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,* suppor
tin*g,*developing*and*mentoring,*managing*conflict*and*team*building,*motivating*and*inspiring,*re*co
gnizing,* and* rewarding.* The* role* functions* to* manage* the* work* are* planning* and* organizin
g
,* 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* like
ly
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.
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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,* suppor
tin*g,*developing*and*mentoring,*managing*conflict*and*team*building,*motivating*and*inspiring,*re*co
gnizing,* and* rewarding.* The* role* functions* to* manage* the* work* are* planning* and* organizin
g
,* 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* like
ly
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.
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