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A nurse manager on a telemetry unit recently made a decision without
considering the effects it might have in the workplace and the overall missions
and goals. This manager is not giving thought to which of the following roles of
the manager?
A) Consuming Research
B) Mentoring
C) Case Management
D) Quality Indicators
E) Organizational Culture - CORRECT ANSWER-E) Organizational Culture
A nurse manager approaches a nursing staff member and gives her a book to read
about bedside nursing. What kind of leadership is the manager using?
A) Transactional
B) Transformational
C) Vertical and Collaborative
D) None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-B) Transformational
,A nurse wants to develop better leadership. She asks her manager what she can
do to improve her ability to lead. Which of the following did the manager tell her
to do? (select all that apply)
A) Lead by example
B) Accept responsibility
C) Have a clear vision
D) Read leadership books - CORRECT ANSWER-A) Lead by example
B) Accept responsibility
C) Have a clear vision
A student nurse has her clinical o a medical-surgical unit. She has been
encouraged to be a leader, but does not know how to be a leader as a student.
Which is a way she can apply her leadership abilities? (select all that apply)
A) Learn to deal with conflict
B) Be on time for clinical
C) Evaluate her nursing interventions and their
outcomes
D) Work as hard as she can by herself. - CORRECT ANSWER-A) Learn to deal
with conflict
,C) Evaluate her nursing interventions and their outcomes
A nurse manager frequently stays in the office, rarely checking in on the staff or
making rounds in patient rooms. This manager recently made a decision to
improve quality care. A new nurse asks the manager how to carry out this new
decision, but the manager replies, "Ask another nurse. Just figure it out. I don't
have time to explain." Which standards for a healthy work environment is the
manager lacking in this situation? (Select all that apply)
A) Collaboration
B) Communication
C) Decision making
D) Accountability
E) Self-actualization - CORRECT ANSWER-A) Collaboration
B) Communication
D) Accountability
Nurse managers are often leaders of change. In order to do this effectively, the
nurse manager should have several practices to enforce this change and achieve
patient safety. Which of the following is NOT an example of enforcing change in
the work environment?
A) Encouraging and participating in the change
, movement
B) Following up and asking staff how they viewed
the impact of the change initiative
C) Asking a nurse on the floor how he/she can help
and meet needs
D) Making sure that the task is done as quickly as
possible without regard to reliability - CORRECT ANSWER-D) Making sure that
the task is done as quickly as possible without regard to reliability
Part of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), To Err is Human(2000) identified the
number of deaths attributed to patient safety issues. This resulted in a second
report Crossing the Quality Chasm(2001) identifying six major aims in providing
health care that apply equally to all professions. Which terms are a part of the
major aims of providing health care? Select all that apply.
A. Safe
B. Ineffective
C. Efficient
D. Patient- centered
E. Inequitable - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Safe
C. Efficient