Exam 3 / Final test bank
A nurse educator in a college setting has developed leadership skills as a result of attaining further
education and sharing positive change within the department. When looking at leadership in the
contemporary sense, what leadership trait is characteristic of transformational leaders?
A) influencing others
B) guiding others
C) directing others
D) empowering others - (correct Answer) - D
A manager of a busy surgical care center is working on the annual budget. Nursing has suggested a need
for a new blanket warmer for clients when they arrive to the operating room. The last budget meeting
required a 10% reduction in proposed items. The manager elects to keep the blanket warmer in the
budget. What major task of the manager best describes the review and purchase of budgeted items that
the surgery center needs?
A) ability to work with people
B) assuring smooth workflow processes
C) efficiently using resources
D) communicating clearly - (correct Answer) - C
A chief nursing officer in a busy, downtown, urban hospital has a major collaborative vision regarding
nursing andGwRoAuDldEliSkeMtOoRsEee.tCheOvMision become reality by the year 2020. The chief
nursing officer creates a plan to communicate the vision and to empower individual nurses to help meet
the goals and objectives that accompany it. This is an example of which key to empowering people
within an organization?
A) assisting in releasing motivation employees possess
B) creating autonomy through boundaries
C) replacing the traditional hierarchy with self-directed teams
D) sharing information - (correct Answer) - D
The president of a local chapter of a nursing professional organization determines that there is a need
for a change in the alignment of the chapter. Which Covey's role of a leader looks at inspiring trust?
A) aligning
B) modeling
C) empowering
,D) path finding - (correct Answer) - B
A hospice nurse manager is presenting a new outlook to the hospice team and uses an example from
Covey's work on habits of an effective leader. The term trim-tab is used to delineate the small rudder
that turns the larger rudder of a ship. Which habit by Covey is suggestive of the trim-tab concept?
A) inspiring others
B) modeling character and competence
C) instilling trust
D) aligning goals and systems to achieve results - (correct Answer) - A
A busy nurse manager on a medical-surgical unit has just read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People. Which habit of effective leaders was added to the other seven and incorporates periodic analysis
of values and beliefs?
A) blending voices to develop shared vision
B) empowering others to use their talents
C) empowering others to live out passions
D) hearing one's own voice and inspiring others to find theirs - (correct Answer) - D
Professional nurses assume leadership roles when coordinating care and making recommendations to
interprofessional team members. What best describes the feminist approach to leadership?
A) concept of mutuality
B) concept of empowerment
C) concept of "power with"
D) concept of transformation - (correct Answer) - C
Leaders choose how they use power based on their philosophical beliefs while considering specific
situations. According to Covey, what describes the overall real test of interpersonal skills in
transformational leadership?
A) to permit others to validate themselves
B) alignment of goals benefits members
C) mutual learning, mutual influence, mutual benefits
D) to make all contributors accountable - (correct Answer) - C
A client has been empowered by the nurse to learn to exercise and eat healthy when discharged to
home from the hospital. Which best describes empowered caring in the caregiver's role as it relates to
behavioral changes in the client compared to the use of traditional approaches?
, A) behavioral changes occur from empowering situations
B) behavioral changes are not as genuine
C) behavioral changes are less realistic
D) long-lasting habits are the goal but not the outcome - (correct Answer) - A
A nurse attends a wound-healing conference and brings back information about a change in practice that
he or she believes needs to occur on the unit. The nurse manager encourages the nurse to empower
colleagues to provide their thoughts on the changes the nurse believes are in the best interests of the
clients on the unit. Which term best describes an avenue for participatory decision making?
A) team decision making
B) consensus decision making
C) individual decision making
D) autocratic decision making - (correct Answer) - B
A new graduate nurse has accepted a job on a nursing unit in a busy orthopedic unit and has been
working for the last 6 months developing skills. The nurse has worked with many colleagues and has
seen many instances where the manager has been accessible, communicated well, and has supported
the staff. The nurse determines that the leader on the unit is an exceptional nursing leader. What
remaining criteria for evaluating effective leaders does McCauley and Van Velsor list that would relate to
accountability?
A) Does the leader use effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills?
B) Can the leader effectively modify his or her behavior and that of others?
C) Is the leader willing to help others grow as professional nurses?
D) Does the leader set high standards and hold others and self to the standards? - (correct Answer) - D
A nurse manager attends a conference on leadership skills and contemplates how to be a better leader.
One of the staff members on the unit recently stated that the manager did not empower the members
of the staff and was extremely picky about everything. What would be the criteria for effective
leadership that deals with empowerment?
A) Is the leader aware of issues encountered by nurses engaged in client care activities?
B) Does the leader effectively delegate tasks to others, or does he or she micromanage everything?
C) Does the leader provide the needed resources to provide quality nursing services?
