NR 4828 EXAM TEST: Leadership and Management Principles
BEST QUESTIONS WITH ASWERS A+ 2022/2023 UPDATE
.
1. A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of staff satisfaction
and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data findings?
a. Effective leadership
Effective leadership is important in nursing because of the impact on nurses’ work lives, it being a stabilizing influence
during change, and for nurses’ productivity and quality of care.
2. A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathway team in the development of care for
patients with total knee replacement. Which of the following statements exemplifies leadership behaviors in a
clinical pathway team meeting?
b. “Our pharmacist has provided some excellent pain control literature.”
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and support among
followers. The correct answer is supportive of a team member’s work and depicts some skill at interpersonal
relationships.
3. Which of the following is true of management
activities? b. Management is focused on task
accomplishment. Management is focused on task
accomplishment.
4. During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving to the unit in a
timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this issue through the development and
work of a multidisciplinary team led by one of these RNs. This scenario demonstrates:
b. empowerment.
, NR 4828 EXAM TEST: Leadership and Management Principles
BEST QUESTIONS WITH ASWERS A+ 2022/2023 UPDATE
Empowerment is the giving of authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act. In this situation, the manager has given
authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act in the investigation and resolution of this issue.
5. A nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home. When creating a care
plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health visit to assess for home safety and medication
compliance. In addition, the nurse is concerned about the nutrition of the patient and requests a dietitian
evaluation. The nurse is demonstrating which of the following leadership skills?
c. Care coordination
Care coordination is the delivery of nursing services that involves the organization and coordination of complex activities.
The nurse uses managerial and leadership skills to facilitate delivery of quality care.
6. Interpersonal communication and the ability to apply are two critical skills every nurse needs to
enhance professional practice.
d. problem-solving
Every nurse needs two critical skills to enhance professional practice. One is a skill at interpersonal relationships. This is
fundamental to leadership and the work of nursing. The second skill is applying the problem-solving process. This
involves critical thinking, problem identification, and the development of objectivity.
, NR 4828 EXAM TEST: Leadership and Management Principles
BEST QUESTIONS WITH ASWERS A+ 2022/2023 UPDATE
7. Good leaders need to be able to demonstrate an intuitive skill of empathy and expressiveness when dealing
with others in the workplace. This requires sensitivity and awareness of the emotions and moods of others and is
known as:
a. social awareness.
Social awareness is an intuitive skill of empathy and expressiveness in being sensitive and aware of the emotions and
moods of others.
8. The personal leadership skill for nurses that consists of self-awareness, discipline, motivation, social awareness,
and relationship management is known as what?
c. Emotional intelligence
Among the important personal leadership skills for nurses is emotional intelligence (EI). EI traits are emotional factors
consisting of five defining attributes: self-awareness, selfregulation or discipline, motivation, social awareness, and
relationship management.
9. are vital to good leaders because they are able to take the vision of the leader and achieve the
determined goals.
d. Followers
Without followers, there is no leadership. Followers are vital because they accept or reject the leader and determine the
leader’s personal power.
10. The best leadership style for unfavorable conditions is:
b. task-oriented structure.
The need for task-oriented leaders occurs when the situation is extreme. The best leadership style for unfavorable
, NR 4828 EXAM TEST: Leadership and Management Principles
BEST QUESTIONS WITH ASWERS A+ 2022/2023 UPDATE
conditions is task-oriented.
11. Nursing management is defined as:
d. the coordination and integration of nursing resources by applying the management process to accomplish nursing care
and service goals and objectives.
The coordination and integration of nursing resources by applying the management process to accomplish nursing care
and service goals and objectives is the definition of nursing management.
12. A nursing unit has demonstrated lower patient satisfaction scores during the last quarter. The manager of the
unit has formed a small team to set long- and short-term goals for the unit with action plans to increase patient
satisfaction. This is an example of which management process?
a. Planning
Planning is the managerial function of selecting priorities, results, and methods to achieve results.
13. A nursing unit has discovered a series of medication errors with regard to a particular computerized physician
order set and the calculation within the order. The unit manager has a theory on changes that should be made within
the order to decrease the confusion for nursing staff. However, the nurse manager realizes that changes would need
to be made with pharmacy input as well as other nursing units within the facility and the multihospital system. Which
of the following management theories is exemplified when the nurse manager considers the impact of change on the
organization as a whole?
b. Systems theory
Systems theory helps managers recognize their work as being embedded within a system. Managers use this theory to
learn that changing one part of a system inevitably affects the whole system.
