ATI RN Leadership practice questions
with complete solutions
A nurse manager calls a meeting of the unit's staff members to discuss cost-
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containment issues. The nurse manager has asked for staff input regarding
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strategies that might help reduce costs. Which of the following types of
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leadership is the nurse manager using?
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a. Autocratic
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b. Democratic
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c. Laissez-faire
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d. Moral - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Democratic
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A democratic leader guides staff toward reaching an objective and shares
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responsibility with the staff. this is the ideal type of leadership in this situation
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because a great amount of creativity can occur and many strategies can be
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developed.
Makes decisions independently and then notifies staff of the decisions made.
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Maintains a high degree of control over the staff and allows little freedom of staff
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members - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Autocratic
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,Guides staff toward reaching an objective and shares responsibility with the staff.
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This is an ideal type of leadership because a great amount of creativity can occur
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and many strategies can be developed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Democratic
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A home health nurse is caring for a client who asks what is included in a living
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will. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
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a. It establishes who will make health care decisions if the client is not able
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b. It allows the client to express personal wishes regarding health care decisions
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c. It serves as an informed consent for procedures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. It
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allows the client to express personal wishes regarding health care decisions
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Using quality monitoring tools, a facility committee identifies that clients who
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have congestive heart failure have an average length of stay that is 5 days instead
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of the established standard of 3 days. Which of the following steps should the
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nurse implement next in the quality improvement process?
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a. educate staff members on shortening the length of stay for these patients
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b. collect data regarding length of stay for these patients
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c. determine which actions can be instituted to address this problem - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-c. determine which actions can be instituted to address this | | | | | | | | | |
problem
A nurse is working with an AP in a long term care facility. According to the five
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rights of delegation, which of the following determinations should the nurse
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make prior to assignment of tasks?
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, a. whether the AP has consented to the performance of delegated tasks
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b. the client's willingness to consent to the care of the AP
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c. whether the task can be more efficiently completed by the nurse
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d. the degree of supervision that the AP will require to complete the task -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. the degree of supervision that the AP will require to
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complete the task | |
A charge nurse in an ER is making assignment for an AP for a shift with
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unexpected staff absences. Which of the following assignments should the charge
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assign to a float AP from the med surg unit?
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a. escort clients from the ER to other areas of the facility for tests
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b. sit at the reception desk answering and directing clients - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Escort clients from the ER to other areas of the facility for tests. | | | | | | | | | | | |
A charge nurse is making assignments for an oncoming shift. Which of the
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following clients should the charge nurse assign to a LPN?
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a. A client who is to be discharged with a PICC line
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b. A client who is disoriented and awaiting transfer to a long term facility
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c. A client who is 16 hr post op following a total larryngectomy - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-b. A client who is disoriented and awaiting transfer to a long term
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facility
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A nurse manager calls a meeting of the unit's staff members to discuss cost-
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
containment issues. The nurse manager has asked for staff input regarding
| | | | | | | | | | |
strategies that might help reduce costs. Which of the following types of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
leadership is the nurse manager using?
| | | | |
a. Autocratic
|
b. Democratic
|
c. Laissez-faire
|
d. Moral - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Democratic
| | | |
A democratic leader guides staff toward reaching an objective and shares
| | | | | | | | | | |
responsibility with the staff. this is the ideal type of leadership in this situation
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
because a great amount of creativity can occur and many strategies can be
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
developed.
Makes decisions independently and then notifies staff of the decisions made.
| | | | | | | | | | |
Maintains a high degree of control over the staff and allows little freedom of staff
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members - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Autocratic
| | |
,Guides staff toward reaching an objective and shares responsibility with the staff.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
This is an ideal type of leadership because a great amount of creativity can occur
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and many strategies can be developed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Democratic
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A home health nurse is caring for a client who asks what is included in a living
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
will. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
| | | | | | | | | | | |
a. It establishes who will make health care decisions if the client is not able
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
b. It allows the client to express personal wishes regarding health care decisions
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
c. It serves as an informed consent for procedures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. It
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allows the client to express personal wishes regarding health care decisions
| | | | | | | | | |
Using quality monitoring tools, a facility committee identifies that clients who
| | | | | | | | | | |
have congestive heart failure have an average length of stay that is 5 days instead
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of the established standard of 3 days. Which of the following steps should the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
nurse implement next in the quality improvement process?
| | | | | | |
a. educate staff members on shortening the length of stay for these patients
| | | | | | | | | | | |
b. collect data regarding length of stay for these patients
| | | | | | | | |
c. determine which actions can be instituted to address this problem - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-c. determine which actions can be instituted to address this | | | | | | | | | |
problem
A nurse is working with an AP in a long term care facility. According to the five
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
rights of delegation, which of the following determinations should the nurse
| | | | | | | | | | |
make prior to assignment of tasks?
| | | | |
, a. whether the AP has consented to the performance of delegated tasks
| | | | | | | | | | |
b. the client's willingness to consent to the care of the AP
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c. whether the task can be more efficiently completed by the nurse
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d. the degree of supervision that the AP will require to complete the task -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. the degree of supervision that the AP will require to
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complete the task | |
A charge nurse in an ER is making assignment for an AP for a shift with
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
unexpected staff absences. Which of the following assignments should the charge
| | | | | | | | | |
assign to a float AP from the med surg unit?
| | | | | | | | | |
a. escort clients from the ER to other areas of the facility for tests
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
b. sit at the reception desk answering and directing clients - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Escort clients from the ER to other areas of the facility for tests. | | | | | | | | | | | |
A charge nurse is making assignments for an oncoming shift. Which of the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
following clients should the charge nurse assign to a LPN?
| | | | | | | | |
a. A client who is to be discharged with a PICC line
| | | | | | | | | | |
b. A client who is disoriented and awaiting transfer to a long term facility
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c. A client who is 16 hr post op following a total larryngectomy - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-b. A client who is disoriented and awaiting transfer to a long term
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facility
