Test Bank Essentials of Nursing
-? -? -? -? -
? Leadership & Management 7th Edition
-? -? -? -? -
Sally A. Weiss Complete All Chapters
? -? -? -? -? -? -
2024 ?
,Chapter 1: Nursing Leadership and Management
-? -? -? -? -? -
? MULTIPLE CHOICE -?
1. According to Henri Fayol, the functions of planning, organizing, coordinating, and
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
controlling are considered which aspect of management?
? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Roles
b. Process
c. Functions
d. Taxonomy
ANS:-?B,-?The-?management-?process-?includes-?planning,-?organizing,-?coordinating,-?and-?controlling.-?Management-?roles-?include-
?information-?processing,-?interpersonal-?relationships,-?and-?decision-?making. -?Management-? functions-?include-?planning,-
?organizing,-?staffing, -?directing,-?coordinating,-?reporting,-?and-?budgeting.-? A-?taxonomy-?is-?a-?system-?that-?orders-?principles-?into-?a-
?grouping-?or-?classification.
2. Which of the following is considered a decisional managerial role?
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Disseminator
b. Figurehead
c. Leader
d. Entrepreneur
ANS:-?D,-?The-?decisional-?managerial-?roles-?include-?entrepreneur,-?disturbance-?handler,-?allocator-?of-?resources,-?and-?negotiator.-
?The-?information-?processing-? managerial -?roles-?include-? monitor,-?disseminator,-?and-?spokesperson.-?The-?interpersonal-
?managerial -?roles-?include-?figurehead,-?leader, -?and-?liaison.
3. A nurse manager meets regularly with other nurse managers, participates on the
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
organizations committees, and attends meetings sponsored by professional organizations in
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
order to manage relationships. These activities are considered which function of a manager?
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Informing
b. Problem solving -?
c. Monitoring
d. Networking
ANS:-?D,-?The-?role-?functions-?to-?manage-?relationships-?are-?networking,-?supporting,-?developing-?and-?mentoring,-?managing-
?conflict-?and-?team-?building,-? motivating-?and-?inspiring,-?recognizing,-?and-?rewarding.-?The -?role-? functions-?to-? manage-?the-? work-
?are-?planning-?and-?organizing,-?problem-?solving, -?clarifying-?roles-?and-?objectives,-?informing, -? monitoring,-?consulting,-?and-
?delegating.
4. A nurse was recently promoted to a middle-level manager position. The nurses title
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
would most likely be which of the following?
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. First-line manager -?
b. Director
c. Vice president of patient care services
-? -? -? -? -?
d. Chief nurse executive-? -?
ANS:-?B,-?A-?middle-level-?manager-?is-?called-?a-?director.-?A-?low-?managerial--?level-?job-?is-?called-?the-?first-line-?manager.-?A-?nurse-
?in-?an -?executive-?level -?role-?is-?called-?a-?chief-?nurse-?executive -?or -?vice-?president-?of-?patient-?care-?services.
5. A nurse manager who uses Frederick Taylors scientific management approach, would most
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
likely focus on which of the following?
? -? -? -? -? -? -?
, a. General principles -?
b. Positional authority -?
c. Labor productivity
-?
d. Impersonal relations -?
ANS:-?C,-?The-?area-?of-?focus-?for-?scientific-?management-?is-?labor-?productivity.-?In-?bureaucratic-?theory,-?efficiency-?is-?achieved-
?through-?impersonal-?relations-? within-?a-? formal -?structure-?and-?is-?based-?on-?positional-?authority.-? Administrative-?principle-?theory-
?consists-?of-?principles-?of-? management-?that-? are-?relevant-?to -?any-?organization.
6. According to Vrooms Theory of Motivation, force:
-? -? -? -? -? -?
a. is the perceived possibility that the goal will be achieved.
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
b. describes the amount of effort one will exert to reach ones goal.
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
c. describes people who have free will but choose to comply with orders they are given.
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
d. is a naturally forming social group that can become a contributor to an organization.
