NR 446 Week 1 Exam 1 Pre-Class Questions

Chapter 1: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for Successful Leadership and Management 1. Describe the following terms: 2. Describe at least 10 characteristics of a critical thinker: 3. How do the following methods of learning help develop problem solving and decision making skills? 4. Describe the steps involved in the nursing process: 5. List and briefly describe each critical element in decision making: Chapter 2: Classic Views of Leadership and Management 6. Compare and contrast leadership versus management distinctions (display 2.1) 7. Compare and contrast leadership versus management components (display 2.4) 8. Briefly describe each phase of the management process: 9. Describe the different types of leaders & describe at least one clinical example of where each are useful (ex. code blue situation): 10. Compare and contrast a transactional versus transformational leader: (table 2.2) Chapter 3: Twenty-First Century Thinking about Leadership and Management 11. Describe the four leadership domains: 12. Describe the 5 levels of Jim Collins’ Level 5 Leadership: 13. What does being a servant leadership mean? 14. What is emotional intelligence mean? 15. Describe the 5 components of emotional intelligence: 16. Describe how having emotional intelligence is essential to being a nurse. Chapter 20: Delegation 17. Summarize the role of a leadership in delegation: 18. Summarize the role of a manager in delegation: 19. Explain each of the five rights of delegation: 20. Describe how the common delegations errors occur and how to prevent them: 21. Describe the scope of practice for unlicensed assistive personnel: 22. Describe the common tasks generally considered appropriate to delegate to nursing assistive personnel (display 20.4) 23. Describe the appropriate response if a nurse experiences subordinate resistance: 24. Describe the following cultural considerations to consider when working with a multicultural work team: