Question 1

A nurse manager was invited to attend a public hearing about whether the state needs to impose a moratorium on new for-profit health care agencies.The nurse understands that the bill addressing this issue is in what phase of the legislative process?

Accepted Answer

After referral to a standing committee,a bill is then referred to a subcommittee.The subcommittee usually schedules public hearings and invites testimony from private and public witnesses.

Question 2

The nurse educator planned an in-service program on empowerment.The nurse educator could include discussion of which of the following ways that a staff member can empower himself or herself?

Accepted Answer

Personal psychological resources are important for gaining control.One needs to be able to admit mistakes and look for solutions instead of seeking someone to blame.

Question 3

A staff nurse volunteered to serve on a newly formed task force charged with developing evidence-based practice protocols.This participation gave the staff nurse:

Accepted Answer

Interpersonal power comes from connection,information,and group decision-making powers.Group decision-making power can create synergy when people come together to make decisions and go forth as a united force.

Question 4

One of the nurse manager's roles is to evaluate staff performance.Because the nurse manager has this role,the nurse manager's positional power is increased by:

Accepted Answer

Relevance is a characteristic of positions related to central objectives and issues of the organization and contributes to greater position power.Trainer or mentor,evaluator,and advocate or representative are relevantly powerful positions.

Question 5

A staff nurse needs some time off to take care of her critically ill mother.She does not want to quit her job,nor does she have enough vacation time to take off.For the staff nurse to keep her job,she needs to be aware of which labor law?

Accepted Answer

The Family and Medical Leave Act requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide up to 12 weeks per year of unpaid,job-protected leave.

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of unfair labor practices by management?

Accepted Answer

Management may not contribute financial or other support or otherwise dominate or interfere during the development or administration of a labor organization.This is considered to be unfair labor practices by management.

Question 7

The hospital employees are proposing to form a union.Which of the following persons do not have the right to vote on union issues?

Accepted Answer

Managerial employees are not eligible to vote.People who have the authority to hire,fire,and direct others are considered managers.These individuals may include nurse managers,head nurses,and charge nurses.

Question 8

The nurse manager of a nursing home wants to address the legislature regarding the state's position on the opening of new facilities.To be the most effective in communicating this concern,the nurse manager decides to:

Accepted Answer

A face-to-face meeting with legislators and their staff is generally an effective lobbying strategy.Appointments are set up ahead of time.The nurse should prepare a short,well-written statement of what legislative action is preferred and why,specifying the direct impact it will have on the legislator's constituents.

Question 9

A bill,HR 152,was originated by a group of nurses lobbying Congress for staffing based on nurse-patient ratio.After it was originated,this bill then went to:

Accepted Answer

Bills are prefixed with HR when introduced in the House of Representatives and S when introduced in the Senate.

Question 10

A nurse manager was hired after the hospital employees unionized.After a few days on the job,an employee on the unit became angry at the staffing schedule the nurse manager had posted.The employee filed what type of grievance?

Accepted Answer

Imagined grievances occur when a party incorrectly believes that there has been a violation.Employees sometimes imagine a grievance because they do not understand their rights.

Question 11

A staff member has the authority to:

Accepted Answer

Staff authority carries no command privileges.Staff have only the right to advise or assist managers in the performance of their duties.

Question 12

A staff nurse admires the nurse manager's leadership style.What type of power does the nurse manager have in this situation?

Accepted Answer

In referent power,the leader is admired and exerts influence because the followers desire to be like the leader.

Question 13

After becoming unionized,hospital employees become satisfied with the hospital's acceptance of their demands regarding staff-patient ratios.The employees then decide that they no longer want to be represented by the labor organization.The employees' next step is to:

Accepted Answer

If employees no longer want to be represented by the existing labor organization,they can initiate a decertification election by obtaining a requisite show of interest by 30% of the organization members.

Question 14

A new staff member decided he wanted to work in an institution where he could have a voice in policy formation.What type of institution would be the best fit for the staff nurse?

Accepted Answer

Magnet institutions involve nurses at all levels of the organization and give nurses a voice in policy formation.

Question 15

A nursing assistant complained to the nurse manager that a staff nurse was making sexually inappropriate statements.The nursing assistant felt that the nurse manager did not adequately counsel the staff nurse.After the nursing assistant filed a grievance,a hearing was held.It is the nursing assistant's responsibility to:

Accepted Answer

A hearing is similar to courtroom proceedings.Witnesses are presented and cross-examined in an alternating sequence.First,a witness testifies for the initiator,and is cross-examined,and then a witness for the responding party testifies and is cross-examined.

Question 16

The nurse manager's vision was to empower the staff.The nurse manager used all of the following techniques to help empower the staff except:

Accepted Answer

Finding opportunities for small successes or a small-wins strategy can help build self-confidence and lead to bigger successes.Leaders and managers can divide large problems into smaller ones and delegate simpler tasks before more complex ones.

Question 17

A cardiac rehabilitation clinic hired a nurse practitioner to manage the clinic.The nurse practitioner had recently obtained critical care certification.What type of power does the nurse practitioner have?

Accepted Answer

People gain expert power through knowledge,skills,and information.Personal power can be derived from the ability to make decisions because of expert or information power and from the ability to provide resources because of reward power.

Question 18

Which of the following statements about union labor practices is untrue?

Accepted Answer

An employee organization must follow the required notification procedures before striking against the employer when negotiations have failed.

Question 19

A school nurse is following the legislative path of a bill that supports human papillomavirus immunization of high school girls.The school nurse's most effective political strategy is to:

Accepted Answer

Nurses have found that communicating with legislators,building coalitions,being knowledgeable about current issues,providing testimony,solving problems,educating other nurses,and knowing the legislator before needing help are the most successful political strategies.

Question 20

Hospital employees decided that they would support the union certified by the National Labor Relations Board and go out on strike.At what point in the unionization phase can striking occur?

Accepted Answer

Union representatives present the contract solutions to the members for a ratification vote to accept or reject the offer during the contract negotiation phase.The union makes most of the demands,whereas management defends itself against them and prepares for a strike.The threat of a strike strengthens the union negotiator's position.

Quiz 5: Power, Politics, and Labor Relations