NUR 4590 Exam 2
1. Which of the following factors influences the structure of an organization?
a. Age of the building
b. Brand of computer system
c. Number of employees
d. Square footage of the facility
- c. Number of employees
2. Within nursing practice, the use of advanced practice roles is an example of:
a. cross-training.
b. departmentalization.
c. fragmentation.
d. specialization.
- d. specialization.
3. The nursing chief executive officer (CEO) works in a major rehabilitation and subacute
facility network. Her span of control refers to the number of:
a. miles in which the network resides.
b. ancillary staff accountable to her.
c. nurses and non-nurses reporting to her.
d. inpatients that the facilities service.
- c. nurses and non-nurses reporting to her.
,4. A nurse manager is responsible for a unit consisting of 40 nurses who report to two
clinical supervisors. In addition, there are 10 support staff who report to an
administrative supervisor. The subordinates reporting to this manager are known as
which dimension of organizational design?
a. Division of labor
b. Hierarchy
c. Span of control
d. Decentralization
- c. Span of control
5. A staff nurse has been working in the neonatal critical care unit for 10 years. She
believes that a professional nurse is a lifelong learner. Many staff members come to her
for clinical problem solving and advice. This nurse has:
a. decisional authority.
b. formal power.
c. informal power.
d. quantum authority.
- c. informal power.
6. An organizational chart with one line of management and one line of staff reflects which
of the following types of organizational structures?
a. Authoritarian structure
b. Flat structure
c. Power structure
d. Vertical structure
- b. Flat structure
,7. The phrase "the buck stops here" best describes which of the following terms?
a. Accountability
b. Authority
c. Responsibility
d. Trustworthiness
- a. Accountability
8. Patient surveys convey that they are uncertain about who is the registered nurse (RN).
The CEO makes a decision that mandates that white nursing caps will be worn by all RNs
and blue nursing caps by all licensed practical nurses to differentiate professional nurses
and occupational nurses from nurses' aides and other ancillary staff. Which type of
structure does this represent?
a. Centralized
b. Decentralized
c. Nonparticipative
d. Participative
- a. Centralized
9. The patient is a 69-year-old woman who has a history of diabetes mellitus, peripheral
vascular disease, and myocardial infarctions. She was admitted to the hospital with a
stroke and is being transferred to a subacute facility and then to a rehabilitation facility.
At every transfer she must review her entire history, provide telephone numbers of
family members, list all 30 of her medications, and list all home care and medical supply
companies. Which of these processes could improve the fragmentation in work flow?
a. Departmentalization
b. Standardization
c. Specialization
, d. Subdivision
- b. Standardization
10. The ways in which work is divided and coordinated among members and the resulting
network of relationships, roles, and work groups is the:
a. organization.
b. organizational social structure.
c. structure.
d. formal relationship.
- b. organizational social structure.
11. According to the _____ organizational approach, organizations are logical and
predictable with identifiable and scientifically measurable characteristics that can be
predicted, observed, or manipulated.
a. objective
b. subjective
c. postmodern
d. realistic
- a. objective
12. Which organizational theory emphasized the informal aspects of organization social
structure and was influenced by the Hawthorne experiments?
a. Bureaucratic theory
b. Scientific management school
c. Classical management theory
1. Which of the following factors influences the structure of an organization?
a. Age of the building
b. Brand of computer system
c. Number of employees
d. Square footage of the facility
- c. Number of employees
2. Within nursing practice, the use of advanced practice roles is an example of:
a. cross-training.
b. departmentalization.
c. fragmentation.
d. specialization.
- d. specialization.
3. The nursing chief executive officer (CEO) works in a major rehabilitation and subacute
facility network. Her span of control refers to the number of:
a. miles in which the network resides.
b. ancillary staff accountable to her.
c. nurses and non-nurses reporting to her.
d. inpatients that the facilities service.
- c. nurses and non-nurses reporting to her.
,4. A nurse manager is responsible for a unit consisting of 40 nurses who report to two
clinical supervisors. In addition, there are 10 support staff who report to an
administrative supervisor. The subordinates reporting to this manager are known as
which dimension of organizational design?
a. Division of labor
b. Hierarchy
c. Span of control
d. Decentralization
- c. Span of control
5. A staff nurse has been working in the neonatal critical care unit for 10 years. She
believes that a professional nurse is a lifelong learner. Many staff members come to her
for clinical problem solving and advice. This nurse has:
a. decisional authority.
b. formal power.
c. informal power.
d. quantum authority.
- c. informal power.
6. An organizational chart with one line of management and one line of staff reflects which
of the following types of organizational structures?
a. Authoritarian structure
b. Flat structure
c. Power structure
d. Vertical structure
- b. Flat structure
,7. The phrase "the buck stops here" best describes which of the following terms?
a. Accountability
b. Authority
c. Responsibility
d. Trustworthiness
- a. Accountability
8. Patient surveys convey that they are uncertain about who is the registered nurse (RN).
The CEO makes a decision that mandates that white nursing caps will be worn by all RNs
and blue nursing caps by all licensed practical nurses to differentiate professional nurses
and occupational nurses from nurses' aides and other ancillary staff. Which type of
structure does this represent?
a. Centralized
b. Decentralized
c. Nonparticipative
d. Participative
- a. Centralized
9. The patient is a 69-year-old woman who has a history of diabetes mellitus, peripheral
vascular disease, and myocardial infarctions. She was admitted to the hospital with a
stroke and is being transferred to a subacute facility and then to a rehabilitation facility.
At every transfer she must review her entire history, provide telephone numbers of
family members, list all 30 of her medications, and list all home care and medical supply
companies. Which of these processes could improve the fragmentation in work flow?
a. Departmentalization
b. Standardization
c. Specialization
, d. Subdivision
- b. Standardization
10. The ways in which work is divided and coordinated among members and the resulting
network of relationships, roles, and work groups is the:
a. organization.
b. organizational social structure.
c. structure.
d. formal relationship.
- b. organizational social structure.
11. According to the _____ organizational approach, organizations are logical and
predictable with identifiable and scientifically measurable characteristics that can be
predicted, observed, or manipulated.
a. objective
b. subjective
c. postmodern
d. realistic
- a. objective
12. Which organizational theory emphasized the informal aspects of organization social
structure and was influenced by the Hawthorne experiments?
a. Bureaucratic theory
b. Scientific management school
c. Classical management theory
