NURS 262 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Leaders
Have management skills
* often manage aspects of their work or organization
Managers
- plan, organize, coordinate and direct the work of others
- don't necessarily assume leadership tasks
A unit nurse manager will be responsible for:
- Patient care and safety for the unit
- Staff resources
- Quality status for the unit
- Staff resources
- Quality status for the unit
- Unit budget/financial recourses
- Unit supplies and equipment
First level manager
team leader/charge nurse
Middle-level manager
supervise first-level managers
Upper-level manager
,chief nursing officer
Autocratic (authoritarian) leader
makes decisions for the group or organization; dictator
Democratic Leader
often functions as a facilitator and encourages group discussion and decision-making
Laissez-faire leader
often functions in a permissive way; recognizes that the group needs autonomy;
* capable of making decisions and personally/professional capable
Bureaucratic Leader
does not trust self or others; viewed as inflexible and only following rules of the
organization
Charismatic leader
develops strong relationships with group members, who commit to the leader and are
motivated by leader's personality
Transformational leader
fosters creativity, risk taking, commitment, and collaboration through empowerment;
This style is valuable when an organization is going through significant change and is
under a deadline
Shared leadership
recognizes that a professional workforce is made up of many leaders
shared governance
distributed decision making
ABCD Cultural Assessment Model
,- Attitudes
- Beliefs
- Context
- Decision-making style
- Environment
Bereavement
Refers to objective situation of a person who has recently experienced the death of
someone significant
Mourning
refers to different customs and rituals, including various funeral practices- shaped by
social and cultural practices, societal expectations that differ across individuals and/or
groups
Anticipatory Grief
noted before loss, associated with diagnosis of a terminal illness, disability, acute or
chronic illness in self or significant other
Common fears of Anticipatory Grief
Loss of independence, fear of being abandoned, fear of pain and distress, existential
fears, loss of control, loss of self image, isolation, loss of dreamed for life
Chronic grief
Normal grief reactions that do not subside and continue over very long periods of time.
Years after the death the bereaved have the same feelings and reactions that they had
at the time of death
Delayed grief
, When the grief work is not done at the
time of the death, fresh sadness occurs much later, often at the time of another death
Exaggerated Grief
The grief is so intense that the bereaved is dysfunctional
Masked grief
Grief is manifested through physical or mental health problems
disenfranchised grief
grief encountered when a loss is experienced and cannot be openly acknowledged (ex.
those with HIV/AIDS)
Bereavement theories
Task I - IV
Task I
to accept the reality of the loss
Task II
to process the pain of grief
Task III
to adjust to a world without the deceased
Task IV
To find an enduring connection with the deceased in the midst of embarking on a new
life
Three Basic Phases/Six "R"
Must be completed to resolve loss
Avoidance
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Leaders
Have management skills
* often manage aspects of their work or organization
Managers
- plan, organize, coordinate and direct the work of others
- don't necessarily assume leadership tasks
A unit nurse manager will be responsible for:
- Patient care and safety for the unit
- Staff resources
- Quality status for the unit
- Staff resources
- Quality status for the unit
- Unit budget/financial recourses
- Unit supplies and equipment
First level manager
team leader/charge nurse
Middle-level manager
supervise first-level managers
Upper-level manager
,chief nursing officer
Autocratic (authoritarian) leader
makes decisions for the group or organization; dictator
Democratic Leader
often functions as a facilitator and encourages group discussion and decision-making
Laissez-faire leader
often functions in a permissive way; recognizes that the group needs autonomy;
* capable of making decisions and personally/professional capable
Bureaucratic Leader
does not trust self or others; viewed as inflexible and only following rules of the
organization
Charismatic leader
develops strong relationships with group members, who commit to the leader and are
motivated by leader's personality
Transformational leader
fosters creativity, risk taking, commitment, and collaboration through empowerment;
This style is valuable when an organization is going through significant change and is
under a deadline
Shared leadership
recognizes that a professional workforce is made up of many leaders
shared governance
distributed decision making
ABCD Cultural Assessment Model
,- Attitudes
- Beliefs
- Context
- Decision-making style
- Environment
Bereavement
Refers to objective situation of a person who has recently experienced the death of
someone significant
Mourning
refers to different customs and rituals, including various funeral practices- shaped by
social and cultural practices, societal expectations that differ across individuals and/or
groups
Anticipatory Grief
noted before loss, associated with diagnosis of a terminal illness, disability, acute or
chronic illness in self or significant other
Common fears of Anticipatory Grief
Loss of independence, fear of being abandoned, fear of pain and distress, existential
fears, loss of control, loss of self image, isolation, loss of dreamed for life
Chronic grief
Normal grief reactions that do not subside and continue over very long periods of time.
Years after the death the bereaved have the same feelings and reactions that they had
at the time of death
Delayed grief
, When the grief work is not done at the
time of the death, fresh sadness occurs much later, often at the time of another death
Exaggerated Grief
The grief is so intense that the bereaved is dysfunctional
Masked grief
Grief is manifested through physical or mental health problems
disenfranchised grief
grief encountered when a loss is experienced and cannot be openly acknowledged (ex.
those with HIV/AIDS)
Bereavement theories
Task I - IV
Task I
to accept the reality of the loss
Task II
to process the pain of grief
Task III
to adjust to a world without the deceased
Task IV
To find an enduring connection with the deceased in the midst of embarking on a new
life
Three Basic Phases/Six "R"
Must be completed to resolve loss
Avoidance
