Chapter 02: Personal Management: Time
and Self-Care Strategies
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nurse is considering pursuing additional education in nursing and hopes to be promoted
to a management position. What action should the nurse take to best achieve this?
a. Wait until “the time is right” and inquire about program and promotion
opportunities. .
b. Be the best nurse possible and hope a scholarship or promotion will be awarded.
c. Set long-range, mid-range, and short-range goals with specific related activities
and time frames to meet these goals. .
d. Read three books on time management.
ANS: C
Setting goals so that you can prioritize your approach and identifying specific
activities and time frames to work toward a management promotion are keys to
success. Assess the situation to see what activities will provide the highest payoff.
Waiting for the right time to achieve promotion, hoping for a scholarship or
promotion, and reading books on time management are not effective; instead, the
nurse must take action to achieve a goal.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application/Applying
REF: p. 33 OBJ: Identify strategies for self-care. . TOP: Time management
MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable
,2. A student nurse is feeling stressed about the combination of nursing courses and clinical
experience in the semester. What actions can the student nurse take to reduce stress level
based on biological rhythms?
a. Schedule difficult activities at high-energy times.
b. Shorten sleep time to accommodate increased study times.
c. Study before bedtime to increase memorization. .
d. Only study when not feeling stressed.
ANS: A
Student nurses should create schedules that work with their biological rhythms, such
as . scheduling difficult activities at their high-energy times. Shortening sleep,
studying right before bed, and only studying when they are not feeling stressed are not
advised.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application/Applying REF: p. 24
OBJ: Identify your individual time style and personal time-management
strategies.
TOP: Managing your time MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable.
3. A nurse manager is assigning additional duties to the day shift nurses to keep the unit
orderly and running smoothly. Which assignment would be the best for a right-brain–
dominant nurse?
a. Clean up the break room by noon.
b. Assist with completing a unit project, based on specific rules and guidelines.
c. Create a poster board in honor of Nurse’s Week.
d. Take part in a meeting regarding unit policies. .
ANS: C
Right-brain–dominant people resist rules and schedules and prefer to complete
activities on their own time. Creating a poster board in honor of Nurse’s Week gives
the right-brain–dominant nurse a chance to create in a personal way without rules and
, restrictions. Cleaning up the break room by noon, assisting with a unit project guided
by rules and specific guidelines, and taking part in a unit policy meeting would be
better suited for a left- brain–dominant nurse (structure, organization, rules, time
limits, and priorities are important).
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application/Applying REF: p. 26
OBJ: Identify your individual time style and personal time-management
strategies.
TOP: Managing your time MSC: NCLEX®: Safe and effective care
environment
4. What action by student nurses indicates readiness for successful study habits?
a. Combining their study area with the space that they use to pay bills
b. Color coding their materials from each class
c. Keeping all materials and papers in one bin .
d. Cleaning their study area at the end of each semester
ANS: B
To ensure success, students should first separate the area where they study from the
area where they pay bills. Second, students should color code their materials from
each class to ensure that they can find what they need during study sessions. Students
should separate out materials and discard what is no longer needed. Frequently
cleaning their study area will help them maintain order. .
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application/Applying REF: p. 31
OBJ: Identify your individual time style and personal time-management
strategies.
TOP: Managing your time MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable
5. What actions can a student take to manage the phone calls received throughout the day?
a. Set a specific time during the day for business- or school-related phone calls.
and Self-Care Strategies
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nurse is considering pursuing additional education in nursing and hopes to be promoted
to a management position. What action should the nurse take to best achieve this?
a. Wait until “the time is right” and inquire about program and promotion
opportunities. .
b. Be the best nurse possible and hope a scholarship or promotion will be awarded.
c. Set long-range, mid-range, and short-range goals with specific related activities
and time frames to meet these goals. .
d. Read three books on time management.
ANS: C
Setting goals so that you can prioritize your approach and identifying specific
activities and time frames to work toward a management promotion are keys to
success. Assess the situation to see what activities will provide the highest payoff.
Waiting for the right time to achieve promotion, hoping for a scholarship or
promotion, and reading books on time management are not effective; instead, the
nurse must take action to achieve a goal.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application/Applying
REF: p. 33 OBJ: Identify strategies for self-care. . TOP: Time management
MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable
,2. A student nurse is feeling stressed about the combination of nursing courses and clinical
experience in the semester. What actions can the student nurse take to reduce stress level
based on biological rhythms?
a. Schedule difficult activities at high-energy times.
b. Shorten sleep time to accommodate increased study times.
c. Study before bedtime to increase memorization. .
d. Only study when not feeling stressed.
ANS: A
Student nurses should create schedules that work with their biological rhythms, such
as . scheduling difficult activities at their high-energy times. Shortening sleep,
studying right before bed, and only studying when they are not feeling stressed are not
advised.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application/Applying REF: p. 24
OBJ: Identify your individual time style and personal time-management
strategies.
TOP: Managing your time MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable.
3. A nurse manager is assigning additional duties to the day shift nurses to keep the unit
orderly and running smoothly. Which assignment would be the best for a right-brain–
dominant nurse?
a. Clean up the break room by noon.
b. Assist with completing a unit project, based on specific rules and guidelines.
c. Create a poster board in honor of Nurse’s Week.
d. Take part in a meeting regarding unit policies. .
ANS: C
Right-brain–dominant people resist rules and schedules and prefer to complete
activities on their own time. Creating a poster board in honor of Nurse’s Week gives
the right-brain–dominant nurse a chance to create in a personal way without rules and
, restrictions. Cleaning up the break room by noon, assisting with a unit project guided
by rules and specific guidelines, and taking part in a unit policy meeting would be
better suited for a left- brain–dominant nurse (structure, organization, rules, time
limits, and priorities are important).
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application/Applying REF: p. 26
OBJ: Identify your individual time style and personal time-management
strategies.
TOP: Managing your time MSC: NCLEX®: Safe and effective care
environment
4. What action by student nurses indicates readiness for successful study habits?
a. Combining their study area with the space that they use to pay bills
b. Color coding their materials from each class
c. Keeping all materials and papers in one bin .
d. Cleaning their study area at the end of each semester
ANS: B
To ensure success, students should first separate the area where they study from the
area where they pay bills. Second, students should color code their materials from
each class to ensure that they can find what they need during study sessions. Students
should separate out materials and discard what is no longer needed. Frequently
cleaning their study area will help them maintain order. .
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application/Applying REF: p. 31
OBJ: Identify your individual time style and personal time-management
strategies.
TOP: Managing your time MSC: NCLEX®: Not applicable
5. What actions can a student take to manage the phone calls received throughout the day?
a. Set a specific time during the day for business- or school-related phone calls.
