Which of the following guidelines should be least considered in formulating objectives for nursing care?
A. Written nursing care plan
B. Holistic approach
C. Prescribed standards
D. Staff preferences.
D. Staff preferences
Rationale: Staff preferences should be the least priority in formul...
Which of the following guidelines should be least considered in formulating
objectives for nursing care?
A. Written nursing care plan
B. Holistic approach
C. Prescribed standards
D. Staff preferences. - ANSWER- D. Staff preferences
Rationale: Staff preferences should be the least priority in formulation objectives
to nursing care. Individual preferences should be subordinate to the interest of
the patients/
Stephanie considers shifting to transformational leadership. Which of the
following statements best describes this type of leadership?
A. Uses visioning as the essence of leadership.
B. Serves the followers rather than being served.
C. Maintains full trust and confidence in the subordinates.
D. Possesses innate charisma that makes others feel good in his presence. -
ANSWER- A. Uses visioning as the essence of leadership.
Rationale: Transformational leadership relies heavily on visioning as the core of
leadership.
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
Katherine is a young Unit manager of the Pediatric Ward. Most of her staff nurses
are senior to her, very articulate, confident and sometimes aggressive. Katherine
feels uncomfortable believing that she is the scapegoat of everything that goes
wrong in her department. Which of the following is the best action she must take?
A. Identify the source of the conflict and understand the points of friction.
B. Disregard what she feels and continue to work independently.
C. Seek help from the Director of Nursing
D. Quit her job and look for another employment. - ANSWER- A. Identify the
source of the conflict and understand the points of friction.
Rationale: This involves problem solving approach, which addresses the root
cause of the problem.
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. Is not beneficial; hence it should be
prevented at all times.
Rationale: Conflicts are beneficial bc it surfaces out issues in the open & can be
solved right away. Likewise, members of the team become more conscientious
with their work when they are aware that the other members of the team are
watching them.
Katherine tells one of the staff, "I don't have time to discuss the matter with you
now. See me in my office later" when the latter asks if they can talk about an
issue. Which of the following conflict resolution strategies did she use?
A. Smoothing
B. Compromise
C. Avoidance
, D. Restriction - ANSWER- C. Avoidance
Rationale: This strategy shuns discussing the issue head-on and prefers to
postpone it to a later time. In effect the problem remains unsolved and both
parties are in a lose-lose situation.
Kathleen knows that one of her staff is experiencing burnout. Which of the
following is the best thing for her to do?
A. Advise her staff to go on vacation.
B. Ignore her observations; it will be resolved even without intervention.
C. Remind her to show loyalty to the institution.
D. Let the staff ventilate her feelings and ask how she can be of help. - ANSWER-
D. Let the staff ventilate her feelings and ask how she can be of help.
Rationale: Reaching out and helping the staff is the most effective strategy in
dealing with burn out. Knowing that someone is ready to help makes the staff feel
important; hence her self-worth is enhanced.
She knows that performance appraisal consists of all the following activities
EXCEPT:
A. Setting specific standards and activities for individual performance
B. Using agency standards as a guide.
C. Determine areas of strength and weaknesses.
D. Focusing activity on the correction of identified behavior. - ANSWER- D.
Focusing activity on the correction of identified behavior. n
Rationale: Performance appraisal deal with both positive and negative
performance, is not meant to be a fault-finding activity.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about performance appraisal?
A. Informing the staff about the specific impressions of their work help improve
their performance.
B. A verbal appraisal is an acceptable substitute for a written report.
C. Patients are the best source of information regarding personnel appraisal.
D. The outcome of performance appraisal rests primarily with the staff. -
ANSWER- C. Patients are the best source of information regarding personnel
appraisal.
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