has complete trust and confidence in the subordinates, always uses the
opinions and ideas of subordinates, and communicates in all directions. Consultative
leadership is a leadership style that targets team building and uses the skills of others to
create plans and make decisions. Leaders consult with their team to obtain their
suggestions and opinions to help them make informed and strategic decisions.
/.As a manager, she focuses her energy on both the quality of services rendered to the
patients as well as the welfare of the staff of her unit. Which of the following
management styles does she adopt?
A. Country club management
B. Organization man management
C. Team management
D. Authority-obedience management - Answer-C
Team management has a high concern for services and high concern for staff. Team
management is the ability of an individual or an organization to administer and
coordinate a group of individuals to perform a task. Team management involves
teamwork, communication, objective setting, and performance appraisals.
/.As a young manager, she knows that conflict occurs in any organization. Which of the
following statements regarding conflict is not true?
A. Can be destructive if the level is too high.
,B. Is not beneficial; hence it should be prevented at all times.
C. May result in poor performance.
D. May create leaders. - Answer-B
Conflicts are beneficial because it surfaces out issues in the open and can be solved
right away. Likewise, members of the team become more conscientious with their work
when they are aware that other members of the team are watching them. What conflicts
do is that they encourage debate and competition which is good for almost any
environment. Also, it improves team culture and allows people to learn more.
/.Aubrey thinks about primary nursing as a system to deliver care. Which of the
following activities is not done by a primary nurse?
A. Collaborates with the physician.
B. Provides care to a group of patients together with a group of nurses.
C. Provides care for 5-6 patients during their hospital stay.
D. Performs comprehensive initial assessment. - Answer-B
This function is done in team nursing where the nurse is a member of a team that
provides care for a group of patients. Primary care nursing is when a single nurse is
identified as the point of contact and primary caregiver for a patient during his or her
particular hospital stay or other episodes of care. As envisioned by staff nurses at the
University of Minnesota in 1969, the primary care nursing team is composed of that lead
nurse, who directly supervises the engagement of a licensed practical nurse and/or
nursing assistant in that patient's care.
/.Benner's Novice to Expert Model: - Answer-1)Novice
2)Advanced beginner
3)Competent
4)Proficient
5)Expert
/.C-HOBIC supports the nursing profession by: - Answer-1.systematically articulating
outcomes of nursing interventions
2.supporting the aggregation of nursing data to enable comparative analysis
3.positioning the collection and reporting of nursing data in a systematic format
/.Canada Health Act based on five principles: - Answer-•Universality
•Comprehensiveness
•Accessibility
•Portability
-Public administration
/.Centralized organizations have some advantages. Which of the following statements is
true? Select all that apply.
, A. Highly cost-effective
B. Makes management easier
C. Reflects the interest of the worker
D. Allows quick decisions or actions. - Answer-A, B
Centralized organizations need only a few managers hence they are less expensive and
easier to manage. In a centralized organization, the decision-making powers are
retained in the head office, and all other offices receive commands from the main office.
The executives and specialists who make critical decisions are based in the head office.
/.Change can affect five different aspects of organization: - Answer-1)Culture
2)Structure
3)Technology
4)Physical setting
5)Human resources
/.Definition of Nursing informatics - Answer-A specialty that integrates nursing science
with multiple information and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage and
communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice
/.Describe informed consent - Answer-Informed consent is a process for getting
permission before conducting a healthcare intervention on a person. A healthcare
provider may ask a patient to consent to receive therapy before providing it, or a clinical
researcher may ask a research participant before enrolling that person into a clinical
trial
/.Describe politics as it relates to health care and how stakeholders influence healthcare
politics. - Answer-Involves using power to influence, persuade, or change—it is the
activity in which conflicting interests struggle for advantage or dominance in the making
and execution of public policies.
Stakeholders tend to exert political pressure on health policy makers in an effort to
make the health care system work to their economic advantage (at the municipal,
provincial, or federal level).
/.Desire for power takes one of two forms: - Answer-1.An orientation toward achieving
personal gain and self-glorification
2.An orientation toward achieving gain for others or the common good
/.Difference between CNA, CNO, RNAO and what do they stand for? - Answer-CNA
(Cdn Nurs Assoc): ETHICS
CNO (Coll Nurs Ont): Nursing license/exams/edu, Practice standards, Protect the
public, Develops scope
RNAO (RN Assoc Ont): Speak out for nurses as a whole in the province, Create best
practise guidelines, LIP protection (legal protection)
