Nursing Leadership & Management – Exam 1 – Study Guide & Practice
Questions
Leader (Book) - ANS ✔✔Person who demonstrates and excursuses influence and power over
others.
Manager (Book) - ANS ✔✔The person with accountability for a group of people.
Transformation Leadership (Book) - ANS ✔✔An act of encouraging followers to follow the
leaders style and change their interest with concern for a broader goal.
Transactional Leadership (Book) - ANS ✔✔The act of using rewards and punishments as a part
of the daily oversight of employees in seeking to get the group to accomplish a task.
Transformation Leaders (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Empower followers to assume responsibility for a
communal vision, and personal development is a secondary outcome.
Transactional Leaders (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Focus on immediate problems, maintaining the status quo
and using rewards to motivate followers.
Characteristics of Leaders ( ATI) - ANS ✔✔Initiative
Inspiration
Energy
Positive Attitude
Communication skills
Respect
Problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
, Leadership Styles (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Authoritative, Democratic, Laissez-faire
Authoritative (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Makes decisions for the group. Motivates by coercion.
Communication occurs down the chain of command. Work output by staff is usually high: good
for crisis situations and bureaucratic settings. Effective for employees with little or no formal
education.
Democratic (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Includes the group when decisions are made. Motivates by
supporting staff achievements. Communication occurs up and down the chain of command.
Work output by staff is usually of good quality. Good when cooperation and collaboration are
necessary.
Laissez-faire (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Makes very few decisions, and does little planning. Motivations
largely the responsibility of individual staff members. Communication occurs up and down the
chain of command and between group members. Work output is low unless an informal leader
evolves from the group. Effective with professional employees.
Change (Powerpoint) - ANS ✔✔A significant disruption in established patterns of behavior and/
or expectations.
Change is..... - ANS ✔✔It's constant and inevitable. It can be planned or unplanned. How it's
managed will be the key in determining success.
Change agents (Book) - ANS ✔✔Individuals with formal or informal legitimate power whose
purpose is to initiate, champion, and direct or guide change.
Internal Change/ Internal Forces (Powerpoint) - ANS ✔✔Occurs from within the individual or
individual organization.
Examples: New ideas about health care delivery, Expansion, New ways of delivering supplies.
Questions
Leader (Book) - ANS ✔✔Person who demonstrates and excursuses influence and power over
others.
Manager (Book) - ANS ✔✔The person with accountability for a group of people.
Transformation Leadership (Book) - ANS ✔✔An act of encouraging followers to follow the
leaders style and change their interest with concern for a broader goal.
Transactional Leadership (Book) - ANS ✔✔The act of using rewards and punishments as a part
of the daily oversight of employees in seeking to get the group to accomplish a task.
Transformation Leaders (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Empower followers to assume responsibility for a
communal vision, and personal development is a secondary outcome.
Transactional Leaders (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Focus on immediate problems, maintaining the status quo
and using rewards to motivate followers.
Characteristics of Leaders ( ATI) - ANS ✔✔Initiative
Inspiration
Energy
Positive Attitude
Communication skills
Respect
Problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
, Leadership Styles (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Authoritative, Democratic, Laissez-faire
Authoritative (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Makes decisions for the group. Motivates by coercion.
Communication occurs down the chain of command. Work output by staff is usually high: good
for crisis situations and bureaucratic settings. Effective for employees with little or no formal
education.
Democratic (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Includes the group when decisions are made. Motivates by
supporting staff achievements. Communication occurs up and down the chain of command.
Work output by staff is usually of good quality. Good when cooperation and collaboration are
necessary.
Laissez-faire (ATI) - ANS ✔✔Makes very few decisions, and does little planning. Motivations
largely the responsibility of individual staff members. Communication occurs up and down the
chain of command and between group members. Work output is low unless an informal leader
evolves from the group. Effective with professional employees.
Change (Powerpoint) - ANS ✔✔A significant disruption in established patterns of behavior and/
or expectations.
Change is..... - ANS ✔✔It's constant and inevitable. It can be planned or unplanned. How it's
managed will be the key in determining success.
Change agents (Book) - ANS ✔✔Individuals with formal or informal legitimate power whose
purpose is to initiate, champion, and direct or guide change.
Internal Change/ Internal Forces (Powerpoint) - ANS ✔✔Occurs from within the individual or
individual organization.
Examples: New ideas about health care delivery, Expansion, New ways of delivering supplies.
