Test Bank For Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing Theory and Application 11th Edition By Bessie L. Marquis, Carol Jorgensen Huston

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1. Whatmstatementmismtruemregardingmdecisionmmaking?
A) Itmismanmanalysismofmamsituation
B) Itmismcloselymrelatedmtomevaluation
C) Itminvolvesmchoosingmbetweenmcoursesmofmaction
D) Itmismdependentmuponmfindingmthemcausemofm
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosin
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g a particular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision makin
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g and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situatio
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n. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to asreflective thinking, is related
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mto evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making and problem
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2. Whatmismamweaknessmofmthemtraditionalmproblem-solvingmmodel?
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B) Itsmlackmofmamstepmrequiringmevaluationmofmresults
C) Itsmfailuremtomgathermsufficientmdata
D) Itsmfailuremtomevaluate
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solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration
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msolving. Because problem solNving attempts to identify the root proble
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m in situations, much time and energy are spent on identifying the real p
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B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each person's value system
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C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approac
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h to problemsolving is used
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D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of th
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e decisionAns: B
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Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thi
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nking will influence a person's decision making. No matter how objective
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4. Whatminfluencesmthemqualitymofmamdecisionmmostmoften?
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B) Themtypemofmdecisionmthatmneedsmtombemmade
C) Questionsmaskedmandmalternativesmgenerated
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decisi
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on maker, thebetter the final decision will be. The alternatives generated
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and the final choices are limited by each person's value system.
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5. Whatmdoesmknowledgemaboutmgoodmdecisionmmakingmleadmonemtombelieve?
A) Goodmdecisionmmakersmaremusuallymright-brain,mintuitivemthinkers
B) Effectivemdecisionmmakersmaremsensitivemtomthemsituationmandmtomothers
C) Goodmdecisionsmaremusuallymmadembymleft-brain,mlogicalmthinkers
D) Goodmdecisionmmakingmrequiresmanalyticalmrathermthanmcreativ
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly
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msensitive to other people and situations. Left-
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brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers,
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6. Whatmismthembestmdefinitionmofmdecisionmmaking?
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B) Themevaluationmphasemofmthemexecutivemrole
C) Onemstepminmthemproblem-solvingmprocess
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Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosi
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ng a particularcourse of action. Decision making, one step in the problem
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solving process, is an important task that relies heavily on critical thinkin
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