Question 1

A nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home. When creating a care plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health visit to assess for home safety and medication compliance. In addition, the nurse is concerned about the nutrition of the patient and requests a dietitian evaluation. The nurse is demonstrating which of the following leadership skills?

Accepted Answer

Care coordination is the delivery of nursing services that involves the organization and coordination of complex activities. The nurse uses managerial and leadership skills to facilitate delivery of quality care.

Question 2

Which of the following is true of management activities?

Accepted Answer

Management is focused on task accomplishment.

Question 3

A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathway team in the development of care for patients with total knee replacement. Which of the following statements exemplifies leadership behaviors in a clinical pathway team meeting?

Accepted Answer

Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and support among followers. The correct answer is supportive of a team member's work and depicts some skill at interpersonal relationships.

Question 4

The postoperative patient with anterior cervical laminectomy is complaining of tightness in his throat. His voice is raspy. The staff nurse asks the unit secretary to page Dr. Julio stat. This is an example of _____ leadership.

Accepted Answer

Authoritarian leadership uses directive and controlling behaviors in which the leader determines policies and makes decisions in isolation. The leader orders subordinates to carry out the tasks or work. This style is helpful in crisis situations.

Question 5

_____ are vital to good leaders because they are able to take the vision of the leader and achieve the determined goals.

Accepted Answer

Without followers, there is no leadership. Followers are vital because they accept or reject the leader and determine the leader's personal power.

Question 6

The personal leadership skill for nurses that consists of self-awareness, discipline, motivation, social awareness, and relationship management is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Among the important personal leadership skills for nurses is emotional intelligence (EI). EI traits are emotional factors consisting of five defining attributes: self-awareness, self-regulation or discipline, motivation, social awareness, and relationship management.

Question 7

Which of the following are crucial leadership traits to exhibit in the nursing profession?

Accepted Answer

Leadership is considered key to the success of health care organizations. A nurse leader needs to be dynamic, show interpersonal skills, and be a visionary for the organization and the profession. The ability to inspire and motivate followers to carry out the vision is crucial. Effective nurse leaders set department goals without micromanaging.

Question 8

A quality improvement team is working to enhance teamwork among the staff in a newly developed Alzheimer's program. Which of the following statements would be an expected behavior that illustrates quantum leadership?

Accepted Answer

Quantum leadership fosters an environment of curiosity, questioning, and exploration. Answer A depicts an authoritarian leadership style.

Question 9

A nursing executive is leading a multidisciplinary team of professionals who have worked well together on prior initiatives. Which of the following leadership styles might work best in this situation?

Accepted Answer

Democratic leadership would work best in this situation. This approach implies a relationship and person orientation and policies are a matter of group discussion and decision.

Question 10

Good leaders need to be able to demonstrate an intuitive skill of empathy and expressiveness when dealing with others in the workplace. This requires sensitivity and awareness of the emotions and moods of others and is known as:

Accepted Answer

Social awareness is an intuitive skill of empathy and expressiveness in being sensitive and aware of the emotions and moods of others.

Question 11

The best leadership style for unfavorable conditions is:

Accepted Answer

The need for task-oriented leaders occurs when the situation is extreme. The best leadership style for unfavorable conditions is task-oriented.

Question 12

A nursing unit has demonstrated lower patient satisfaction scores during the last quarter. The manager of the unit has formed a small team to set long- and short-term goals for the unit with action plans to increase patient satisfaction. This is an example of which management process?

Accepted Answer

Planning is the managerial function of selecting priorities, results, and methods to achieve results.

Question 13

Interpersonal communication and the ability to apply _____ are two critical skills every nurse needs to enhance professional practice.

Accepted Answer

Every nurse needs two critical skills to enhance professional practice. One is a skill at interpersonal relationships. This is fundamental to leadership and the work of nursing. The second skill is applying the problem-solving process. This involves critical thinking, problem identification, and the development of objectivity.

Question 14

The role of the _____ is to provide leadership and direction for all aspects of nursing services with a focus on integrating the system and building a culture.

Accepted Answer

The nurse executive's role and functions concentrate on long-term administration of an institution or program that delivers nursing services, focusing on integrating the system and building a culture.

Question 15

Nursing management is defined as:

Accepted Answer

The coordination and integration of nursing resources by applying the management process to accomplish nursing care and service goals and objectives is the definition of nursing management.

Question 16

Which of the following behavioral aspects are present in the feminist perspective leadership style? (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

Leaders using the feminist perspective build connections, empower others, and support personal growth to promote teamwork and to accomplish goals.

Question 17

A nursing unit has discovered a series of medication errors with regard to a particular computerized physician order set and the calculation within the order. The unit manager has a theory on changes that should be made within the order to decrease the confusion for nursing staff. However, the nurse manager realizes that changes would need to be made with pharmacy input as well as other nursing units within the facility and the multihospital system. Which of the following management theories is exemplified when the nurse manager considers the impact of change on the organization as a whole?

Accepted Answer

Systems theory helps managers recognize their work as being embedded within a system. Managers use this theory to learn that changing one part of a system inevitably affects the whole system.

Question 18

During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving to the unit in a timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this issue through the development and work of a multidisciplinary team led by one of these RNs. This scenario demonstrates:

Accepted Answer

Empowerment is the giving of authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act. In this situation, the manager has given authority, responsibility, and the freedom to act in the investigation and resolution of this issue.

Question 19

Leadership is best defined as:

Accepted Answer

Leadership is the process of influencing people to accomplish goals by inspiring confidence and support among followers.

Question 20

A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of staff satisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data findings?

Accepted Answer

Effective leadership is important in nursing because of the impact on nurses' work lives, it being a stabilizing influence during change, and for nurses' productivity and quality of care.

Quiz 1: Leadership and Management Principles