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
ANS:-?B,-?According-?to-?Vrooms-?Theory-?of-?Motivation,-?Force-?describes-?the-?amount-?of-?effort-?one-?will-?exert-?to-?reach-?ones-
?goal.-?Valence-?speaks-?to-?the-?level-?of-?attractiveness-?or -?unattractiveness-?of-?the-?goal.-?Expectancy-?is-?the-?perceived-?possibility-
?that-?the-?goal-? will -?be-?achieved.-? Vrooms-?Theory-?of-?Motivation -?can-?be-?demonstrated-?in-?the-? form-? of-?an-?equation:-?Force-?=-
?Valence-?Expectancy-?(Vroom, -?1964).-?The-?theory-?proposes-?that-?this-?equation-?can-?help-?to-?predict-?the-? motivation,-?or-?force, -?of-
?an-?individual-?as-?described-?by-?Vroom.
7. According to R. N. Lussier, motivation:
-? -? -? -? -?
a. is unconsciously demonstrated by people.
-? -? -? -?
b. occurs externally to influence behavior.
-? -? -? -?
c. is determined by others choices.
-? -? -? -?
d. occurs internally to influence behavior.
-? -? -? -?
ANS:-?D,-?Motivation-?is-?a-?process-?that-?occurs-?internally-?to-?influence-?and-?direct-?our-?behavior-?in-?order-?to-?satisfy-?needs.-
?Motivation-?is-?not-?explicitly-?demonstrated-?by-?people,-?but-?rather-?it -?is-?interpreted-?from-?their -?behavior.-?Motivation-?is-? whatever -
?influences-?our-?choices-?and-?creates-?direction,-?intensity, -?and-?persistence-?in -?our-?behavior.
8. According to R. N. Lussier, there are content motivation theories and process
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
motivation theories. Which of the following is considered a process motivation theory?
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Equity theory -?
b. Hierarchy of needs theory -? -? -?
c. Existence-relatedness-growth theory -?
d. Hygiene maintenance and motivation factors
-? -? -? -?
ANS:-?A,-?The-?process-?motivation-?theories-?are-?equity-?theory-?and-?expectancy-?theory.-?The-?content-?motivation-?theories-?include-
?Maslows-?hierarchy-?of-?needs-?theory, -? Aldefers-?existence- -?relatedness-growth-?(ERG) -?theory,-?and-?Herzbergs-?hygiene-
?maintenance-?factors-?and-? motivation-?factors.
9. The theory that includes maintenance and motivation factors is:
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Maslows hierarchy of needs. -? -? -?
b. Herzbergs two-factor theory. -? -?
c. McGregors theory X and theory Y. -? -? -? -? -?
d. Ouchis theory Z. -? -?
, ANS:-?B,-?The-?two-factor-?theory-?of-?motivation-?includes-?motivation-?and-?maintenance-?factors.-?Maslows-?hierarchy-?of-?needs-
?includes-?the-? following-?needs:-?physiological,-?safety, -?security, -?belonging,-?and-?self-actualization.-?In-?theory-?X,-?employees -?prefer -
?security, -?direction,-?and-? minimal -? responsibility.-?In -?theory-?Y, -?employees -?enjoy-?their -? work, -?show-?self-control-?and-?discipline,-
?are-? able-?to -?contribute-?creatively, -?and-?are-? motivated -?by-?ties -?to-?the-?group,-?organization,-?and-?the-? work-?itself. -? The-? focus-?of-
?theory-?Z-?is-?collective-?decision-?making-?and-?long-term-?employment-?that-?involves-?slower -?promotions-?and-?less-?direct -
?supervision.
10. A nurse is appointed to a leadership position in the local hospital. The nurses position would
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
be considered which of the following?
? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Informal leadership -?
b. Formal leadership -?
c. Leadership
d. Management
ANS:-?B,-?Formal-?leadership-?is-?based-?on-?occupying-?a-?position-?in-?an-?organization.-?Informal-?leadership-?is-?shown-?by-?an-
?individual-?who-?demonstrates -?leadership-?outside-?the-?scope-?of-?a-?formal-?leadership-?role-?or -?as-?a-?member-?of-?a-?group.-
?Leadership-?is-?a-?process-?of-?influence-? whereby-?the-?leader -?influences-?others-?toward -?goal -?achievement.-?Management-?is-?a-
?process-?to-?achieve-?organizational-?goals.
11. A nursing instructor is evaluating whether the nursing students understand the three
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
fundamental qualities that leaders share. According to Bennis and Nanus, the
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
fundamental qualities of effective leaders are:
? -? -? -? -? -?
a. guided vision, passion, and integrity.
-? -? -? -?
b. knowledge of self, honesty, and maturity. -? -? -? -? -?
c. intelligence, self-confidence, and determination.