D) Does the leader demonstrate sensitivity to the impact of self on others, leading to
effective use of self? - (correct Answer) - B
A nursing department dean is hired to lead a major university initiative that encompasses leadership
A nurse educator in a college setting has developed leadership skills as a result of attaining further
education and sharing positive change within the department. When looking at leadership in the
contemporary sense, what leadership trait is characteristic of transformational leaders?
A) influencing others
B) guiding others
C) directing others
D) empowering others - (correct Answer) - D
A manager of a busy surgical care center is working on the annual budget. Nursing has suggested a need
for a new blanket warmer for clients when they arrive to the operating room. The last budget meeting
required a 10% reduction in proposed items. The manager elects to keep the blanket warmer in the
budget. What major task of the manager best describes the review and purchase of budgeted items that
the surgery center needs?
A) ability to work with people
B) assuring smooth workflow processes
C) efficiently using resources
D) communicating clearly - (correct Answer) - C
A chief nursing officer in a busy, downtown, urban hospital has a major collaborative vision regarding
nursing andGwRoAuDldEliSkeMtOoRsEee.tCheOvMision become reality by the year 2020. The chief
nursing officer creates a plan to communicate the vision and to empower individual nurses to help meet
the goals and objectives that accompany it. This is an example of which key to empowering people
within an organization?
A) assisting in releasing motivation employees possess
B) creating autonomy through boundaries
C) replacing the traditional hierarchy with self-directed teams
D) sharing information - (correct Answer) - D
The president of a local chapter of a nursing professional organization determines that there is a need
for a change in the alignment of the chapter. Which Covey's role of a leader looks at inspiring trust?
A) aligning
B) modeling
C) empowering
,D) path finding - (correct Answer) - B
A hospice nurse manager is presenting a new outlook to the hospice team and uses an example from
Covey's work on habits of an effective leader. The term trim-tab is used to delineate the small rudder
that turns the larger rudder of a ship. Which habit by Covey is suggestive of the trim-tab concept?
A) inspiring others
B) modeling character and competence
C) instilling trust
D) aligning goals and systems to achieve results - (correct Answer) - A
A busy nurse manager on a medical-surgical unit has just read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People. Which habit of effective leaders was added to the other seven and incorporates periodic analysis
of values and beliefs?
A) blending voices to develop shared vision
B) empowering others to use their talents
C) empowering others to live out passions
D) hearing one's own voice and inspiring others to find theirs - (correct Answer) - D
Professional nurses assume leadership roles when coordinating care and making recommendations to
interprofessional team members. What best describes the feminist approach to leadership?
A) concept of mutuality
B) concept of empowerment
C) concept of "power with"
D) concept of transformation - (correct Answer) - C
Leaders choose how they use power based on their philosophical beliefs while considering specific
situations. According to Covey, what describes the overall real test of interpersonal skills in
transformational leadership?
A) to permit others to validate themselves
B) alignment of goals benefits members
C) mutual learning, mutual influence, mutual benefits
D) to make all contributors accountable - (correct Answer) - C
A client has been empowered by the nurse to learn to exercise and eat healthy when discharged to
home from the hospital. Which best describes empowered caring in the caregiver's role as it relates to
behavioral changes in the client compared to the use of traditional approaches?
, A) behavioral changes occur from empowering situations
B) behavioral changes are not as genuine
C) behavioral changes are less realistic
D) long-lasting habits are the goal but not the outcome - (correct Answer) - A
A nurse attends a wound-healing conference and brings back information about a change in practice that
he or she believes needs to occur on the unit. The nurse manager encourages the nurse to empower
colleagues to provide their thoughts on the changes the nurse believes are in the best interests of the
clients on the unit. Which term best describes an avenue for participatory decision making?
A) team decision making
B) consensus decision making
C) individual decision making
D) autocratic decision making - (correct Answer) - B
A new graduate nurse has accepted a job on a nursing unit in a busy orthopedic unit and has been
working for the last 6 months developing skills. The nurse has worked with many colleagues and has
seen many instances where the manager has been accessible, communicated well, and has supported
the staff. The nurse determines that the leader on the unit is an exceptional nursing leader. What
remaining criteria for evaluating effective leaders does McCauley and Van Velsor list that would relate to
accountability?
A) Does the leader use effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills?
B) Can the leader effectively modify his or her behavior and that of others?
C) Is the leader willing to help others grow as professional nurses?
D) Does the leader set high standards and hold others and self to the standards? - (correct Answer) - D
A nurse manager attends a conference on leadership skills and contemplates how to be a better leader.
One of the staff members on the unit recently stated that the manager did not empower the members
of the staff and was extremely picky about everything. What would be the criteria for effective
leadership that deals with empowerment?
A) Is the leader aware of issues encountered by nurses engaged in client care activities?
B) Does the leader effectively delegate tasks to others, or does he or she micromanage everything?
C) Does the leader provide the needed resources to provide quality nursing services?
D) Does the leader demonstrate sensitivity to the impact of self on others, leading to
effective use of self? - (correct Answer) - B
A nursing department dean is hired to lead a major university initiative that encompasses leadership
