CLINICAL MANAGEMENT- CH.5 EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
As a new nurse manager, you are aware of leadership, management, and followership
principles. What is the first step to becoming an effective leader?
a. Being an effective follower
b. Taking a class on leadership
c. Taking a class on management
d. Getting an advanced degree - ANS a. Being an effective follower
As a nurse manager, you are a leader in health care and on the unit you manage. Looking at the
larger picture of health care and patient environment on the unit, what is your primary role
when evaluating the care provided on your nursing unit?
a. Focus on cost outcomes.
b. Assess staff for contentment on unit.
c. Ensure quality patient care on unit.
d. Provide education to the staff of the unit - ANS c. Ensure quality patient care on unit.
The chief nursing officer (CNO) is appointed for the local hospital in a rural area. The nursing
committee agreed with the appointment of the new CNO offered the position. What is this type
of leadership position considered?
a. Formal leadership
b. Informal leadership
c. Director leadership
d. Personal leadership - ANS a. Formal leadership
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, The core of leadership is awareness. The text by Don Miguel, The Four Agreements, presents a
set of agreements to enhance personal growth and awareness. What is not one of the four
agreements?
a. Be impeccable with your word.
b. Take things personally.
c. Do not make assumptions.
d. Always do your best. - ANS b. Take things personally.
The core of nursing leadership incorporates integration of unique qualities to include us as
individuals. Which is not considered part of leadership integration?
a. Person
b. Leader
c. Nurse
d. Position - ANS d. Position
A new graduate nurse has accepted a position in an intensive care unit. The nurse is assigned a
preceptor with several years of experience. The new nurse also notices the other staff seek this
nurse out for answers to questions and as a resource to the unit. What does the new nurse
consider the role of the mentor nurse?
a. A formal leader
b. A positional leader
c. An official leader
d. An informal leader - ANS d. An informal leader
The manager of a nursing unit is having difficulty working with a new graduate nurse. The new
graduate nurse is excited and full of ideas she wants to try. The manager decides to journal her
feelings regarding the new nurse and her feelings. What is the nurse manager practicing in this
situation?
a. Leadership
b. Reflection
c. Knowledge
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
As a new nurse manager, you are aware of leadership, management, and followership
principles. What is the first step to becoming an effective leader?
a. Being an effective follower
b. Taking a class on leadership
c. Taking a class on management
d. Getting an advanced degree - ANS a. Being an effective follower
As a nurse manager, you are a leader in health care and on the unit you manage. Looking at the
larger picture of health care and patient environment on the unit, what is your primary role
when evaluating the care provided on your nursing unit?
a. Focus on cost outcomes.
b. Assess staff for contentment on unit.
c. Ensure quality patient care on unit.
d. Provide education to the staff of the unit - ANS c. Ensure quality patient care on unit.
The chief nursing officer (CNO) is appointed for the local hospital in a rural area. The nursing
committee agreed with the appointment of the new CNO offered the position. What is this type
of leadership position considered?
a. Formal leadership
b. Informal leadership
c. Director leadership
d. Personal leadership - ANS a. Formal leadership
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, The core of leadership is awareness. The text by Don Miguel, The Four Agreements, presents a
set of agreements to enhance personal growth and awareness. What is not one of the four
agreements?
a. Be impeccable with your word.
b. Take things personally.
c. Do not make assumptions.
d. Always do your best. - ANS b. Take things personally.
The core of nursing leadership incorporates integration of unique qualities to include us as
individuals. Which is not considered part of leadership integration?
a. Person
b. Leader
c. Nurse
d. Position - ANS d. Position
A new graduate nurse has accepted a position in an intensive care unit. The nurse is assigned a
preceptor with several years of experience. The new nurse also notices the other staff seek this
nurse out for answers to questions and as a resource to the unit. What does the new nurse
consider the role of the mentor nurse?
a. A formal leader
b. A positional leader
c. An official leader
d. An informal leader - ANS d. An informal leader
The manager of a nursing unit is having difficulty working with a new graduate nurse. The new
graduate nurse is excited and full of ideas she wants to try. The manager decides to journal her
feelings regarding the new nurse and her feelings. What is the nurse manager practicing in this
situation?
a. Leadership
b. Reflection
c. Knowledge
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