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NUR 4590 Exam 21. Which of the following factors influences the structure of an organization?
Answer
Number of employees
2. Within nursing practice, the use of advanced practice roles is an example of
Answer
specialization
3. The nursing chief executive officer (CEO) works in a major rehabilitation and subacute facility
network. Her span of control refers to the number of nurses and non-nurses reporting to her
4. A nurse manager is responsible for a unit consisting of 40 nurses who report to two clinical
supervisors. In addition, there are 10 support staff who report to an administrative supervisor.
The subordinates reporting to this manager are known as which dimension of organizational
design
Answer
Span of control
5. . A staff nurse has been working in the neonatal critical care unit for 10 years. She believes
that a professional nurse is a lifelong learner. Many staff members come to her for clinical
problem solving and advice. This nurse has
Answer
informal power
,6. An organizational chart with one line of management and one line of staff reflects which of
the following types of organizational structures?
Answer
Flat struc- ture
7. The phrase "the buck stops here" best describes which of the following terms?
Answer
Accountability
8. Patient surveys convey that they are uncertain about who is the registered nurse (RN). The
CEO makes a decision that mandates that white nursing caps will be worn by all RNs and blue
nursing caps by all licensed practical nurses to differentiate professional nurses and
occupational nurses from nurses' aides and other ancillary staff. Which type of structure does
this represent?
Answer
Centralized
9. The patient is a 69-year-old woman who has a history of diabetes mellitus, peripheral
vascular disease, and myocardial infarctions. She was admitted to the hospital with a stroke and
is being transferred to a subacute facility and then to a rehabilitation facility. At every transfer
she must review her entire history, provide telephone numbers of family members, list all 30 of
her med- ications, and list all home care and medical supply companies.Which of these processes
could improve the fragmentation in work flow?
Answer
Standardization
10. The ways in which work is divided and coordinated among members and the resulting
network of relationships, roles, and work groups is the organizational social structure
, 11. According to the organizational approach, organizations are logical and predictable
with identifiable and scientifically measurable characteristics that can be predicted, observed, or
manipulated
Answer
objective
12. Which organizational theory emphasized the informal aspects of organization social
structure and was influenced by the Hawthorne experiments?
Answer
Hu- man relations school
13. The division of work by occupation or function is a form of specialization.
14. Standardization of provides a uniform structure for information delivery and flow in
order to facilitate exchange among those involved in common work processes
Answer
communication
15. A rapid response team within an acute care hospital is comprised of critical care
physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists. The team assists staff throughout the hospital with
detecting and managing imminent patient deterioration. This is an example of a
organizational form.
Answer
parallel
16. The structure of authority in an organization is known as the hierarchy.
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