LEADERSHIP ROLES AND MANAGEMENT
FUNCTIONS IN NURSING EXAM PREP STUDY
GUIDE 2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ A nurse-manager is planning to apply a decision-making model to
a clinical challenge. When using a decision-making tool, what should
the manager do? Answer: Be aware that the tool cannot eliminate
the risk of human error
◉ What statement by a manager best reflects the principles of
interactional leadership? Answer: "People's motives are important,
and motives change over time."
◉ What action by the nurse-manager in a health organization best
demonstrates transformational leadership? Answer: The manager
holds a workshop to outline a new vision for patient-centered care.
◉ A manager demonstrates one of the four principles of scientific
management when he or she: Answer: hires and promotes
employees on the basis of their competence and skills.
◉ What characteristic of a nurse-manager suggests that he or she is
acting in the role of a traditional manager rather than an integrated
,leader-manager? Answer: The manager's influence is limited to his
or her group.
◉ A nurse-manager has recently been accused of assigning work
unequally. The manager has recognized the need to revise the
process for assigning work to nurses. How can the manager best
apply the principles of Theory Z? Answer: Gathering input from
employees in order to reach a consensus
◉ What action by a nurse-manager best demonstrates servant
leadership? Answer: Prioritizing the interests of others over the
manager's own interests
◉ A nurse-manager has proposed a change in the skills mix on a
hospital unit, with fewer registered nurses and more nursing
assistants. What outcome best demonstrates that the nurse is
applying the principles of thought leadership? Answer: Skeptics of
the plan have begun to see it as innovative and beneficial.
◉ Which activity best supports the principles of strengths-based
leadership in a health-care organization? Answer: Funding for staff
to become educated in areas where they are naturally talented
◉ Two nurses have approached the manager and have asked the
manager to speak to a nurse on the unit who has a reputation for
being difficult to get along with. How can the manager best
, implement Avolio, Walumbwa, and Weber's model of authentic
leadership? Answer: Analyze the facts of the situation before making
a decision
◉ A nurse has been hired to oversee a day surgery clinic. What
action will best ensure good outcomes for this nurse, the clients, and
the employees of the clinic? Answer: Integrate nursing management
and nursing leadership roles and practices
◉ To decrease overtime, the manager of a surgical unit offers nurses
who get their work finished on time for an entire 2-month period an
extra day off with pay at regular time. The nurse is enacting what
model of leadership? Answer: Principal agent theory
◉ A new leader-manager is planning to implement the principles of
strengths-based leadership after being hired for a new position.
What action will best facilitate this plan? Answer: Identifying his or
her personal strengths and utilizing them
◉ A nurse is applying the MORAL decision-making model to a
dilemma involving a colleague's possible dishonesty in
documentation. What is the nurse's initial action? Answer: Gather as
much information about the situation as possible
◉ The nurse-manager is applying the MORAL decision-making
model to a decision around a client's plan of care. The manager has
FUNCTIONS IN NURSING EXAM PREP STUDY
GUIDE 2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ A nurse-manager is planning to apply a decision-making model to
a clinical challenge. When using a decision-making tool, what should
the manager do? Answer: Be aware that the tool cannot eliminate
the risk of human error
◉ What statement by a manager best reflects the principles of
interactional leadership? Answer: "People's motives are important,
and motives change over time."
◉ What action by the nurse-manager in a health organization best
demonstrates transformational leadership? Answer: The manager
holds a workshop to outline a new vision for patient-centered care.
◉ A manager demonstrates one of the four principles of scientific
management when he or she: Answer: hires and promotes
employees on the basis of their competence and skills.
◉ What characteristic of a nurse-manager suggests that he or she is
acting in the role of a traditional manager rather than an integrated
,leader-manager? Answer: The manager's influence is limited to his
or her group.
◉ A nurse-manager has recently been accused of assigning work
unequally. The manager has recognized the need to revise the
process for assigning work to nurses. How can the manager best
apply the principles of Theory Z? Answer: Gathering input from
employees in order to reach a consensus
◉ What action by a nurse-manager best demonstrates servant
leadership? Answer: Prioritizing the interests of others over the
manager's own interests
◉ A nurse-manager has proposed a change in the skills mix on a
hospital unit, with fewer registered nurses and more nursing
assistants. What outcome best demonstrates that the nurse is
applying the principles of thought leadership? Answer: Skeptics of
the plan have begun to see it as innovative and beneficial.
◉ Which activity best supports the principles of strengths-based
leadership in a health-care organization? Answer: Funding for staff
to become educated in areas where they are naturally talented
◉ Two nurses have approached the manager and have asked the
manager to speak to a nurse on the unit who has a reputation for
being difficult to get along with. How can the manager best
, implement Avolio, Walumbwa, and Weber's model of authentic
leadership? Answer: Analyze the facts of the situation before making
a decision
◉ A nurse has been hired to oversee a day surgery clinic. What
action will best ensure good outcomes for this nurse, the clients, and
the employees of the clinic? Answer: Integrate nursing management
and nursing leadership roles and practices
◉ To decrease overtime, the manager of a surgical unit offers nurses
who get their work finished on time for an entire 2-month period an
extra day off with pay at regular time. The nurse is enacting what
model of leadership? Answer: Principal agent theory
◉ A new leader-manager is planning to implement the principles of
strengths-based leadership after being hired for a new position.
What action will best facilitate this plan? Answer: Identifying his or
her personal strengths and utilizing them
◉ A nurse is applying the MORAL decision-making model to a
dilemma involving a colleague's possible dishonesty in
documentation. What is the nurse's initial action? Answer: Gather as
much information about the situation as possible
◉ The nurse-manager is applying the MORAL decision-making
model to a decision around a client's plan of care. The manager has
