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NUR 168 CONCEPTS 3: CHAPTER 10: LEADING, MANAGING, DELEGATING: QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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NUR 168 CONCEPTS 3: CHAPTER 10: LEADING,MANAGING, DELEGATING: QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. A charge nurse in a busy hospital manages a skilled nursing
unit using an autocratic style of leadership. Which leadership
tasks BEST represent this style of leadership? Select all that
apply.
A) The charge nurse polls the other nurses for input on nursing
protocols.
B) The charge nurse dictates break schedules for the other
nurses.
C) The charge nurse schedules a mandatory in-service training
on new equipment.
D) The charge nurse allows the other nurses to divide up nursing
tasks.
E) The charge nurse delegates nursing responsibilities to the
staff.
F) The charge nurse encourages the nurses to work
independently. Correct Answers B) The charge nurse dictates
break schedules for the other nurses.
C) The charge nurse schedules a mandatory in-service training
on new equipment.
E) The charge nurse delegates nursing responsibilities to the
staff.
10. A new nurse manager at a small hospital is interested in
achieving Magnet status. Which action would help the hospital
to achieve this goal?
A) Centralizing the decision-making process
B) Promoting self-governance at the unit level
,C) Deterring professional autonomy to promote teamwork
D) Promoting evidence-based practice over innovative nursing
practice Correct Answers B) Promoting self-governance at the
unit level
2. A nurse who is newly hired to manage a busy pediatric office
is encouraged to use a transactional leadership style when
dealing with subordinates. Which activities best exemplify the
use of this type of leadership? Select all that apply.
A) The manager institutes a reward program for employees who
meet goals and work deadlines.
B) The manager encourages the other nurses to participate in
health care reform by joining nursing organizations.
C) The manager promotes compliance by reminding
subordinates that they have a good salary and working
conditions.
D) The manager makes sure all the employees are kept abreast
of new developments in pediatric nursing.
E) The manager works with subordinates to accomplish all the
nursing tasks and goals for the day.
F) The manager allows the other nurses to set their own
schedules and perform nursing care as they see fit. Correct
Answers A) The manager institutes a reward program for
employees who meet goals and work deadlines.
C) The manager promotes compliance by reminding
subordinates that they have a good salary and working
conditions.
3. A nurse manager of a busy cardiac unit observes
disagreements between the RNs and the LPNs related to
schedules and nursing responsibilities. At a staff meeting, the
, manager compliments all the nurses on a job well done and
points out that expected goals and outcomes for the month have
been met. The nurse concludes the meeting without addressing
the disagreements between the two groups of nurses. Which
conflict resolution strategy is being employed by this manager?
A) Collaborating
B) Competing
C) Compromising
D) Smoothing Correct Answers D) Smoothing
4. A nurse is a servant leader working in an economically
depressed community to set up a free mobile health clinic for the
residents. Which actions by the leader BEST exemplify a key
practice of servant leaders? Select all that apply
A) The nurse motivates coworkers to solicit funding to set up
the clinic.
B) The nurse sets only realistic goals that are present oriented
and easily achieved.
C) The nurse forms an autocratic governing body to keep the
project on track.
D) The nurse spends time with supporters to help them grow in
their roles.
E) The nurse first ensures that other's lowest priority needs are
served.
F) The nurse prizes leadership because of the need to serve
others. Correct Answers A) The nurse motivates coworkers to
solicit funding to set up the clinic.
D) The nurse spends time with supporters to help them grow in
their roles.
F) The nurse prizes leadership because of the need to serve
others.
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