ATI LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
NURSING TEST BANK 2026 450 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES GRADED A+
⩥ Planning.
Answer: Decisions regarding what needs to be done, how it will be
done, and who is going to do it.
⩥ Organizing.
Answer: Organizational structure that determines the lines of authority,
channels of communication, and where decisions are made.
⩥ Staffing.
Answer: Acquisition and management of adequate staff and staffing mix
⩥ Directing.
Answer: Leadership role assumed by a manager that influences and
motivates staff to perform assigned
roles.
⩥ Controlling.
,Answer: Evaluation of staff performance and evaluation of unit goals to
ensure identified outcomes are being met.
⩥ Management Qualities.
Answer: leadership
Clinical Expertise
Business Sense
⩥ Management Behaviors.
Answer: Interpersonal
Informational
Decisional
⩥ interpersonal management skills.
Answer: networking
conflict negotiation/resolution
employee development
coaching
reward/punishment
⩥ Informational management skills.
Answer: spokesperson
,monitoring
reporting
⩥ Decisional management skills.
Answer: evaluations
resource allocation
hiring/firing
future planning
job analysis/redesigning
⩥ Front-line managers.
Answer: lower-level managers
-primary care nurse
-teams leads
-charge nurse
-care coordinator
⩥ Middle Managers.
Answer: supervise/coordinate activities of front-line managers
-unit manager
-unit supervisor
, ⩥ Management Theories.
Answer: Human Relations-Based
---- theory X and Y
Servant Leadership
⩥ Theory X management.
Answer: assumes employees are inherently lazy and will avoid work
believes that workers need to be closely supervised
employ strict rules, threaten punishment
⩥ Theory Y management.
Answer: assumes employees are motivated and ambitious
emphasizes guidance, self-development, rewards
⩥ servant leadership.
Answer: focuses on providing increased service to others—meeting the
goals of both followers and the organization—rather than to oneself.
⩥ Servant Leadership Characteristics.
Answer: listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion,
conceptualization, foresight, stewardship
commitment to the growth of people, building community
NURSING TEST BANK 2026 450 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES GRADED A+
⩥ Planning.
Answer: Decisions regarding what needs to be done, how it will be
done, and who is going to do it.
⩥ Organizing.
Answer: Organizational structure that determines the lines of authority,
channels of communication, and where decisions are made.
⩥ Staffing.
Answer: Acquisition and management of adequate staff and staffing mix
⩥ Directing.
Answer: Leadership role assumed by a manager that influences and
motivates staff to perform assigned
roles.
⩥ Controlling.
,Answer: Evaluation of staff performance and evaluation of unit goals to
ensure identified outcomes are being met.
⩥ Management Qualities.
Answer: leadership
Clinical Expertise
Business Sense
⩥ Management Behaviors.
Answer: Interpersonal
Informational
Decisional
⩥ interpersonal management skills.
Answer: networking
conflict negotiation/resolution
employee development
coaching
reward/punishment
⩥ Informational management skills.
Answer: spokesperson
,monitoring
reporting
⩥ Decisional management skills.
Answer: evaluations
resource allocation
hiring/firing
future planning
job analysis/redesigning
⩥ Front-line managers.
Answer: lower-level managers
-primary care nurse
-teams leads
-charge nurse
-care coordinator
⩥ Middle Managers.
Answer: supervise/coordinate activities of front-line managers
-unit manager
-unit supervisor
, ⩥ Management Theories.
Answer: Human Relations-Based
---- theory X and Y
Servant Leadership
⩥ Theory X management.
Answer: assumes employees are inherently lazy and will avoid work
believes that workers need to be closely supervised
employ strict rules, threaten punishment
⩥ Theory Y management.
Answer: assumes employees are motivated and ambitious
emphasizes guidance, self-development, rewards
⩥ servant leadership.
Answer: focuses on providing increased service to others—meeting the
goals of both followers and the organization—rather than to oneself.
⩥ Servant Leadership Characteristics.
Answer: listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion,
conceptualization, foresight, stewardship
commitment to the growth of people, building community
