TEST BANK For Huston, Leadership Roles and Management
Functions in Nursing, 11th Edition
A nurse-manager has made a decision and is now preparing to evaluate the decision.
What question should best guide the nurse's evaluation process? - ANSWER:Did the
outcomes align with the original objectives?
A nurse-manager is planning to apply a decision-making model to a clinical challenge.
When using a decision-making tool, what should the manager do? - ANSWER:Be
aware that the tool cannot eliminate the risk of human error
What statement by a manager best reflects the principles of interactional
leadership? - ANSWER:"People's motives are important, and motives change over
time."
What action by the nurse-manager in a health organization best demonstrates
transformational leadership? - ANSWER:The manager holds a workshop to outline a
new vision for patient-centered care.
A manager demonstrates one of the four principles of scientific management when
he or she: - ANSWER:hires and promotes employees on the basis of their
competence and skills.
What characteristic of a nurse-manager suggests that he or she is acting in the role
of a traditional manager rather than an integrated leader-manager? - ANSWER:The
manager's influence is limited to his or her group.
A nurse-manager has recently been accused of assigning work unequally. The
manager has recognized the need to revise the process for assigning work to nurses.
How can the manager best apply the principles of Theory Z? - ANSWER:Gathering
input from employees in order to reach a consensus
What action by a nurse-manager best demonstrates servant leadership? -
ANSWER:Prioritizing the interests of others over the manager's own interests
A nurse-manager has proposed a change in the skills mix on a hospital unit, with
fewer registered nurses and more nursing assistants. What outcome best
demonstrates that the nurse is applying the principles of thought leadership? -
ANSWER:Skeptics of the plan have begun to see it as innovative and beneficial.
Which activity best supports the principles of strengths-based leadership in a health-
care organization? - ANSWER:Funding for staff to become educated in areas where
they are naturally talented
, Two nurses have approached the manager and have asked the manager to speak to
a nurse on the unit who has a reputation for being difficult to get along with. How
can the manager best implement Avolio, Walumbwa, and Weber's model of
authentic leadership? - ANSWER:Analyze the facts of the situation before making a
decision
A nurse has been hired to oversee a day surgery clinic. What action will best ensure
good outcomes for this nurse, the clients, and the employees of the clinic? -
ANSWER:Integrate nursing management and nursing leadership roles and practices
To decrease overtime, the manager of a surgical unit offers nurses who get their
work finished on time for an entire 2-month period an extra day off with pay at
regular time. The nurse is enacting what model of leadership? - ANSWER:Principal
agent theory
A new leader-manager is planning to implement the principles of strengths-based
leadership after being hired for a new position. What action will best facilitate this
plan? - ANSWER:Identifying his or her personal strengths and utilizing them
A nurse is applying the MORAL decision-making model to a dilemma involving a
colleague's possible dishonesty in documentation. What is the nurse's initial action? -
ANSWER:Gather as much information about the situation as possible
The nurse-manager is applying the MORAL decision-making model to a decision
around a client's plan of care. The manager has engaged all the necessary
stakeholders and collected as much data about the situation as possible. What
should the manager do next? - ANSWER:Identify as many alternatives as possible
Which statements concerning autonomy are true? Select all that apply. - ANSWER:-It
supports the process of progressive employee discipline.
-It is based on a person's right to make a choice.
-It is a form of personal liberty.
-Its legal equivalent is self-determination.
The policies in a long-term care facility specify that immobile residents should be
repositioned at least every 2 hours. Despite this, it is well known that many residents
endure long periods without being repositioned. How should the nurse best
interpret this situation? - ANSWER:There is a need for actions to address this theory-
practice-ethics gap.
A nurse has been asked to stay after a shift and work overtime because three nurses
have called in sick. The nurse is reluctant to work the overtime because of a social
commitment. Duty-based reasoning would dictate that the nurse: - ANSWER:work
overtime because of the responsibility owed to clients.
