Organizational Behavior in Nursing Solved Exam Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the principles and practices of organizational behavior as they apply to healthcare and nursing environments. Students will examine theories related to individual and group behavior, motivation, leadership, communication, and decision-making in organizational settings. Emphasis is placed on understanding the impact of organizational culture, structure, and change on nursing practice and patient care outcomes. The course also addresses strategies for effective team collaboration, conflict resolution, and the development of leadership skills essential for todays nursing professionals. Through case studies and practical applications, students will gain insights into fostering positive work environments that enhance both staff satisfaction and quality of care.
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Leading and Managing in Nursing 7th Edition by Patricia S. Yoder
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Chapter 1: Leading, Managing, and Following
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Q1) A family is keeping vigil at a critically ill patient's bedside.The nurse approaches the unit manager with concern over the family dynamics for the patient concerned there are patient-family conflicts based on patient's wishes.The nurse suggests that the patient's provider may need to discuss the treatment plan with the family.The unit manager states he will arrange a discussion with the patient's provider and ask the nurse to support the provider's decisions.What is the role of the nurse in this situation?
A)Leadership
B)Management
C)Follower
D)Evidence-based
Answer: C
Q2) According to the complexity theory, what would be the focus of measurement?
A)Cost per hospital day
B)Bed utilization
C)Infection rates
D)Staff morale and budgets
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Clinical Safety: The Core of Leading, Managing, and Following
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Q1) A client requires an appendectomy.The surgeon explains the procedure and asks the client to sign the consent.The patient speaks very little English and looks worried.What is the appropriate action by the nurse?
A)Suggest that an interpreter explain the procedure to the client and answer any questions.
B)Ask the client if he has any questions.
C)Draw a picture to show the incision.
D)Not intervene.
Answer: A
Q2) Mary, an 85-year-old patient with cognitive impairment and gross instability, wanders continuously.Lately, she has fallen twice, and the family demands that she be restrained.As the unit manager, you have initiated a least restraint practice.What is an appropriate action in this situation?
A)Setting up a nursing team meeting to review practices
B)Calling the family to inform them of the practice
C)Initiating a multidisciplinary and family meeting to focus on Mary's needs
D)Restraining Mary to satisfy the family's wishes
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) The manager in the coronary care unit believes an important ethical consideration in performance evaluations is to include the employee's good qualities and give positive direction for professional growth.What ethical principle does this represent?
A)Justice
B)Fidelity
C)Beneficence
D)Nonmaleficence
Answer: D
Q2) To reduce the incidence of falls in a skilled nursing unit, the nurse manager contacts the risk manager.Risk management is a process that attempts to identify potential hazards and:
A)compensate for previous injuries.
B)eliminate these risks before anyone else is harmed.
C)supersede the need for staff members to file incident reports.
D)discipline staff members who have been involved in previous incident reports.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Cultural Diversity and Inclusion in Health Care
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Q1) In designing programs through your institution to address the health needs of Hispanics in your community, you most likely would develop programs related to:
A)diabetes.
B)cardiovascular disease.
C)cancer.
D)asthma.
Q2) Cultural diversity is the term used to describe a vast range of cultural differences.Events have symbolic meanings for the nurse manager and the staff.The event that would be most likely to provide symbolic meaning to a nurse manager and staff is a:
A)task force formed to commemorate a New Year's celebration in the Western tradition. B)project to provide Christmas gifts to the children in a daycare program.
C)celebration of National Nurses Week with the focus on cultural care.
D)task force to develop a poster for the unit depicting religions of the world.
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Chapter 5: Gaining Personal Insight: The Beginning of Being a Leader
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Q1) A new graduate nurse has accepted a position in an intensive care unit.The nurse is assigned a preceptor with several years of experience.The new nurse also notices the other staff seek this nurse out for answers to questions and as a resource to the unit.What does the new nurse consider the role of the mentor nurse?
A)A formal leader
B)A positional leader
C)An official leader
D)An informal leader
Q2) The core of leadership is awareness.The text by Don Miguel, The Four Agreements, presents a set of agreements to enhance personal growth and awareness.What is not one of the four agreements?
A)Be impeccable with your word.
B)Take things personally.
C)Do not make assumptions.
D)Always do your best.
