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Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing Theory and Application,
11th Edition By (Huston, 2025), All Chapters 1 - 25
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
,Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
, Chapter 1 Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and
Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for successful leadership and
management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing between courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem
ANSWER: C
Feedback:Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a
particular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic
process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred
to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision
making and problem solving.
2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
ANSWER: A Feedback:The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing Theory and Application,
11th Edition By (Huston, 2025), All Chapters 1 - 25
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
,Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
, Chapter 1 Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and
Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for successful leadership and
management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing between courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem
ANSWER: C
Feedback:Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a
particular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic
process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred
to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision
making and problem solving.
2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
ANSWER: A Feedback:The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
