EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Leadership. Answer: Process of engaging and influencing others
- Visionary, energetic, inspirational, innovative
- critical thinking, advocacy, and action in all roles
◉ Management. Answer: About getting the job done and ensuring
that people have the necessary resources to complete
- able to set goals & objectives and ensure they are met within the
timeline & budget
- associated with formal authority positions
- competencies important in all levels of nursing
◉ Followership. Answer: Involves engaging with others who are
leading & managing by contributing to the work that needs to be
done.
- Promote team effectiveness by maintaining collaborative work
relationships, offering constructive criticism, and sharing leadership
& management responsibilites
- emphasis on interdisciplinary teamwork
,◉ Fundamental Ethical Principles (6). Answer: 1. Beneficence
2. Autonomy
3. Truthfulness
4. Confidentiality
5. Justice
6. Integrity
◉ Emotional Intelligence. Answer: Attribute aligned with individuals
capacity to know themselves & others
- Possess social skills, interpersonal competence, psychological
maturity, and emotional awareness
◉ Restructuring. Answer: Fundamental changes to an organization
to achieve greater efficiency or profit
◉ Span of Control. Answer: # of staff that directly reports to a leader
- Inc. span impairs a leader's capacity to form close working
relationships with staff
◉ Appreciative Inquiry. Answer: Attribute associated with how we
question and problem solve
- Used to engage people in identifying & accentuating positives in a
context
,◉ Transformational Leadership. Answer: Process whereby leaders &
followers set higher goals and work together to achieve them
- associated with higher moral values
- 4 (I's): 1) Idealized influence, 2) Intellectual stimulation, 3)
Individualized consideration, 4) Inspirational motivation
- associated with positive outcomes of nurse retention, group
cohesion, role clarity, and effectiveness
- Inc. loyalty, commitment, job satisfaction, morale, performance
- More influential than transactional leaders
-* need to possess both transformational & transactional qualities in
a healthcare enviroment
◉ Transactional Leadership. Answer: Based on a leadership-
follower exchange
- Follower expects rewards in exchange for efforts
- Similar to managers; manage the status quo & day to day
operations
- Punitive
- Followers correct errors in a reactive manner
- Work supervised & done by the rules
- Limited job satisfaction
- Low to stable levels of commitment
, 3 Types:
1. Contingent Reward Leaders- focus on role clarification & making
sure that followers have the appropriate supports to complete work
2. Management by exception active leaders- vigilant & intervene
when a problem starts to arise
3. Management by exception passive leaders- only intervene after a
mistake has occured
◉ Laissez-faire Leadership. Answer: Avoid making decisions and
abdicate responsibility
◉ Active Follower. Answer: - Role rather than a person with inherent
characteristics
- active not passive
- share same goals/ purpose as leaders
- based on inter-dependency, mutual trust, and respect
◉ Complexity Science. Answer: Study of complex systems
Considers whole greater than sum of parts
- Holistic view
- actions appear random; patterns emerge overtime
- human systems can adapt well with relaxed controls
- assets distributed without regard to hierarchy