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Chapter 6: Being an Effective Follower
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Q1) As a nurse manager, you are a leader and a follower in health care and on the unit you manage.Looking at the larger picture of health care and patient environment on the unit, what is the primary role of the followers on the unit, as defined in nursing?
A)Direct care provider
B)Implements leader's policy unquestioned
C)Passive role on unit
D)Devalued staff member
Q2) The nurse manager is working with a group of new nurses.The new nurses ask questions about leadership and the role of a manager in leading nursing.The manager shares the desire to have engaged staff nurses who participate in a team environment.What is the manager describing?
A)Effective follower
B)Effective leader
C)Ineffective follower
D)Ineffective leader
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Chapter 7: Managing Self: Stress and Time
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Q1) Mr.T.Jones and Mr.R.Smith are both going to become residents in Sunny Haven Lodge.Mr.Jones views it as an opportunity to socialize and meet new friends.Mr.Smith views this as abandonment by his family and is worried that the care will be inadequate.Each senior perceives the situation differently.This is a good example of stress that is:
A)both a positive stressor and a negative stressor.
B)occurring only because of age.
C)positive in both cases.
D)harmful in both cases.
Q2) A hospice nurse has been feeling very stressed at work because of both the physical strain and the emotional drain of working with clients with AIDS.She tries to walk 1 to 2 miles three times a week and to talk regularly with her husband about her work-related feelings.One reasonable stress-management strategy would be to:
A)start taking yoga lessons.
B)make an appointment to meet with a psychiatrist.
C)start jogging 5 to 6 miles every day.
D)plan to go out for a drink with fellow nurses after work every day.
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Chapter 8: Communication and Conflict
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Q1) In trying to achieve Magnet status, the chief nursing officer establishes a shared governance model to help nurses experience job satisfaction.However, some nurses who have enjoyed working with less autonomy resist this change and begin to criticize and make rude comments about managers who embrace this model, as well as colleagues who support it.The comments are largely ignored because those who are making them are well established nurses who are often vocal about their displeasure with the organization.Organizational conflict is arising from which of the following?
A)Staffing practices
B)Increased participation in decision making
C)Allocation of resources
D)Tolerance of incivility
Q2) Sarah, a staff nurse on your unit, witnesses another nurse striking a patient.Sarah wants to remain friends with her colleague and worries that confrontation with her colleague or reporting her colleague will destroy their relationship.Sarah is experiencing which type of conflict?
A)Intrapersonal
B)Interpersonal
C)Organizational
D)Professional
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Chapter 9: Power, Politics, and Influence
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Q1) Nurses who engage in infighting, seek physician support against nursing colleagues, and avoid political advocacy through membership in nursing organizations:
A)refuse to believe that they are acting like members of groups that suffer socioeconomic oppression.
B)do not understand how their failure to exercise power can limit the power of the whole profession.
C)purposefully choose to exercise their power in the workplace through indirect means.
D)suffer from learned helplessness as a result of abuse by powerful nurse executives.
Q2) A unit manager watches a new RN graduate interacting with a patient.When the RN comes out of the room, the unit manager says, "I don't know what they taught you in your nursing program, but if I see you do that again, I will write you up." This example demonstrates:
A)coercive use of power.
B)appropriate application of control.
C)use of informatory power.
D)use of power to provide coaching.
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Chapter 10: Health Care Organizations
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Q1) A nurse manager at a home healthcare service has resigned to take a position at a local ambulatory care center.She has been hired because of her expertise in TJC accreditation.To initiate the changes, the nurse manager has to be knowledgeable about the differences between a home healthcare institution and an ambulatory care center, which is a primary care institution.Primary care institutions are facilities that provide:
A)rehabilitative or long-term care.
B)disease-restorative care.
C)first access to care.
D)only outpatient services.
Q2) You are the nurse manager for a not-for-profit health service for the homeless and for drug users in an impoverished neighborhood.As the manager, your concern about sustainability is related to:
A)the possibility of violence.
B)an increase in prescription drugs available for abuse.
C)decisions of the public board.
D)an increase in uncompensated care events.
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Chapter 11: Organizational Structures
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Q1) In the Unity Healthcare organization, communication flows:
A)laterally.
B)bottom to top.
C)top to bottom.
D)intermittently.
Q2) The hospital administration gives approval to the chief nursing officer to hire clinical nurse specialists in staff positions rather than in administrative positions.A clinical specialist who has staff authority but no line authority typically is able to:
A)function through influence.