Functions in Nursing, 11th Edition
A nurse-manager has made a decision and is now preparing to evaluate the decision.
What question should best guide the nurse's evaluation process? - ANSWER:Did the
outcomes align with the original objectives?
A nurse-manager is planning to apply a decision-making model to a clinical challenge.
When using a decision-making tool, what should the manager do? - ANSWER:Be
aware that the tool cannot eliminate the risk of human error
What statement by a manager best reflects the principles of interactional
leadership? - ANSWER:"People's motives are important, and motives change over
time."
What action by the nurse-manager in a health organization best demonstrates
transformational leadership? - ANSWER:The manager holds a workshop to outline a
new vision for patient-centered care.
A manager demonstrates one of the four principles of scientific management when
he or she: - ANSWER:hires and promotes employees on the basis of their
competence and skills.
What characteristic of a nurse-manager suggests that he or she is acting in the role
of a traditional manager rather than an integrated leader-manager? - ANSWER:The
manager's influence is limited to his or her group.
A nurse-manager has recently been accused of assigning work unequally. The
manager has recognized the need to revise the process for assigning work to nurses.
How can the manager best apply the principles of Theory Z? - ANSWER:Gathering
input from employees in order to reach a consensus
What action by a nurse-manager best demonstrates servant leadership? -
ANSWER:Prioritizing the interests of others over the manager's own interests
A nurse-manager has proposed a change in the skills mix on a hospital unit, with
fewer registered nurses and more nursing assistants. What outcome best
demonstrates that the nurse is applying the principles of thought leadership? -
ANSWER:Skeptics of the plan have begun to see it as innovative and beneficial.
Which activity best supports the principles of strengths-based leadership in a health-
care organization? - ANSWER:Funding for staff to become educated in areas where
they are naturally talented
, Two nurses have approached the manager and have asked the manager to speak to
a nurse on the unit who has a reputation for being difficult to get along with. How
can the manager best implement Avolio, Walumbwa, and Weber's model of
authentic leadership? - ANSWER:Analyze the facts of the situation before making a
decision
A nurse has been hired to oversee a day surgery clinic. What action will best ensure
good outcomes for this nurse, the clients, and the employees of the clinic? -
ANSWER:Integrate nursing management and nursing leadership roles and practices
To decrease overtime, the manager of a surgical unit offers nurses who get their
work finished on time for an entire 2-month period an extra day off with pay at
regular time. The nurse is enacting what model of leadership? - ANSWER:Principal
agent theory
A new leader-manager is planning to implement the principles of strengths-based
leadership after being hired for a new position. What action will best facilitate this
plan? - ANSWER:Identifying his or her personal strengths and utilizing them
A nurse is applying the MORAL decision-making model to a dilemma involving a
colleague's possible dishonesty in documentation. What is the nurse's initial action? -
ANSWER:Gather as much information about the situation as possible
The nurse-manager is applying the MORAL decision-making model to a decision
around a client's plan of care. The manager has engaged all the necessary
stakeholders and collected as much data about the situation as possible. What
should the manager do next? - ANSWER:Identify as many alternatives as possible
Which statements concerning autonomy are true? Select all that apply. - ANSWER:-It
supports the process of progressive employee discipline.
-It is based on a person's right to make a choice.
-It is a form of personal liberty.
-Its legal equivalent is self-determination.
The policies in a long-term care facility specify that immobile residents should be
repositioned at least every 2 hours. Despite this, it is well known that many residents
endure long periods without being repositioned. How should the nurse best
interpret this situation? - ANSWER:There is a need for actions to address this theory-
practice-ethics gap.
A nurse has been asked to stay after a shift and work overtime because three nurses
have called in sick. The nurse is reluctant to work the overtime because of a social
commitment. Duty-based reasoning would dictate that the nurse: - ANSWER:work
overtime because of the responsibility owed to clients.
