RN Leadership Proctored Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
A nurse in an acute care mental health facility is participating in a medication
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education group. The leader of the group uses a laissez-faire leadership style.
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Which of the following actions should the nurse expect from the leader during
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the session? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The leader allows the group to discuss
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whatever they would like to regarding their medications.
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A charge nurse is observing a conflict between two nurses who both insist that
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the charge nurse favors the other making assignments. Which of the following
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conflict-resolution strategies should the charge nurse use? - CORRECT | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Encourage collaboration between the two nurses when making the | | | | | | | | |
assignments.
A nurse is preparing an in-service for a group of nurses about malpractice issues
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in nursing. Which of the following examples should the nurse include in the
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teaching as an example of malpractice? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Administering
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potassium IV bolus | |
A charge nurse is delegating care for a group of clients. Which of the following
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tasks should the charge nurse assign to a licensed practical nurse? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Perform a sterile dressing change for a client who has an abdominal | | | | | | | | | | |
|wound
,A staff nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse suction a client's tracheostomy.
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Which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse requires intervention
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by the staff nurse? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Waits for 2 min between suctions
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A nurse is planning care for a group of clients and is working with one licensed
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practical nurse and one assistive personnel. Which of the following actions should
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the nurse take first to manage her time effectively? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Determine goals of the day | | | |
A nurse manager is addressing reports of conflict within a nursing unit. The nurse
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should identify which of the following situations as an example of interpersonal
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conflict? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A nurse experiences insulting comments
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directed at them by another nurse
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A nurse is serving on a continuous quality improvement committee that has been
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assigned to develop a program to reduce the number of medication
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administration errors following a sentinel event at the facility. Which of the
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followng strategies should the comnittee plan to initiate first? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Review the events leading up to each medication administration | | | | | | | | |
error
A charge nurse has access to the facility's electronic client records. It is
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appropriate for the charge nurse to share her personal password with whom? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-No one | |
A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is reconciling a newly admitted client's
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medication. The nurse is reviewing the process of medication reconciliation with
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a newly licensed nurse. The nurse should include which of the following
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, information? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The purpose of medication reconciliation is
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|to prevent adverse medication reactions.
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A nurse is caring for a client on the medical-surgical unit. The client has been
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taking warfarin at home and her laboratory values reveal her INR is 3.5. The client
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|states she is checking herself out of the hospital and refuses to wait until her
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provider can discuss the situation with her. Which of the following actions should
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the nurse take? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Explain the risk the client faces if she
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leaves the facility | |
A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is planning to delegate tasks to an adult
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volunteer. Which of the following tasks should the charge nurse avoid assigning to
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the volunteer? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Observing a postoperative client who is
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confused
An assistive personnel (AP) tells the nurse manager that she observed a nurse on
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the unit removing a small amount of morphine from syringes prior to
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administering the medication to clients. Which of the following actions should the
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nurse manager take first? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gather data about the nurse's
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work performance and attendance history
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A nurse is caring for a client who has severe head injuries and is declared brain
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dead. The transplant coordinator has spoken with the client's family about organ
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donation. The client's spouse states she is confused and does not know what she
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should do. Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What do you think your spouse would have wanted?
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A nurse manager is reviewing the Good Samaritan laws with a group of newly
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licensed nurses. Which of the following statements by the nurse manager is
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Correct Answers
A nurse in an acute care mental health facility is participating in a medication
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education group. The leader of the group uses a laissez-faire leadership style.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Which of the following actions should the nurse expect from the leader during
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the session? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The leader allows the group to discuss
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whatever they would like to regarding their medications.
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A charge nurse is observing a conflict between two nurses who both insist that
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the charge nurse favors the other making assignments. Which of the following
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conflict-resolution strategies should the charge nurse use? - CORRECT | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Encourage collaboration between the two nurses when making the | | | | | | | | |
assignments.
A nurse is preparing an in-service for a group of nurses about malpractice issues
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
in nursing. Which of the following examples should the nurse include in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
teaching as an example of malpractice? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Administering
| | | | | | | | |
potassium IV bolus | |
A charge nurse is delegating care for a group of clients. Which of the following
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
tasks should the charge nurse assign to a licensed practical nurse? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Perform a sterile dressing change for a client who has an abdominal | | | | | | | | | | |
|wound
,A staff nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse suction a client's tracheostomy.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse requires intervention
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by the staff nurse? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Waits for 2 min between suctions
| | | | | | | | | | |
A nurse is planning care for a group of clients and is working with one licensed
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
practical nurse and one assistive personnel. Which of the following actions should
| | | | | | | | | | |
the nurse take first to manage her time effectively? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Determine goals of the day | | | |
A nurse manager is addressing reports of conflict within a nursing unit. The nurse
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
should identify which of the following situations as an example of interpersonal
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conflict? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A nurse experiences insulting comments
| | | | | | | |
directed at them by another nurse
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A nurse is serving on a continuous quality improvement committee that has been
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
assigned to develop a program to reduce the number of medication
| | | | | | | | | | |
administration errors following a sentinel event at the facility. Which of the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
followng strategies should the comnittee plan to initiate first? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Review the events leading up to each medication administration | | | | | | | | |
error
A charge nurse has access to the facility's electronic client records. It is
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appropriate for the charge nurse to share her personal password with whom? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-No one | |
A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is reconciling a newly admitted client's
| | | | | | | | | | | |
medication. The nurse is reviewing the process of medication reconciliation with
| | | | | | | | | | |
a newly licensed nurse. The nurse should include which of the following
| | | | | | | | | | | |
, information? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The purpose of medication reconciliation is
| | | | | | | |
|to prevent adverse medication reactions.
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A nurse is caring for a client on the medical-surgical unit. The client has been
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
taking warfarin at home and her laboratory values reveal her INR is 3.5. The client
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|states she is checking herself out of the hospital and refuses to wait until her
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
provider can discuss the situation with her. Which of the following actions should
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the nurse take? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Explain the risk the client faces if she
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leaves the facility | |
A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is planning to delegate tasks to an adult
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
volunteer. Which of the following tasks should the charge nurse avoid assigning to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the volunteer? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Observing a postoperative client who is
| | | | | | | | | | |
confused
An assistive personnel (AP) tells the nurse manager that she observed a nurse on
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the unit removing a small amount of morphine from syringes prior to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
administering the medication to clients. Which of the following actions should the
| | | | | | | | | | |
nurse manager take first? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gather data about the nurse's
| | | | | | | | | | | |
work performance and attendance history
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A nurse is caring for a client who has severe head injuries and is declared brain
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
dead. The transplant coordinator has spoken with the client's family about organ
| | | | | | | | | | | |
donation. The client's spouse states she is confused and does not know what she
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should do. Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What do you think your spouse would have wanted?
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A nurse manager is reviewing the Good Samaritan laws with a group of newly
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licensed nurses. Which of the following statements by the nurse manager is
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