QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What are five core areas of knowledge and skills that are necessary for the
practical/vocational charge nurse to be an effective leader - ✔✔1) Motivate team
members to accomplish goals
2) Team goals
3) Communicate assertively
4) build a team of cooperative workers
5) manage stress effective
✔✔what are the five levels of work motivators? Howlett hierarchy? - ✔✔level 1- salary,
benefits, working conditions, supervision policies and agencies
level 2- safety in the work place job security
level 3- affiliation interpersonal relationships
level 4- recognition growth, responsibilities, nature of the job
level 5- achievement advancement
✔✔What is the basic hint for successful problem solving? - ✔✔-identify the real issue
and solve it
✔✔When documenting unacceptable behavior, give examples of objective information
that should be included in the evaluation. - ✔✔-day & time late for shift
-date of oral warning
-seriousness of the situation
-consequences
✔✔To be a leader in long-term care, it is necessary to develop what specific skills - ✔✔-
Occupational Skills- the knowledge and skills of nursing
-Organizational skills- to function in the organization that delivers health care
-Human relationship skills - the ability to get alone with and relate to people
, ✔✔what are the requirements of the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program?
- ✔✔-Improve Quality Of Care of Beneficiaries
-ensure that Medicaid only pays for services that are reasonable and medically
necessary.
-protect beneficiaries by addressing individual complaints, such as appeals, and non
coverage
✔✔As a practical/vocational charge nurse, what are your responsibilities when
evaluating nursing assistants? - ✔✔-observing skills and performance and attitude of
nursing assistance
-providing daily oral/ written feedback, including suggestions for improvement
-documenting observations
-presenting a final evaluation
✔✔Describe a Autocratic Leader - ✔✔- tell people what to do (a dictator)
-emphasis policies
-task oriented
✔✔What indicate a active listener - ✔✔-someone thats always thinking not just hearing
or seeing words
-Saying things like "Tell me more", avoiding judgement, good eye contact & frequent
nodding.
✔✔What Symptoms indicate aspiration pneumonia - ✔✔-fever
-wheezing
-crackles in the lungs
✔✔What is Effective Nursing Leadership - ✔✔-vision
-communication
-decision making
-change
-social power