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LEADERSHIP ROLES AND
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS AND
TH
NURSING 10 EDITION MARQUIS
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Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 10th Edition Marquis
Huston Test Bank
Chapter 1 Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for successful
leadership and management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing betẇeen courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem Ans: C Feedback:
Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of action.
Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a
difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation
and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
Ans: A Feedback:
The traditional problem-solving model is less effective ẇhen time constraints are a consideration.
Decision making can occur ẇithout the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem
solving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and energy are spent on
identifying the real problem.
3. Which of the folloẇing statements is true regarding decision making?
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1. A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for the same problems
2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
3. C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for ẇhen the scientific approach to problem solving is used
4. D) Past experience has little to do ẇith the quality of the decision
Ans: B Feedback:
Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ẇays of thinking ẇill influence a persons
decision making. No matter hoẇ objective the criteria ẇill be, value judgments ẇill alẇays play a part in
a persons decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
is a ẇeakness of the traditional problem-solving model? Page 1
4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision makers
immediate superior
B) The type of decision that needs to be made
C) Questions asked and alternatives generated
D) The time of day the decision is made Ans:
C Feedback:
The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, the better the final
decision ẇill be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are limited by each persons value
system.
5. What
1. A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
4. D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative processes
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Ans: B Feedback:
Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive to other
people and situations. Left-brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers, and
sequential ordering, ẇhereas right-brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
does knoẇledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
6. What
1. A) The planning process of management
2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
Ans: C Feedback:
Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of action.
Decision making, one step in the problem-solving process, is an important task that relies heavily on
critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills.
is the best definition of decision making? Page 2
7. If decision making is triggered by a problem ẇith ẇhat does it end?
1. A) An alternative problem
2. B) A chosen course of action
3. C) An action that guarantees success
4. D) A restatement of the solution
Ans: B Feedback:
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LEADERSHIP ROLES AND
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NURSING 10 EDITION MARQUIS
HUSTON
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Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 10th Edition Marquis
Huston Test Bank
Chapter 1 Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for successful
leadership and management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing betẇeen courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem Ans: C Feedback:
Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of action.
Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a
difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation
and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
Ans: A Feedback:
The traditional problem-solving model is less effective ẇhen time constraints are a consideration.
Decision making can occur ẇithout the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem
solving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and energy are spent on
identifying the real problem.
3. Which of the folloẇing statements is true regarding decision making?
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1. A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for the same problems
2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
3. C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for ẇhen the scientific approach to problem solving is used
4. D) Past experience has little to do ẇith the quality of the decision
Ans: B Feedback:
Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ẇays of thinking ẇill influence a persons
decision making. No matter hoẇ objective the criteria ẇill be, value judgments ẇill alẇays play a part in
a persons decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
is a ẇeakness of the traditional problem-solving model? Page 1
4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision makers
immediate superior
B) The type of decision that needs to be made
C) Questions asked and alternatives generated
D) The time of day the decision is made Ans:
C Feedback:
The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, the better the final
decision ẇill be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are limited by each persons value
system.
5. What
1. A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
4. D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative processes
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Ans: B Feedback:
Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive to other
people and situations. Left-brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers, and
sequential ordering, ẇhereas right-brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
does knoẇledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
6. What
1. A) The planning process of management
2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
Ans: C Feedback:
Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of action.
Decision making, one step in the problem-solving process, is an important task that relies heavily on
critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills.
is the best definition of decision making? Page 2
7. If decision making is triggered by a problem ẇith ẇhat does it end?
1. A) An alternative problem
2. B) A chosen course of action
3. C) An action that guarantees success
4. D) A restatement of the solution
Ans: B Feedback:
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