-? -? -?
d. honesty, self-awareness, and sociability.
-? -? -?
ANS:-?ABennis-?and-?Nanus-?list-?guided-?vision,-?passion,-?and-?integrity-?as-?fundamental-?qualities-?of-?effective-?leaders.-?Knowledge-
?of-?self, - ? honesty- ? and- ? maturity;- ? intelligence,- ? self-confidence - ? and- ? determination;- ? self-awareness- ? and- ? sociability- ? are-
? all- ? desirable-?traits-?in -?leaders -?as-? well -?as-?in -?others.
12. The six traits identified by Kirkpatrick and Locke that separate leaders from non-leaders were:
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. respectability, trustworthiness, flexibility, self-confidence, intelligence, sociability.
-? -? -? -? -?
b. self-confidence, progression of experiences, influence of others, personal life factors,
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
honesty, drive.
? -?
c. intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity, sociability, honesty.
-? -? -? -? -?
d. drive, desire to lead, honesty, self-confidence, cognitive ability, knowledge of business.
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
ANS:-?D,-?Research-?by-?Kirkpatrick-?and-?Locke-?concluded-?that-?leaders-?possess-?six-?traits:-?drive,-?desire-?to-?lead,-?honesty,-?self--
?confidence,-?cognitive-?ability, -?and-?knowledge-?of-?the-?business.-? Woods-?identified-?five-?dominant-? factors-?that-?influenced-
?leadership-?development:-?self-confidence,-?innate-?qualities,-?progression-?of-?experience, -?influence -?of-?significant -?others,-?and-
?personal-?life-? factors. -?Stogdill-?identified-?the-?following-?traits -?of-? a-? leader:-?intelligence, -?self- -?confidence,-?determination,-
?integrity, -?and- ? sociability.-?Murphy-?and-?DeBack-?identified-?the-?following-?leader -?characteristics: -?caring,-?respectability,-
?trustworthiness,-?and-? flexibility.
13. A nurse manager who uses a leadership style that is participatory and where
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
authority is delegated to others is most likely using which of the following leadership
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
styles?
?
a. Autocratic
b. Democratic
c. Laissez-faire
-? -? -? -? -
? Leadership & Management 7th Edition
-? -? -? -? -
Sally A. Weiss Complete All Chapters
? -? -? -? -? -? -
2024 ?
,Chapter 1: Nursing Leadership and Management
-? -? -? -? -? -
? MULTIPLE CHOICE -?
1. According to Henri Fayol, the functions of planning, organizing, coordinating, and
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
controlling are considered which aspect of management?
? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Roles
b. Process
c. Functions
d. Taxonomy
ANS:-?B,-?The-?management-?process-?includes-?planning,-?organizing,-?coordinating,-?and-?controlling.-?Management-?roles-?include-
?information-?processing,-?interpersonal-?relationships,-?and-?decision-?making. -?Management-? functions-?include-?planning,-
?organizing,-?staffing, -?directing,-?coordinating,-?reporting,-?and-?budgeting.-? A-?taxonomy-?is-?a-?system-?that-?orders-?principles-?into-?a-
?grouping-?or-?classification.
2. Which of the following is considered a decisional managerial role?
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Disseminator
b. Figurehead
c. Leader
d. Entrepreneur
ANS:-?D,-?The-?decisional-?managerial-?roles-?include-?entrepreneur,-?disturbance-?handler,-?allocator-?of-?resources,-?and-?negotiator.-
?The-?information-?processing-? managerial -?roles-?include-? monitor,-?disseminator,-?and-?spokesperson.-?The-?interpersonal-
?managerial -?roles-?include-?figurehead,-?leader, -?and-?liaison.
3. A nurse manager meets regularly with other nurse managers, participates on the
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
organizations committees, and attends meetings sponsored by professional organizations in
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
order to manage relationships. These activities are considered which function of a manager?
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Informing
b. Problem solving -?
c. Monitoring
d. Networking
ANS:-?D,-?The-?role-?functions-?to-?manage-?relationships-?are-?networking,-?supporting,-?developing-?and-?mentoring,-?managing-
?conflict-?and-?team-?building,-? motivating-?and-?inspiring,-?recognizing,-?and-?rewarding.-?The -?role-? functions-?to-? manage-?the-? work-
?are-?planning-?and-?organizing,-?problem-?solving, -?clarifying-?roles-?and-?objectives,-?informing, -? monitoring,-?consulting,-?and-
?delegating.
