N588 Exam 1 with complete questions
and correct answers
Leadership - Correct Answer: rapport; process of engaged decision making linked with actions taken in
the face of complex clinical situations; use of individual traits and abilities in relationships with others;
ability to interpret the environment/context where a situation is emerging
BSN - Correct Answer: leadership as expectation and requirement of education to improve outcomes;
act as designer, manager, and coordinator of care
QSEN (quality and safety education for nurses) - Correct Answer: six competencies: patient-centered
care, EBP, quality improvement, teamwork and collaboration, safety, informatics
leader roles - Correct Answer: transformer, visionary, translator of direction, communication central,
pursuer of truth, team expert, role model, creative and innovative
emotional intelligence - Correct Answer: discusses the need for leaders to be behaviorally and
emotionally intelligent; self-awareness and social awareness; makes someone more credible as a leader,
manager, and follower
emotional intelligence - Correct Answer: five domains: deepening self-awareness, managing emotions,
self-motivation, showing empathy, managing relationships
deepening self-awareness - Correct Answer: step outside of yourself; get the bigger picture while
understanding your reaction to what is happening
managing emotions - Correct Answer: owning feelings and avoiding dysfunctional responses such as
passive aggression and being the victim
self-motivation - Correct Answer: focus on a goal; exercise self-control; some goals take time to meet
, showing empathy - Correct Answer: valuing different perspectives and being sensitive to the experiences
of others
managing relationships - Correct Answer: socially appropriate, expand your sphere of influence, help
others manage emotions
nurse manager - Correct Answer: ensuring excellent clinical practice, implementing
organizational/governmental policies, compliance with standards, controlling resources, strategic
planning, decision-making, problem solving, facilitating, interdisciplinary teamwork; supervising staff
manager - Correct Answer: produces order and consistency, emphasizes organizing, coordinating, and
controlling resources, plan budget, and set goals; more reactive, less risk-taking
leader - Correct Answer: produces change and movement, provides a vision and communicates it, more
proactive, more risk-taking
manager - Correct Answer: controlling and problem solving, providing structure, making job placements,
taking corrective action, interprets and enforces established policies, procedures
leader - Correct Answer: motivating and inspiring, empowering, building teams, aligning people
leadership theory - Correct Answer: developed by looking at successful leaders and why they were
successful; first studied by psychologists and sociologists; help us understand why to allow for better
advocacy; ex. hershey-blanchard, transformational, transactional
trait - Correct Answer: physical and emotional characteristics that inspire others; synonymous with style;
early belief that these were innate but later others believed that these could be learned and improved
upon
Hershey-Blanchard SLT - Correct Answer: classic theory that determines four leadership styles: telling,
selling, participating, and delegating; depending on the follower's maturity level determines
telling (directing) - Correct Answer: most appropriate style for someone with low maturity
and correct answers
Leadership - Correct Answer: rapport; process of engaged decision making linked with actions taken in
the face of complex clinical situations; use of individual traits and abilities in relationships with others;
ability to interpret the environment/context where a situation is emerging
BSN - Correct Answer: leadership as expectation and requirement of education to improve outcomes;
act as designer, manager, and coordinator of care
QSEN (quality and safety education for nurses) - Correct Answer: six competencies: patient-centered
care, EBP, quality improvement, teamwork and collaboration, safety, informatics
leader roles - Correct Answer: transformer, visionary, translator of direction, communication central,
pursuer of truth, team expert, role model, creative and innovative
emotional intelligence - Correct Answer: discusses the need for leaders to be behaviorally and
emotionally intelligent; self-awareness and social awareness; makes someone more credible as a leader,
manager, and follower
emotional intelligence - Correct Answer: five domains: deepening self-awareness, managing emotions,
self-motivation, showing empathy, managing relationships
deepening self-awareness - Correct Answer: step outside of yourself; get the bigger picture while
understanding your reaction to what is happening
managing emotions - Correct Answer: owning feelings and avoiding dysfunctional responses such as
passive aggression and being the victim
self-motivation - Correct Answer: focus on a goal; exercise self-control; some goals take time to meet
, showing empathy - Correct Answer: valuing different perspectives and being sensitive to the experiences
of others
managing relationships - Correct Answer: socially appropriate, expand your sphere of influence, help
others manage emotions
nurse manager - Correct Answer: ensuring excellent clinical practice, implementing
organizational/governmental policies, compliance with standards, controlling resources, strategic
planning, decision-making, problem solving, facilitating, interdisciplinary teamwork; supervising staff
manager - Correct Answer: produces order and consistency, emphasizes organizing, coordinating, and
controlling resources, plan budget, and set goals; more reactive, less risk-taking
leader - Correct Answer: produces change and movement, provides a vision and communicates it, more
proactive, more risk-taking
manager - Correct Answer: controlling and problem solving, providing structure, making job placements,
taking corrective action, interprets and enforces established policies, procedures
leader - Correct Answer: motivating and inspiring, empowering, building teams, aligning people
leadership theory - Correct Answer: developed by looking at successful leaders and why they were
successful; first studied by psychologists and sociologists; help us understand why to allow for better
advocacy; ex. hershey-blanchard, transformational, transactional
trait - Correct Answer: physical and emotional characteristics that inspire others; synonymous with style;
early belief that these were innate but later others believed that these could be learned and improved
upon
Hershey-Blanchard SLT - Correct Answer: classic theory that determines four leadership styles: telling,
selling, participating, and delegating; depending on the follower's maturity level determines
telling (directing) - Correct Answer: most appropriate style for someone with low maturity