14. The role of the is to provide leadership and direction for all aspects of nursing services with a focus
BEST QUESTIONS WITH ASWERS A+ 2022/2023 UPDATE
.
1. A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of staff satisfaction
and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data findings?
a. Effective leadership
Effective leadership is important in nursing because of the impact on nurses’ work lives, it being a stabilizing influence
during change, and for nurses’ productivity and quality of care.
2. A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathway team in the development of care for
patients with total knee replacement. Which of the following statements exemplifies leadership behaviors in a
clinical pathway team meeting?
b. “Our pharmacist has provided some excellent pain control literature.”
Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and support among
followers. The correct answer is supportive of a team member’s work and depicts some skill at interpersonal
relationships.
3. Which of the following is true of management
activities? b. Management is focused on task
accomplishment. Management is focused on task
accomplishment.
4. During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving to the unit in a
timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this issue through the development and
work of a multidisciplinary team led by one of these RNs. This scenario demonstrates:
b. empowerment.
, NR 4828 EXAM TEST: Leadership and Management Principles
BEST QUESTIONS WITH ASWERS A+ 2022/2023 UPDATE
Empowerment is the giving of authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act. In this situation, the manager has given
authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act in the investigation and resolution of this issue.
5. A nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home. When creating a care
plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health visit to assess for home safety and medication
compliance. In addition, the nurse is concerned about the nutrition of the patient and requests a dietitian
evaluation. The nurse is demonstrating which of the following leadership skills?
c. Care coordination
Care coordination is the delivery of nursing services that involves the organization and coordination of complex activities.
The nurse uses managerial and leadership skills to facilitate delivery of quality care.
6. Interpersonal communication and the ability to apply are two critical skills every nurse needs to
enhance professional practice.
d. problem-solving
Every nurse needs two critical skills to enhance professional practice. One is a skill at interpersonal relationships. This is
fundamental to leadership and the work of nursing. The second skill is applying the problem-solving process. This
involves critical thinking, problem identification, and the development of objectivity.
, NR 4828 EXAM TEST: Leadership and Management Principles
BEST QUESTIONS WITH ASWERS A+ 2022/2023 UPDATE
7. Good leaders need to be able to demonstrate an intuitive skill of empathy and expressiveness when dealing
with others in the workplace. This requires sensitivity and awareness of the emotions and moods of others and is
known as:
a. social awareness.
Social awareness is an intuitive skill of empathy and expressiveness in being sensitive and aware of the emotions and
moods of others.
8. The personal leadership skill for nurses that consists of self-awareness, discipline, motivation, social awareness,
and relationship management is known as what?
c. Emotional intelligence
Among the important personal leadership skills for nurses is emotional intelligence (EI). EI traits are emotional factors
consisting of five defining attributes: self-awareness, selfregulation or discipline, motivation, social awareness, and
relationship management.
9. are vital to good leaders because they are able to take the vision of the leader and achieve the
determined goals.
d. Followers
Without followers, there is no leadership. Followers are vital because they accept or reject the leader and determine the
leader’s personal power.
10. The best leadership style for unfavorable conditions is:
b. task-oriented structure.
The need for task-oriented leaders occurs when the situation is extreme. The best leadership style for unfavorable
, NR 4828 EXAM TEST: Leadership and Management Principles
BEST QUESTIONS WITH ASWERS A+ 2022/2023 UPDATE
conditions is task-oriented.
11. Nursing management is defined as:
d. the coordination and integration of nursing resources by applying the management process to accomplish nursing care
and service goals and objectives.
The coordination and integration of nursing resources by applying the management process to accomplish nursing care
and service goals and objectives is the definition of nursing management.
12. A nursing unit has demonstrated lower patient satisfaction scores during the last quarter. The manager of the
unit has formed a small team to set long- and short-term goals for the unit with action plans to increase patient
satisfaction. This is an example of which management process?
a. Planning
Planning is the managerial function of selecting priorities, results, and methods to achieve results.
13. A nursing unit has discovered a series of medication errors with regard to a particular computerized physician
order set and the calculation within the order. The unit manager has a theory on changes that should be made within
the order to decrease the confusion for nursing staff. However, the nurse manager realizes that changes would need
to be made with pharmacy input as well as other nursing units within the facility and the multihospital system. Which
of the following management theories is exemplified when the nurse manager considers the impact of change on the
organization as a whole?
b. Systems theory
Systems theory helps managers recognize their work as being embedded within a system. Managers use this theory to
learn that changing one part of a system inevitably affects the whole system.
14. The role of the is to provide leadership and direction for all aspects of nursing services with a focus