4. A nurse was recently promoted to a middle-level manager position. The nurses title
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
would most likely be which of the following?
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. First-line manager -?
b. Director
c. Vice president of patient care services
-? -? -? -? -?
d. Chief nurse executive-? -?
ANS:-?B,-?A-?middle-level-?manager-?is-?called-?a-?director.-?A-?low-?managerial--?level-?job-?is-?called-?the-?first-line-?manager.-?A-?nurse-
?in-?an -?executive-?level -?role-?is-?called-?a-?chief-?nurse-?executive -?or -?vice-?president-?of-?patient-?care-?services.
5. A nurse manager who uses Frederick Taylors scientific management approach, would most
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
likely focus on which of the following?
? -? -? -? -? -? -?
, a. General principles -?
b. Positional authority -?
c. Labor productivity
-?
d. Impersonal relations -?
ANS:-?C,-?The-?area-?of-?focus-?for-?scientific-?management-?is-?labor-?productivity.-?In-?bureaucratic-?theory,-?efficiency-?is-?achieved-
?through-?impersonal-?relations-? within-?a-? formal -?structure-?and-?is-?based-?on-?positional-?authority.-? Administrative-?principle-?theory-
?consists-?of-?principles-?of-? management-?that-? are-?relevant-?to -?any-?organization.
6. According to Vrooms Theory of Motivation, force:
-? -? -? -? -? -?
a. is the perceived possibility that the goal will be achieved.
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
b. describes the amount of effort one will exert to reach ones goal.
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
c. describes people who have free will but choose to comply with orders they are given.
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
d. is a naturally forming social group that can become a contributor to an organization.
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
ANS:-?B,-?According-?to-?Vrooms-?Theory-?of-?Motivation,-?Force-?describes-?the-?amount-?of-?effort-?one-?will-?exert-?to-?reach-?ones-
?goal.-?Valence-?speaks-?to-?the-?level-?of-?attractiveness-?or -?unattractiveness-?of-?the-?goal.-?Expectancy-?is-?the-?perceived-?possibility-
?that-?the-?goal-? will -?be-?achieved.-? Vrooms-?Theory-?of-?Motivation -?can-?be-?demonstrated-?in-?the-? form-? of-?an-?equation:-?Force-?=-
?Valence-?Expectancy-?(Vroom, -?1964).-?The-?theory-?proposes-?that-?this-?equation-?can-?help-?to-?predict-?the-? motivation,-?or-?force, -?of-
?an-?individual-?as-?described-?by-?Vroom.
7. According to R. N. Lussier, motivation:
-? -? -? -? -?
a. is unconsciously demonstrated by people.
-? -? -? -?
b. occurs externally to influence behavior.
-? -? -? -?
c. is determined by others choices.
-? -? -? -?
d. occurs internally to influence behavior.
-? -? -? -?
ANS:-?D,-?Motivation-?is-?a-?process-?that-?occurs-?internally-?to-?influence-?and-?direct-?our-?behavior-?in-?order-?to-?satisfy-?needs.-
?Motivation-?is-?not-?explicitly-?demonstrated-?by-?people,-?but-?rather-?it -?is-?interpreted-?from-?their -?behavior.-?Motivation-?is-? whatever -
?influences-?our-?choices-?and-?creates-?direction,-?intensity, -?and-?persistence-?in -?our-?behavior.
8. According to R. N. Lussier, there are content motivation theories and process
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
motivation theories. Which of the following is considered a process motivation theory?
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Equity theory -?
b. Hierarchy of needs theory -? -? -?
c. Existence-relatedness-growth theory -?
d. Hygiene maintenance and motivation factors
-? -? -? -?
ANS:-?A,-?The-?process-?motivation-?theories-?are-?equity-?theory-?and-?expectancy-?theory.-?The-?content-?motivation-?theories-?include-
?Maslows-?hierarchy-?of-?needs-?theory, -? Aldefers-?existence- -?relatedness-growth-?(ERG) -?theory,-?and-?Herzbergs-?hygiene-
?maintenance-?factors-?and-? motivation-?factors.
9. The theory that includes maintenance and motivation factors is:
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Maslows hierarchy of needs. -? -? -?
b. Herzbergs two-factor theory. -? -?
c. McGregors theory X and theory Y. -? -? -? -? -?
d. Ouchis theory Z. -? -?
