LEADERSHIP ROLES AND MANAGEMENT
FUNCTIONS IN NURSING COMPREHENSIVE
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED GRADED A+
●● Which is a characteristic of a leader?
A) Always assigned a position of authority
B) Usually part of a formal organization
C) Focus on group process, information gathering, and feedback
D) Focus on decision making and results
Answer: C. Focus on group process, information gathering, and
feedback
Rationale: While managers are more often part of a formal organization
and focus more on result-oriented tasks, leaders tend to focus more on
things such as group process
●● Which was the focus of Weber's management theory?
A) Bureaucratic functions
B) Management functions
,C) Scientific management
D) Activities of management
Answer: A. Bureaucratic functions
Rationale: Weber developed the theory of bureaucratic organizations.
Management functions theory was developed by Fayol. Taylor
developed scientific management theory and Gulick developed activities
of management theory
●● Tell whether the following statement is True or False:
A characteristic of leadership management is to use trade-offs to meet
goals.
Answer: True
Rationale: Trade-offs can be a useful tool to achieve goals
●● A nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without proper hand
hygiene and reports this to the charge nurse. The charge nurse is friends
with the other nurse and refuses to take action. This is an example of:
A) Moral indifference
B) Moral conflict
C) Moral distress
, D) Ethical dilemma
Answer: C. Moral distress
Rationale: Moral distress occurs when the individual knows the right
thing to do but organizational constraints make it difficult to take the
right course of action. With moral uncertainty or conflict, an individual
is unsure which moral principles or values apply. An ethical dilemma
occurs when an individual is being forced to choose between two or
more undesirable alternatives
●● Tell whether the following statement is True or False:
A nurse manager who makes decisions based on what will benefit the
majority of the nurses in his or her charge is using the intuitionism
ethical framework for decision making.
Answer: B. False
Using an ethical framework of utilitarianism encourages decision
making based on what provides the greatest good for the greatest
number of people. The intuitionist framework allows the decision maker
to review each ethical problem or issue on a case-by-case basis,
comparing the relative weights of goals, duties, and rights
●● Which is not an element of ethical decision making?
FUNCTIONS IN NURSING COMPREHENSIVE
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED GRADED A+
●● Which is a characteristic of a leader?
A) Always assigned a position of authority
B) Usually part of a formal organization
C) Focus on group process, information gathering, and feedback
D) Focus on decision making and results
Answer: C. Focus on group process, information gathering, and
feedback
Rationale: While managers are more often part of a formal organization
and focus more on result-oriented tasks, leaders tend to focus more on
things such as group process
●● Which was the focus of Weber's management theory?
A) Bureaucratic functions
B) Management functions
,C) Scientific management
D) Activities of management
Answer: A. Bureaucratic functions
Rationale: Weber developed the theory of bureaucratic organizations.
Management functions theory was developed by Fayol. Taylor
developed scientific management theory and Gulick developed activities
of management theory
●● Tell whether the following statement is True or False:
A characteristic of leadership management is to use trade-offs to meet
goals.
Answer: True
Rationale: Trade-offs can be a useful tool to achieve goals
●● A nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without proper hand
hygiene and reports this to the charge nurse. The charge nurse is friends
with the other nurse and refuses to take action. This is an example of:
A) Moral indifference
B) Moral conflict
C) Moral distress
, D) Ethical dilemma
Answer: C. Moral distress
Rationale: Moral distress occurs when the individual knows the right
thing to do but organizational constraints make it difficult to take the
right course of action. With moral uncertainty or conflict, an individual
is unsure which moral principles or values apply. An ethical dilemma
occurs when an individual is being forced to choose between two or
more undesirable alternatives
●● Tell whether the following statement is True or False:
A nurse manager who makes decisions based on what will benefit the
majority of the nurses in his or her charge is using the intuitionism
ethical framework for decision making.
Answer: B. False
Using an ethical framework of utilitarianism encourages decision
making based on what provides the greatest good for the greatest
number of people. The intuitionist framework allows the decision maker
to review each ethical problem or issue on a case-by-case basis,
comparing the relative weights of goals, duties, and rights
●● Which is not an element of ethical decision making?
