UNMC JR SPRING CERTIFICATION
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026
▶ Group Vs Team. Answer: One definition of group is a number of
individuals assembled together or having some unifying relationship. In
groups, performance and outcomes are a result of the work of individual
group members. Groups could be all the parents in an elementary school,
all the members of a specific church, or all the students in a school of
nursing, because the members of these various groups are related in some
way to one another by definition of their involvement in a certain endeavor.
A team, on the other hand, is a number of individuals collaborating in
specific work or activity that focuses on a specific goal or outcome. Not
every group is a team, and not every team is effective.
▶ Leadership. Answer: the use of individual traits & abilities, in relationship
with others, to interpret the environment/context where a situation is
emerging and enter that situation without the use of predesigned plan.
▶ Management. Answer: Requires determining routines and practices that
offer structure and stability to others.
▶ Followership. Answer: Each group member contributes optimally in
tandem with other group members to achieve clinical or organizational
outcomes.
▶ Types of Followers. Answer: effective-active, independent, critical
thinking
alienated-passive, independent, critical thinking
sheep-passive, dependent, uncritical thinking
"yes people"-active, dependent, uncritical thinking
survivor-all four
▶ Emotional Intelligence. Answer: the ability to perceive, understand,
manage, and use emotions
, self awareness, self regulation, motivation, empathy, social skills
▶ Key traits a leader possesses. Answer: Vision for the future
Able to see possibilities
effective communication
adaptable to situations
use of experience for judicial decisions
▶ Leadership vs. Management. Answer: The two are often
interchangeable
A manager may also be a leader
A manager is NOT required to have leadership skills
Leadership is having an ability in a role to be effective
▶ Leadership in Nursing. Answer: •Important concept
•Key for nurses and in the profession
•Public depends on nurses to lead
•Is a primary determinant to workplace satisfaction
•Important for nursing administration to improve leadership
▶ Transactional. Answer: Motivates through rewards for desired work
Monitors performance and focuses on problems
Reactive to problems
▶ Transformational. Answer: Challenges the process
Brings people together
Empowers others
Models the way
Attends to personal things
▶ Roles of Nurse Leaders. Answer: Executive
Manager
Direct Care Nurses
Professional Organizations
▶ Leadership in the Community. Answer: •Community opinion leaders
•Community volunteers
•Appointed and elected office
•Local offices
•State offices
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026
▶ Group Vs Team. Answer: One definition of group is a number of
individuals assembled together or having some unifying relationship. In
groups, performance and outcomes are a result of the work of individual
group members. Groups could be all the parents in an elementary school,
all the members of a specific church, or all the students in a school of
nursing, because the members of these various groups are related in some
way to one another by definition of their involvement in a certain endeavor.
A team, on the other hand, is a number of individuals collaborating in
specific work or activity that focuses on a specific goal or outcome. Not
every group is a team, and not every team is effective.
▶ Leadership. Answer: the use of individual traits & abilities, in relationship
with others, to interpret the environment/context where a situation is
emerging and enter that situation without the use of predesigned plan.
▶ Management. Answer: Requires determining routines and practices that
offer structure and stability to others.
▶ Followership. Answer: Each group member contributes optimally in
tandem with other group members to achieve clinical or organizational
outcomes.
▶ Types of Followers. Answer: effective-active, independent, critical
thinking
alienated-passive, independent, critical thinking
sheep-passive, dependent, uncritical thinking
"yes people"-active, dependent, uncritical thinking
survivor-all four
▶ Emotional Intelligence. Answer: the ability to perceive, understand,
manage, and use emotions
, self awareness, self regulation, motivation, empathy, social skills
▶ Key traits a leader possesses. Answer: Vision for the future
Able to see possibilities
effective communication
adaptable to situations
use of experience for judicial decisions
▶ Leadership vs. Management. Answer: The two are often
interchangeable
A manager may also be a leader
A manager is NOT required to have leadership skills
Leadership is having an ability in a role to be effective
▶ Leadership in Nursing. Answer: •Important concept
•Key for nurses and in the profession
•Public depends on nurses to lead
•Is a primary determinant to workplace satisfaction
•Important for nursing administration to improve leadership
▶ Transactional. Answer: Motivates through rewards for desired work
Monitors performance and focuses on problems
Reactive to problems
▶ Transformational. Answer: Challenges the process
Brings people together
Empowers others
Models the way
Attends to personal things
▶ Roles of Nurse Leaders. Answer: Executive
Manager
Direct Care Nurses
Professional Organizations
▶ Leadership in the Community. Answer: •Community opinion leaders
•Community volunteers
•Appointed and elected office
•Local offices
•State offices
