Deck 1: Leadership, Collaboration, and the DNP Graduate

Question 1

Why are leadership and collaboration integral components of a DNP's career?

A) Curriculum standards require that these be part of a DNP's career.
B) All advanced nursing roles involve leadership and collaboration.
C) Every DNP is required to pass an exam on leadership and collaboration.
D) Essential I establishes these as part of a DNP's career.

Answer 1

B
Explanation: Literature on nursing roles have documented that advanced practitioners also engage in leadership and collaboration.

Question 2

What is the relationship between patient care and sound leadership?

A) Positive leadership results in reduction of adverse effects.
B) Sound leadership creates loyal supervisees.
C) Effective leadership results in laughter, which is healing.
D) Sound leadership results in more collaboration.

Answer 2

A
Explanation: The literature has shown a positive relationship between positive leadership behaviors and increased patient satisfaction and reduction in adverse effects.

Question 3

The emphasis for Essential II, which focuses on leadership skills, includes all of the following EXCEPT _____________?

A) effectively manage patient safety concerns
B) utilization of evidence-based practices
C) increasing physician and nurse contact
D) reducing health disparities

Answer 3

C
Explanation: Essential II is about organizational systems and leadership for quality improvement; thus the focus is on patient care.

Question 4

Transformational and servant leadership have commonalities including all of the following EXCEPT _________.

A) emotional intelligence
B) trustworthiness
C) accountability
D) vision

Question 5

Collaboration is an important component of management and leadership because of all of the following EXCEPT ________?

A) it helps everyone solve problems
B) it helps those involved create goals
C) it helps ensure better outcomes
D) it helps make coaching more fun

Question 6

There are a great many aspects to effective leadership. Evaluate the qualities that you need to develop to become an effective leader as a DNP. How will you determine your effectiveness as a leader? Describe at least three objective methods to evaluate your effectiveness as a leader.
Responses should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Question 7

Of the four attributes of leadership identified by Joyce (2001), evaluate the top two most important attributes that you need to become an effective leader and defend your choices. Propose a plan to enhance your most important leadership attributes.
Responses should be one to two paragraphs in length.
Tips: Prioritize the four attributes identified by Joyce (2001) from those you believe you are already very proficient at, then focus on those you need to enhance or develop.

Question 8

Contrast mentoring and coaching. Which seem to be the most important for a DNP and why? Defend your answer.
Responses should be one to two paragraphs in length.
Tips: Chism suggests that both mentoring and coaching are important for leadership, although some consider these to be very similar if not the same. Ensure that you differentiate them in your response.

Question 9

Reflect on departments in your previous or current workplace with which you have had challenges communicating with the professionals in those groups. Decide which have been the most problematic, and then create a proposal to improve your communications. Specifically, describe the two disciplines that you have found to have the most difficulties communicating with and develop a proposal to improve your ability to communicate more effectively with professionals in these other disciplines.
Responses should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Question 10

Chism provides information that suggests that leadership and management may be different, but many believe these are very similar. Analyze the differences between leadership and management. Do you believe these are well-differentiated in the literature, or is there much overlap? Ensure you provide specifics and details to explain how they are or are not different. Defend your answer.
Responses should be one to two paragraphs in length.