TEST BANK for Essentials of Nursing
Leadership & Management 8th
Edition by Sally A. Weiss
ALL CHAPTERS 1-31 WITH RATIONALES| A+ GRADE
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, Chapter 1: Nursing Leadership and Managem
ent MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. According to Henri Fayol, the functions of planning, organizing, coordinating, and contr
olling are considered which aspect of management?
a. Roles
b. Process
c. Functions
d. Taxonomy
CORRECT ANSWER: B, The management process includes planning, organizing, coordinating,
and controlling. Management roles include information processing, interpersonal relationships, a
nd decision making. Management functions include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coor
dinating, reporting, and budgeting. A taxonomy is a system that orders principles into a grou
ping or classification.
2. Which of the following is considered a decisional managerial role?
a. Disseminator
b. Figurehead
c. Leader
d. Entrepreneur
CORRECT ANSWER: D, The decisional managerial roles include entrepreneur, disturbance han
dler, allocator of resources, and negotiator. The information processing managerial roles include
monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson. The interpersonal managerial roles include figurehead
, leader, and liaison.
3. A nurse manager meets regularly with other nurse managers, participates on the org
anizations committees, and attends meetings sponsored by professional organizations in
order to manage relationships. These activities are considered which function of a
manager?
a. Informing
b. Problem solving
c. Monitoring
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,d. Networking
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, CORRECT ANSWER: D, The role functions to manage relationships are networking, supportin
g, developing and mentoring, managing conflict and team building, motivating and inspiring, re
cognizing, and rewarding. The role functions to manage the work are planning and organizing
, problem solving, clarifying roles and objectives, informing, monitoring, consulting, and delega
ting.
4. A nurse was recently promoted to a middle-
level manager position. The nurses title would most likely be which of the following?
a. First-line manager
b. Director
c. Vice president of patient care services
d. Chief nurse executive
CORRECT ANSWER: B, A middle-level manager is called a director. A low managerial-
level job is called the first-
line manager. A nurse in an executive level role is called a chief nurse executive or vice pre
sident of patient care services.
5. A nurse manager who uses Frederick Taylors scientific management approach, would most likely
a. General principles
b. Positional authority
c. Labor productivity
d. Impersonal relations
CORRECT ANSWER: C, The area of focus for scientific management is labor productivity. I
n bureaucratic theory, efficiency is achieved through impersonal relations within a formal struct
ure and is based on positional authority. Administrative principle theory consists of principles
of management that are relevant to any organization.
6. According to Vrooms Theory of Motivation, force:
a. is the perceived possibility that the goal will be achieved.
b. describes the amount of effort one will exert to reach ones goal.
c. describes people who have free will but choose to comply with orders they are given.
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Leadership & Management 8th
Edition by Sally A. Weiss
ALL CHAPTERS 1-31 WITH RATIONALES| A+ GRADE
Page | 1
, Chapter 1: Nursing Leadership and Managem
ent MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. According to Henri Fayol, the functions of planning, organizing, coordinating, and contr
olling are considered which aspect of management?
a. Roles
b. Process
c. Functions
d. Taxonomy
CORRECT ANSWER: B, The management process includes planning, organizing, coordinating,
and controlling. Management roles include information processing, interpersonal relationships, a
nd decision making. Management functions include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coor
dinating, reporting, and budgeting. A taxonomy is a system that orders principles into a grou
ping or classification.
2. Which of the following is considered a decisional managerial role?
a. Disseminator
b. Figurehead
c. Leader
d. Entrepreneur
CORRECT ANSWER: D, The decisional managerial roles include entrepreneur, disturbance han
dler, allocator of resources, and negotiator. The information processing managerial roles include
monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson. The interpersonal managerial roles include figurehead
, leader, and liaison.
3. A nurse manager meets regularly with other nurse managers, participates on the org
anizations committees, and attends meetings sponsored by professional organizations in
order to manage relationships. These activities are considered which function of a
manager?
a. Informing
b. Problem solving
c. Monitoring
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,d. Networking
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, CORRECT ANSWER: D, The role functions to manage relationships are networking, supportin
g, developing and mentoring, managing conflict and team building, motivating and inspiring, re
cognizing, and rewarding. The role functions to manage the work are planning and organizing
, problem solving, clarifying roles and objectives, informing, monitoring, consulting, and delega
ting.
4. A nurse was recently promoted to a middle-
level manager position. The nurses title would most likely be which of the following?
a. First-line manager
b. Director
c. Vice president of patient care services
d. Chief nurse executive
CORRECT ANSWER: B, A middle-level manager is called a director. A low managerial-
level job is called the first-
line manager. A nurse in an executive level role is called a chief nurse executive or vice pre
sident of patient care services.
5. A nurse manager who uses Frederick Taylors scientific management approach, would most likely
a. General principles
b. Positional authority
c. Labor productivity
d. Impersonal relations
CORRECT ANSWER: C, The area of focus for scientific management is labor productivity. I
n bureaucratic theory, efficiency is achieved through impersonal relations within a formal struct
ure and is based on positional authority. Administrative principle theory consists of principles
of management that are relevant to any organization.
6. According to Vrooms Theory of Motivation, force:
a. is the perceived possibility that the goal will be achieved.
b. describes the amount of effort one will exert to reach ones goal.
c. describes people who have free will but choose to comply with orders they are given.
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