ATI RN LEADERSHIP Proctored Exam
Questions and Answers with Rationales
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Question>> 1
What did motivational theorist Victor Vroom state?
A) Personal motivators could be separated from job satisfiers
B) People are motivated by three basic needs: achievement, affiliation, and power
C) A manager's assumptions about workers directly affect the intrinsic motivation of the
workers
D) Employees' expectations about their work environment or a certain event will affect
their behavior
Corect Answer>>D
Feedback: This theory is called Vroom's expectancy model.
Question>> 2
What did Gellerman state about most managers in organizations?
A) They undermanage subordinates
B) They define responsibilities too broadly
C) They stretch employees' comfort levels too much
D) They fail to give employees sufficient decision-making power
Corect Answer>>D
Feedback: Gellerman states that most managers in organizations over-manage, making the
responsibilities too narrow and failing to give employees any decision-making power or to
stretch them often enough.
,Question>> 3
Which would suggest that flattening of the organization is occurring?
A) There is a collective spirit
B) There is reduction in the administration levels
C) There are shared work goals across units
D) There are formal and informal systems are in place to address conflicts
Corect Answer>>B
Feedback: Reducing the numbers of administration levels is called flattening the organization.
The remaining options are not related to organizational flattening.
Question>> 4
How is competency of an employee best determined?
A) An examination of patient records by a review team
B) Self-reporting on an administered skills checklist
C) Evidence of attendance in continuing education classes
D) Documentation of effectively meeting role demands
Corect Answer>>D
Feedback: Competency relates to role and is determined by each role demand. None of the
other options are able to determine competency as effectively as documentation of
performance.
Question>> 5
What location of the SBAR charting tool states the patient's problem?
,A) Situation
B) Background
C) Assessment
D) Recommendation
Corect Answer>>C
Feedback: Assessment is where the nurse states the patient's problem. The problem is not
documented in any of the other SBAR locations.
Question>> 6
Gardner states that integrated leaders-managers distinguish themselves from more traditional
managers in six ways. Which is a distinguishing trait of a traditional manager rather than an
integrated leader-manager?
A) They are politically astute
B) They look outward, toward the larger organization
C) They extend influence only to their own group
D) They emphasize vision, values, and motivation
Corect Answer>>C Feedback:
Traditional managers influence those in their own groups while integrated leaders influence
others beyond their own group. The remaining options represent traits that may be shared by
both types.
Question>> 7
What is the value of using a structured approach to problem solving for the novice nurse?
, A) Facilitates effective time management
B) Supports the acquisition of clinical reasoning
C) Supplements the orientation process
D) Encourages professional autonomy
Corect Answer>>B Feedback:
A structured approach to problem solving and decision making increases clinical reasoning and
is the best way to learn how to make quality decisions because it eliminates trial and error and
focuses the learning on a proven process. This is
particularly helpful to the novice nurse with limited clinical experience and intuition. The other
options are outcomes of the possession of critical thinking skills and clinical reasoning.
Question>> 8
Which is the first step in the time management process?
A. Completing the highest priority task
B. Allowing enough time for sufficient daily planning
C. Reprioritizing based on new information received
D. Delegating work that cannot be accomplished in a day
Corect Answer>>B
Feedback: Daily planning is essential if the manager is to manage by efficiency rather than by
crisis. The remaining options are steps that occur after that planning.
Question>> 9
The promise phase of career development typically reflects how many years of initial nursing
employment?
Questions and Answers with Rationales
Top Rated A+ Latest Updates
Question>> 1
What did motivational theorist Victor Vroom state?
A) Personal motivators could be separated from job satisfiers
B) People are motivated by three basic needs: achievement, affiliation, and power
C) A manager's assumptions about workers directly affect the intrinsic motivation of the
workers
D) Employees' expectations about their work environment or a certain event will affect
their behavior
Corect Answer>>D
Feedback: This theory is called Vroom's expectancy model.
Question>> 2
What did Gellerman state about most managers in organizations?
A) They undermanage subordinates
B) They define responsibilities too broadly
C) They stretch employees' comfort levels too much
D) They fail to give employees sufficient decision-making power
Corect Answer>>D
Feedback: Gellerman states that most managers in organizations over-manage, making the
responsibilities too narrow and failing to give employees any decision-making power or to
stretch them often enough.
,Question>> 3
Which would suggest that flattening of the organization is occurring?
A) There is a collective spirit
B) There is reduction in the administration levels
C) There are shared work goals across units
D) There are formal and informal systems are in place to address conflicts
Corect Answer>>B
Feedback: Reducing the numbers of administration levels is called flattening the organization.
The remaining options are not related to organizational flattening.
Question>> 4
How is competency of an employee best determined?
A) An examination of patient records by a review team
B) Self-reporting on an administered skills checklist
C) Evidence of attendance in continuing education classes
D) Documentation of effectively meeting role demands
Corect Answer>>D
Feedback: Competency relates to role and is determined by each role demand. None of the
other options are able to determine competency as effectively as documentation of
performance.
Question>> 5
What location of the SBAR charting tool states the patient's problem?
,A) Situation
B) Background
C) Assessment
D) Recommendation
Corect Answer>>C
Feedback: Assessment is where the nurse states the patient's problem. The problem is not
documented in any of the other SBAR locations.
Question>> 6
Gardner states that integrated leaders-managers distinguish themselves from more traditional
managers in six ways. Which is a distinguishing trait of a traditional manager rather than an
integrated leader-manager?
A) They are politically astute
B) They look outward, toward the larger organization
C) They extend influence only to their own group
D) They emphasize vision, values, and motivation
Corect Answer>>C Feedback:
Traditional managers influence those in their own groups while integrated leaders influence
others beyond their own group. The remaining options represent traits that may be shared by
both types.
Question>> 7
What is the value of using a structured approach to problem solving for the novice nurse?
, A) Facilitates effective time management
B) Supports the acquisition of clinical reasoning
C) Supplements the orientation process
D) Encourages professional autonomy
Corect Answer>>B Feedback:
A structured approach to problem solving and decision making increases clinical reasoning and
is the best way to learn how to make quality decisions because it eliminates trial and error and
focuses the learning on a proven process. This is
particularly helpful to the novice nurse with limited clinical experience and intuition. The other
options are outcomes of the possession of critical thinking skills and clinical reasoning.
Question>> 8
Which is the first step in the time management process?
A. Completing the highest priority task
B. Allowing enough time for sufficient daily planning
C. Reprioritizing based on new information received
D. Delegating work that cannot be accomplished in a day
Corect Answer>>B
Feedback: Daily planning is essential if the manager is to manage by efficiency rather than by
crisis. The remaining options are steps that occur after that planning.
Question>> 9
The promise phase of career development typically reflects how many years of initial nursing
employment?
