Nursing Management – Comprehensive Study Guide & Practice Questions
Why is Management & Leadership important in Nursing? - correct answer ✔✔Nurses supervise
unlicensed personal
Nurses can supervise others (Charge, supervisor, manager)
Nurses can supervise the pt assigned to their care
No matter what role nurse is in, it is a people business
Role - correct answer ✔✔An organized set of behaviors that are attributed to a specific person
or position
*Pt care, charting, education, delegation, managing, pt advocate
Management - correct answer ✔✔The process of effectively working with people
*Appointed official position/ doing things right
Leadership - correct answer ✔✔Activity influencing others to cooperate towards a common
goal
*Informal, can be appointed, mostly unofficial
*Doing the right things
Difference Between Leadership & Management - correct answer ✔✔Leader selects & assumes
role
Leader is way of behaving to cause others to respond bc they want to, not have to
*Leader focuses on getting everyone together to get same process done
Manager is assigned or appointed to the role
Management is a problem-oriented process with similarities to the nursing process
*Manager focuses on the process
, Functions of Management/Leadership - correct answer ✔✔Planning- what is to be done
Organizing- how it is to be done
Directing- who is to do it
Controlling- when & how it will be done
Autocratic - correct answer ✔✔Do it my way
Democratic - correct answer ✔✔Majority rules
Laissez-Fair - correct answer ✔✔Laid back
Management Style - correct answer ✔✔No style works in every situation
Leadership MUST be compatible with task, setting, situation
To be a GOOD leader you must be credible AND competent
Have awareness, assertiveness, & accountability
Types of Power - correct answer ✔✔Legitimate
Referent
Reward
Coercive
Expert
Informational
Connective
Motivational
Why is Management & Leadership important in Nursing? - correct answer ✔✔Nurses supervise
unlicensed personal
Nurses can supervise others (Charge, supervisor, manager)
Nurses can supervise the pt assigned to their care
No matter what role nurse is in, it is a people business
Role - correct answer ✔✔An organized set of behaviors that are attributed to a specific person
or position
*Pt care, charting, education, delegation, managing, pt advocate
Management - correct answer ✔✔The process of effectively working with people
*Appointed official position/ doing things right
Leadership - correct answer ✔✔Activity influencing others to cooperate towards a common
goal
*Informal, can be appointed, mostly unofficial
*Doing the right things
Difference Between Leadership & Management - correct answer ✔✔Leader selects & assumes
role
Leader is way of behaving to cause others to respond bc they want to, not have to
*Leader focuses on getting everyone together to get same process done
Manager is assigned or appointed to the role
Management is a problem-oriented process with similarities to the nursing process
*Manager focuses on the process
, Functions of Management/Leadership - correct answer ✔✔Planning- what is to be done
Organizing- how it is to be done
Directing- who is to do it
Controlling- when & how it will be done
Autocratic - correct answer ✔✔Do it my way
Democratic - correct answer ✔✔Majority rules
Laissez-Fair - correct answer ✔✔Laid back
Management Style - correct answer ✔✔No style works in every situation
Leadership MUST be compatible with task, setting, situation
To be a GOOD leader you must be credible AND competent
Have awareness, assertiveness, & accountability
Types of Power - correct answer ✔✔Legitimate
Referent
Reward
Coercive
Expert
Informational
Connective
Motivational
