Leadership and Management – Chapter 1: Introducing Nursing Management – Study Guide &
Practice Questions
The nurse manager on the labor and delivery unit evaluates that one of the staff nurses has
leadership qualities. Which of the following is a basis for this judgment?
A. The nurse works overtime every week
B. The nurse stays long after her shift is over to chart.
C. The nurse uses a monthly forum to review current knowledge content
D. The nurse uses a negative approach when evaluating staff skills. - ✔✔C. The nurse uses a
monthly forum to review current knowledge content
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Leadership can be defined as the use of individual traits and personal power to influence and
guide strategy development. Leader need to "do the right thing," be future oriented, be
visionary, focus on purpose, and empower others to set and achieve organizational goals.
"Major tasks of the twenty-first century health care leaders (page 3)
As a nurse, you are aware that one element that is common to the nursing process and the
management process is:
A. Identification of needs
B. Identification of resources
C. Planning.
D. Control - ✔✔C. Planning
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, Management Process: Identification of needs, Identification of resources, Planning, Organizing
and Direction, Controlling
Nursing Process: Assessment, Analysis/Nursing Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation.
One main difference between an ideal leader and an organization-focused manager is that an:
A. Ideal leader maintains the status quo
B. Organization-focused manager is creative
C. Ideal leader is a risk-taker
D. Organization focused manager is a visionary - ✔✔C. Ideal leader is a risk-taker
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Intellectual Stimulation
Which of the following is NOT the middle-level manager's responsibility?
A. People within the departments they supervise
B. Liaison between upper management and first-level manager
C. Establishment of organizational goals
D. Activities within the departments they supervise - ✔✔C. Establishment of organizational
goals
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The middle-level manager, also know as supervisor, director, assistant director or associate
director of nursing. They supervise a number of first-level managers. They may spend more time
planning, evaluatting, and coordinating and less time with direct patient care.
Practice Questions
The nurse manager on the labor and delivery unit evaluates that one of the staff nurses has
leadership qualities. Which of the following is a basis for this judgment?
A. The nurse works overtime every week
B. The nurse stays long after her shift is over to chart.
C. The nurse uses a monthly forum to review current knowledge content
D. The nurse uses a negative approach when evaluating staff skills. - ✔✔C. The nurse uses a
monthly forum to review current knowledge content
Page 3
Leadership can be defined as the use of individual traits and personal power to influence and
guide strategy development. Leader need to "do the right thing," be future oriented, be
visionary, focus on purpose, and empower others to set and achieve organizational goals.
"Major tasks of the twenty-first century health care leaders (page 3)
As a nurse, you are aware that one element that is common to the nursing process and the
management process is:
A. Identification of needs
B. Identification of resources
C. Planning.
D. Control - ✔✔C. Planning
Page 7
, Management Process: Identification of needs, Identification of resources, Planning, Organizing
and Direction, Controlling
Nursing Process: Assessment, Analysis/Nursing Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation.
One main difference between an ideal leader and an organization-focused manager is that an:
A. Ideal leader maintains the status quo
B. Organization-focused manager is creative
C. Ideal leader is a risk-taker
D. Organization focused manager is a visionary - ✔✔C. Ideal leader is a risk-taker
Page 6-7
Intellectual Stimulation
Which of the following is NOT the middle-level manager's responsibility?
A. People within the departments they supervise
B. Liaison between upper management and first-level manager
C. Establishment of organizational goals
D. Activities within the departments they supervise - ✔✔C. Establishment of organizational
goals
Page 8-9
The middle-level manager, also know as supervisor, director, assistant director or associate
director of nursing. They supervise a number of first-level managers. They may spend more time
planning, evaluatting, and coordinating and less time with direct patient care.
