Deck 5: Followership and Empowerment

Question 1

A nurse follower is high in performance initiative and high in relationship initiatives. What type of follower is this nurse?
1)Politician
2)Subordinate
3)Partner
4)Contributor

Answer 1

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Question 2

A follower assumes an active role because the leader has credibility. According to Kouzes and Posner (2011), which characteristics make leaders have credibility?
1)Competence, aggressiveness, and holding a position of authority
2)Honesty, ability to be inspiring, and forward-looking
3)Visionary, controlling, and powerful
4)Demanding, focused on maintaining the status quo, and open

Answer 2

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Question 3

Which statement will identify a nurse as a star follower?
1)"I think I could do that."
2)"I hope that can be done."
3)"I can do that."
4)"I might be able to complete that."

Answer 3

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Question 4

A follower thinks critically about the leader's suggestions but remains passive and perhaps even somewhat hostile. What type of follower is this?
1)Sheep
2)Alienated follower
3)"Yes" person
4)Contributor

Question 5

Which trait characterizes a follower more than it characterizes a leader?
1)Uses freedom responsibly
2)Creates new ideas
3)Takes risks
4)Makes decisions

Question 6

A nurse has the title of Dean of the School of Nursing. Which type of power does this represent?
1)Coercive
2)Expert
3)Reward
4)Legitimate

Question 7

A nurse leader sees the "big picture" of providing high-quality care and tells how each follower fits into this vision. Which characteristic has the nurse leader used to help followers?
1)Morality
2)Passivity
3)Competency
4)Forward looking

Question 8

How should a nurse leader use power?
1)As an influence to direct the group and realize the vision
2)To control the group and select people for certain positions
3)To reward those who follow the wishes of the leader
4)As an influence to strengthen the leader's power base

Question 9

Which strategy is crucial for a nurse to "start a movement"?
1)Be the first follower.
2)Form a tipping point with new leaders.
3)Have new followers emulate the leader.
4)Let followers learn on their own.

Question 10

Chaleff asserts that followers do not orbit around a leader. Instead, followers and leaders both orbit around their:
1)Organization's mission.
2)Mutual purpose.
3)Personal needs.
4)Shared history.

Question 11

Which strategy can help a nurse develop as an effective or exemplary follower?
1)Find your passion in life and be passionate about what you do.
2)Be a "spectator" in your practice setting.
3)Wait to be told before taking action.
4)Keep your creative ideas to yourself until you are in the leader role.

Question 12

Which description best portrays an effective nurse follower?
1)Is visionary, dedicated to accomplishing the leader's vision, and tentative with decision making
2)Is reflective, spontaneous, and focused on working as autonomously as possible
3)Is self-directing, looks at the "bigger picture," and speaks truthfully
4)Blindly accepts the leader's authority, abdicates responsibilities, and encourages others

Question 13

Several nurses on a unit consistently criticize new practice ideas that are generated and are rude to the new orientees and students. How should nurse leaders on this unit best help these nurses to become better followers?
1)Thank them for their critical perspectives.
2)Ask them to propose solutions to the practices they are criticizing.
3)Schedule them on shifts when students are not on the unit.
4)Assign them to all of the orientees.

Question 14

How can nurse leaders and nurse followers facilitate collaboration?
1)Follow the medical orders without question.
2)Empower one another.
3)Function more independently, rather than interdependently.
4)Assume a subordinate role on the health-care team.

Question 15

A nurse can start an IV solution when nobody else can. The staff go to this nurse anytime an IV cannot be started. What type of power does this nurse have?
1)Coercive
2)Reward
3)Expert
4)Referent

Question 16

Which action indicates the nurse is an effective follower?
1)Participates actively, rather than passively
2)Is more dependent than independent of the leader
3)Needs clear direction to accomplish each task
4)Goes along with, rather than challenges, the ideas of the leader

Question 17

A nurse follower is an active participant but is dependent on others and does not engage in critical thinking. What type of follower is this nurse?
1)Star follower
2)Alienated follower
3)Sheep
4)"Yes" person

Question 18

How should followership be described?
1)A well-defined science
2)Something that cannot be taught or cultivated
3)A role one chooses to accept
4)The least significant aspect of a leadership "event"

Question 19

Using frameworks described by Kelley (1998) and Pittman, Rosenbach, and Potter (1998), which terms are most alike in their characteristics?
1)"Yes" people and contributors
2)Effective followers and politicians
3)Sheep and subordinates
4)Alienated followers and partners

Question 20

Which statement made by a nurse suggests more instruction is needed about leaders and followers?
1)There can be no leaders without followers.
2)Followers are as important as leaders in shaping a preferred future.
3)Leaders and followers share many common qualities.
4)Followers are at their best when they seek permission from the leader.

Question 21

Kellerman (2008) developed a continuum of followership that uses one metric. What does the metric represent?
1)Level of engagement
2)Knowledge of followership
3)Duration of time that the follower has known the leader
4)Extent to which leaders and followers "like" each other

Question 22

Parse (2009) reflects on the importance of power in her humanbecoming leading-following model. Parse acknowledges that power lies in one's position but also emphasizes which other concept?
1)Expert power is not as strong as the power that comes from one's position.
2)Power that lies within the person is most effective.
3)Authority is stronger than power.
4)Leaders are more important than followers.

Question 23

Which technique used by a nurse leader is most likely to be effective in helping followers break routines and habits?
1)Affirm values.
2)Coerce.
3)Renew.
4)Serve as a symbol.

Question 24

Which type of follower is highest on the metric continuum according to Kellerman (2008)?
1)Diehards
2)Activists
3)Participants
4)Bystanders

Question 25

How can a staff nurse be an effective follower? Select all that apply.
1)Become involved in professional organizations.
2)Be adversarial.
3)Complain and walk away.
4)Exercise a "courageous conscience."
5)Contribute as an equal partner.