, ANS:-?B,-?The-?two-factor-?theory-?of-?motivation-?includes-?motivation-?and-?maintenance-?factors.-?Maslows-?hierarchy-?of-?needs-
?includes-?the-? following-?needs:-?physiological,-?safety, -?security, -?belonging,-?and-?self-actualization.-?In-?theory-?X,-?employees -?prefer -
?security, -?direction,-?and-? minimal -? responsibility.-?In -?theory-?Y, -?employees -?enjoy-?their -? work, -?show-?self-control-?and-?discipline,-
?are-? able-?to -?contribute-?creatively, -?and-?are-? motivated -?by-?ties -?to-?the-?group,-?organization,-?and-?the-? work-?itself. -? The-? focus-?of-
?theory-?Z-?is-?collective-?decision-?making-?and-?long-term-?employment-?that-?involves-?slower -?promotions-?and-?less-?direct -
?supervision.
10. A nurse is appointed to a leadership position in the local hospital. The nurses position would
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
be considered which of the following?
? -? -? -? -? -?
a. Informal leadership -?
b. Formal leadership -?
c. Leadership
d. Management
ANS:-?B,-?Formal-?leadership-?is-?based-?on-?occupying-?a-?position-?in-?an-?organization.-?Informal-?leadership-?is-?shown-?by-?an-
?individual-?who-?demonstrates -?leadership-?outside-?the-?scope-?of-?a-?formal-?leadership-?role-?or -?as-?a-?member-?of-?a-?group.-
?Leadership-?is-?a-?process-?of-?influence-? whereby-?the-?leader -?influences-?others-?toward -?goal -?achievement.-?Management-?is-?a-
?process-?to-?achieve-?organizational-?goals.
11. A nursing instructor is evaluating whether the nursing students understand the three
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
fundamental qualities that leaders share. According to Bennis and Nanus, the
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
fundamental qualities of effective leaders are:
? -? -? -? -? -?
a. guided vision, passion, and integrity.
-? -? -? -?
b. knowledge of self, honesty, and maturity. -? -? -? -? -?
c. intelligence, self-confidence, and determination.
-? -? -?
d. honesty, self-awareness, and sociability.
-? -? -?
ANS:-?ABennis-?and-?Nanus-?list-?guided-?vision,-?passion,-?and-?integrity-?as-?fundamental-?qualities-?of-?effective-?leaders.-?Knowledge-
?of-?self, - ? honesty- ? and- ? maturity;- ? intelligence,- ? self-confidence - ? and- ? determination;- ? self-awareness- ? and- ? sociability- ? are-
? all- ? desirable-?traits-?in -?leaders -?as-? well -?as-?in -?others.
12. The six traits identified by Kirkpatrick and Locke that separate leaders from non-leaders were:
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
a. respectability, trustworthiness, flexibility, self-confidence, intelligence, sociability.
-? -? -? -? -?
b. self-confidence, progression of experiences, influence of others, personal life factors,
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
honesty, drive.
? -?
c. intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity, sociability, honesty.
-? -? -? -? -?
d. drive, desire to lead, honesty, self-confidence, cognitive ability, knowledge of business.
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -?
ANS:-?D,-?Research-?by-?Kirkpatrick-?and-?Locke-?concluded-?that-?leaders-?possess-?six-?traits:-?drive,-?desire-?to-?lead,-?honesty,-?self--
?confidence,-?cognitive-?ability, -?and-?knowledge-?of-?the-?business.-? Woods-?identified-?five-?dominant-? factors-?that-?influenced-
?leadership-?development:-?self-confidence,-?innate-?qualities,-?progression-?of-?experience, -?influence -?of-?significant -?others,-?and-
?personal-?life-? factors. -?Stogdill-?identified-?the-?following-?traits -?of-? a-? leader:-?intelligence, -?self- -?confidence,-?determination,-
?integrity, -?and- ? sociability.-?Murphy-?and-?DeBack-?identified-?the-?following-?leader -?characteristics: -?caring,-?respectability,-
?trustworthiness,-?and-? flexibility.
13. A nurse manager who uses a leadership style that is participatory and where
-? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
authority is delegated to others is most likely using which of the following leadership
? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -? -
styles?
?
a. Autocratic
b. Democratic
c. Laissez-faire
