Management And Leadership HESI Practice Questions
And Answers
Quiz :The student nurse is shadowing on a medical/surgical unit and observes
the duties of the charge nurse. Which of the following would the student
identify as a quality attributed to a nurse in a leadership role?
A. Delays admission from emergency department until staff has appropriately
educated a newly diagnosed diabetic patient on insulin administration.
B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient to allow him to
communicate his future health concerns.
C. Reevaluates staffing needs after one RN "calls in sick."
D. Counsels a UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) after arriving late for work
the third time that week. - Answer :B. Spends time with a newly diagnosed
lung cancer patient to allow him to communicate his future health concerns.
Rationale:
Leaders do the right thing.
Therefore focus on effectiveness whereas a manager focuses on efficiencies.
Quiz :Which of the following is NOT a task or responsibility of the first-level
manager?
Staff assignments for patient care during shifts
Conducting staff meetings
Making daily patient rounds
Initiate changes to unit policies based on current evidence - Answer :Initiate
changes to unit policies based on current evidence
Rationale:
Initiating change to the unit policies based on current evidence is done by the
middle-level manage. The other options describe tasks of the first-level
manager.
Quiz :A new nurse is interviewed at a facility where various models of patient
care delivery are used. The nurse is interested in developing clinical decision-
, making skills. After the interview, the nurse determines the best position for
enhancing those skills is the unit that uses which of the following models?
Primary nursing
Team nursing
Functional nursing
Case management - Answer :Primary Nursing
In primary nursing, clinical decision making is focused at the bedside by the
nurse administering the care. The other options are a patient care delivery
model whose focus is not bedside decision making.
Quiz :Which of the following is NOT an example of the behavioral theory of
leadership?
Republican is a political party not a behavioral characteristic. The others are
behavioral characteristics.
Quiz :An agency nurse is assigned to work on a unit that uses the team nursing
model of health care delivery. The nurse understands that the advantage to
patient care delivery in this model is that the nurse
must make all patient care decisions.
can delegate patient care to other team members.
begins working on discharge plans at the time of admission.
administers all medications to the team patients. - Answer :Can delegate
patient care
The advantage to the team nursing patient care delivery model is that UAPs
are used to assist the RN and tasks can be delegated to them. The other
options are examples of the primary nursing delivery model.
Quiz :In a primary care delivery model, which of the following would be an
expected assignment for a staff member for the day?
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