NR 446 Collaborative Healthcare Week 8 Study Guide 2026
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1. Which leadership style is characterized by a leader who inspires and
motivates followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes and develop their own
leadership capacity?
A. Transactional
B. Autocratic
C. Laissez-faire
D. Transformational
Answer: D
Rationale: Transformational leadership focuses on inspiration, vision, and the
development of staff, whereas transactional focuses on rewards and punishments.
2. A nurse is delegating tasks to an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP). Which
task is most appropriate to delegate?
A. Evaluating a patient’s response to pain medication
B. Performing an admission assessment on a new patient
C. Assisting a stable patient with a bed bath
D. Teaching a patient how to use an incentive spirometer
Answer: C
Rationale: Standardized tasks for stable patients, such as hygiene and ADLs, are
appropriate for UAPs. Assessment, evaluation, and teaching require nursing judgment.
,3. According to Lewin’s Change Theory, what is the first stage of the change
process?
A. Moving
B. Refreezing
C. Unfreezing
D. Planning
Answer: C
Rationale: Unfreezing is the first stage where the need for change is recognized and the
status quo is challenged.
4. A nurse manager is resolving a conflict between two staff members by asking
them to both give up something to reach a solution. Which conflict
management strategy is being used?
A. Avoiding
B. Competing
C. Compromising
D. Smoothing
Answer: C
Rationale: Compromising involves both parties giving up something to reach a middle-
ground resolution.
5. Which ethical principle is defined as the duty to do good and act in the best
interest of the patient?
A. Nonmaleficence
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
D. Beneficence
Answer: D
Rationale: Beneficence is the duty to do good. Nonmaleficence is the duty to do no harm.
, 6. When prioritizing patient care using the ABC framework, which patient
should the nurse see first?
A. A patient reporting level 8/10 surgical pain
B. A patient with a respiratory rate of 28 and audible wheezing
C. A patient who needs a dressing change for a stage 2 pressure injury
D. A patient with a heart rate of 90 beats per minute
Answer: B
Rationale: Airway and Breathing take priority over pain and routine dressing changes.
7. Which of the following is a component of the ‘Five Rights of Delegation’?
A. Right Physician
B. Right Cost
C. Right Hospital
D. Right Supervision
Answer: D
Rationale: The Five Rights are Right Task, Right Circumstance, Right Person, Right
Direction/Communication, and Right Supervision/Evaluation.
8. A nurse is caring for a patient who is deciding whether to have elective
surgery. The nurse provides all necessary information and supports the patient’s
right to choose. This is an example of:
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Veracity
D. Justice
Answer: B
Rationale: Autonomy refers to the patient’s right to make their own decisions about their
healthcare.
|Chamberlain College
1. Which leadership style is characterized by a leader who inspires and
motivates followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes and develop their own
leadership capacity?
A. Transactional
B. Autocratic
C. Laissez-faire
D. Transformational
Answer: D
Rationale: Transformational leadership focuses on inspiration, vision, and the
development of staff, whereas transactional focuses on rewards and punishments.
2. A nurse is delegating tasks to an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP). Which
task is most appropriate to delegate?
A. Evaluating a patient’s response to pain medication
B. Performing an admission assessment on a new patient
C. Assisting a stable patient with a bed bath
D. Teaching a patient how to use an incentive spirometer
Answer: C
Rationale: Standardized tasks for stable patients, such as hygiene and ADLs, are
appropriate for UAPs. Assessment, evaluation, and teaching require nursing judgment.
,3. According to Lewin’s Change Theory, what is the first stage of the change
process?
A. Moving
B. Refreezing
C. Unfreezing
D. Planning
Answer: C
Rationale: Unfreezing is the first stage where the need for change is recognized and the
status quo is challenged.
4. A nurse manager is resolving a conflict between two staff members by asking
them to both give up something to reach a solution. Which conflict
management strategy is being used?
A. Avoiding
B. Competing
C. Compromising
D. Smoothing
Answer: C
Rationale: Compromising involves both parties giving up something to reach a middle-
ground resolution.
5. Which ethical principle is defined as the duty to do good and act in the best
interest of the patient?
A. Nonmaleficence
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
D. Beneficence
Answer: D
Rationale: Beneficence is the duty to do good. Nonmaleficence is the duty to do no harm.
, 6. When prioritizing patient care using the ABC framework, which patient
should the nurse see first?
A. A patient reporting level 8/10 surgical pain
B. A patient with a respiratory rate of 28 and audible wheezing
C. A patient who needs a dressing change for a stage 2 pressure injury
D. A patient with a heart rate of 90 beats per minute
Answer: B
Rationale: Airway and Breathing take priority over pain and routine dressing changes.
7. Which of the following is a component of the ‘Five Rights of Delegation’?
A. Right Physician
B. Right Cost
C. Right Hospital
D. Right Supervision
Answer: D
Rationale: The Five Rights are Right Task, Right Circumstance, Right Person, Right
Direction/Communication, and Right Supervision/Evaluation.
8. A nurse is caring for a patient who is deciding whether to have elective
surgery. The nurse provides all necessary information and supports the patient’s
right to choose. This is an example of:
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Veracity
D. Justice
Answer: B
Rationale: Autonomy refers to the patient’s right to make their own decisions about their
healthcare.
