NCLEX QUESTIONS FOR LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
AND RATIONALES 2025
The nurse manager has asked that all staff nurses
develop effective leadership competencies. How
should the staff nurses interpret this request?
1. This is an unrealistic expectation, because only
managers are leaders.
2. If the nurses learn about and use relevant
leadership and management theories and styles
this is possible.
3. In order to become leaders, the staff nurses
will have to emphasize control, competition, and
getting the job done.
4. Unless the staff nurses possess the traits of a
natural born leader, this is an unrealistic
expectation. ......answer.....Answer:
,2. If the nurses learn about and use relevant
leadership and management theories and styles
this is possible.
Rationale:
1: A nurse does not need to have a formal
management position with a management title to be
a leader; if nurses demonstrate leadership
competencies, they are considered nurse leaders.
2: In today's health care environment, nurses must
have knowledge of relevant leadership and
management theories and styles. This knowledge
helps nurses emerge as leaders. Nurses are also
leaders of their own nursing practices.
3: Control, competition, and getting the job done are
past theories and styles and are not as useful in
today's environment.
4: Leadership is a skill that can be learned.
Peter Drucker's view of management stimulated the
shift toward the realization of the importance of
participatory organizations. Which option provides a
,scenario that is an example of a participatory
organization?
1. The control of the organization is centralized,
and decisions are made by upper-level
management.
2. Staff nurses are expected to provide support
and nurturing for management's decisions.
3. The organization's approach to leadership is
autocratic and bureaucratic.
4. Staff nurses provide input into planning and
changes for their own unit. ......answer.....Answer:
4. Staff nurses provide input into planning and
changes for their own unit.
Rationale:
1: In participatory organizations, the control of the
organization is decentralized and many decisions
are made by those "on the front lines" of the
organization.
2: The theory is that the staff should be nurtured to
promote greater leadership competency.
, 3: According to Drucker, when staff participate in
the core functions of management, the organization
is more effective.
4: According to Drucker, when staff participate in
the core functions of management such as planning
and changes for their own units, the organization is
more effective.
Which behavior demonstrates the nurse's
competency as an emotionally intelligent leader?
1. The nurse is proficient in technical skills.
2. The nurse relies on policies, not options.
3. The nurse supports team members.
4. Productivity is not a major concern.
......answer.....Answer:
3. The nurse supports team members.
Rationale:
1: While technical skill is important for all nurses, it
is not a hallmark of a competent leader.
MANAGEMENT WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
AND RATIONALES 2025
The nurse manager has asked that all staff nurses
develop effective leadership competencies. How
should the staff nurses interpret this request?
1. This is an unrealistic expectation, because only
managers are leaders.
2. If the nurses learn about and use relevant
leadership and management theories and styles
this is possible.
3. In order to become leaders, the staff nurses
will have to emphasize control, competition, and
getting the job done.
4. Unless the staff nurses possess the traits of a
natural born leader, this is an unrealistic
expectation. ......answer.....Answer:
,2. If the nurses learn about and use relevant
leadership and management theories and styles
this is possible.
Rationale:
1: A nurse does not need to have a formal
management position with a management title to be
a leader; if nurses demonstrate leadership
competencies, they are considered nurse leaders.
2: In today's health care environment, nurses must
have knowledge of relevant leadership and
management theories and styles. This knowledge
helps nurses emerge as leaders. Nurses are also
leaders of their own nursing practices.
3: Control, competition, and getting the job done are
past theories and styles and are not as useful in
today's environment.
4: Leadership is a skill that can be learned.
Peter Drucker's view of management stimulated the
shift toward the realization of the importance of
participatory organizations. Which option provides a
,scenario that is an example of a participatory
organization?
1. The control of the organization is centralized,
and decisions are made by upper-level
management.
2. Staff nurses are expected to provide support
and nurturing for management's decisions.
3. The organization's approach to leadership is
autocratic and bureaucratic.
4. Staff nurses provide input into planning and
changes for their own unit. ......answer.....Answer:
4. Staff nurses provide input into planning and
changes for their own unit.
Rationale:
1: In participatory organizations, the control of the
organization is decentralized and many decisions
are made by those "on the front lines" of the
organization.
2: The theory is that the staff should be nurtured to
promote greater leadership competency.
, 3: According to Drucker, when staff participate in
the core functions of management, the organization
is more effective.
4: According to Drucker, when staff participate in
the core functions of management such as planning
and changes for their own units, the organization is
more effective.
Which behavior demonstrates the nurse's
competency as an emotionally intelligent leader?
1. The nurse is proficient in technical skills.
2. The nurse relies on policies, not options.
3. The nurse supports team members.
4. Productivity is not a major concern.
......answer.....Answer:
3. The nurse supports team members.
Rationale:
1: While technical skill is important for all nurses, it
is not a hallmark of a competent leader.