B)take complete responsibility for the care of clients.
C)interview and hire staff nurses for designated nursing units.
D)be granted functional authority to determine standards of nursing care and enforce them.
Q3) "At Thoroughcare, we provide health care for women and children in transition" is an example of a:
A)vision statement.
B)mission statement.
C)goal statement.
D)statement of philosophy.
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Chapter 12: Care Delivery Strategies
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Q1) A patient complains to the charge nurse that she has no idea who "her nurse" is on any given day."I ask one nurse for my pills and she says, 'That's not my job.' I ask the pill nurse about my lab tests and she says that I should ask another nurse." The nursing care delivery model most likely employed in this situation is:
A)differentiated practice.
B)team nursing.
C)functional nursing.
D)case management.
Q2) In comparing team and functional models of care, a nurse manager favors the team model.In particular, she finds that the team model:
A)can be effective in recognizing individual strengths and backgrounds of staff.
B)promotes autonomy and independence for the RN.
C)avoids conflict because of role clarity.
D)is efficient in delivering care to a large group of patients, utilizing a staffing mix.
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Chapter 13: Staffing and Scheduling
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Q1) Scheduling is a function of implementing the staffing plan by assigning unit personnel to work specific hours and specific days of the week.To retain nursing staff, the nurse manager must incorporate into the schedule plan:
A)all weekends off.
B)all holidays off.
C)a variety of scheduling options.
D)rotating shifts.
Q2) To reduce reliance on overtime hours, an organization develops a strategy for floating nurses during staff shortages.To maximize patient safety and reduce costs, the healthcare organization:
A)develops a centralized pool of float nurses.
B)assigns nurses from less busy units to ones with increased acuity levels.
C)floats nurses only between units on which the nurses have been cross-trained.
D)assigns float nurses to basic care only.
Q3) The difference between staffing and scheduling is that staffing:
A)puts the right person in the right position.
B)puts the right person in the right time and place.
C)refers to the number of nursing hours per patient per day.
D)looks after interpretation of benefits and compensation.
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Chapter 14: Work Force Engagement Through Collective
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Q1) The staff members in a local Emergency Department are experiencing stress and burnout as the result of excessive overtime.The staff decides to unionize to negotiate for better working conditions.The increase in unionization within health care may be attributed to the:
A)movement from being "blue-collar workers" to being "knowledge workers."
B)excess profits in health care.
C)level of risk that exists for health care.
D)number of people who are involved in health care.
Q2) In Hospital STV, senior administration is strongly oriented toward fiscal and social conservatism.The nursing department is deeply concerned with the provision of quality to the community, which includes a high number of poor and unemployed.To accomplish the goals of the nursing department, resources need to be allocated that administration is not able to allocate.Nursing and administration:
A)are engaged in shared governance.
B)are involved in an irreconcilable conflict of interests.
C)represent separate subcultures in the institution.
D)represent union and nonunion conflict.
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Chapter 15: Making Decisions and Solving Problems
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Q1) To solve a problem, the nurse manager understands that the most important problem-solving step is:
A)the implementation phase.
B)identification of numerous solutions.
C)accurate identification of the problem.
D)evaluation of the effectiveness of problem resolution.
Q2) When confronted with the controversy and the apparent poor morale of the evening staff, the unit manager decided the staff needed to take some time off.He scheduled holidays for the staff without consulting them.A couple of the staff nurses approached the manager and indicated that the problem was not scheduling, but rather the team leader and her patient assignments.What was the unit manager's first missed step in problem solving?
A)Not using a problem-solving model
B)Not considering a number of alternatives
C)Poor evaluation of outcomes
D)Incorrect problem identification
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Chapter 16: The Impact of Technology
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Q1) As the head nurse involved in leading determination of which patient surveillance systems to acquire for your unit, one of your aims is to avoid adverse events through the implementation of appropriate technology.This particular aim recognizes that:
A)human error is significant in contributing to adverse events.
B)documentation of patient data is often illegible and therefore, misinterpreted.
C)data systems provide backup documentation with adverse events that staff cannot provide.
D)physiologic monitoring systems enable detection of early changes before an adverse event occurs.
Q2) The clinic nurse has just accessed a client's chart on the computer.The resident comes over and asks her to stay logged on because he needs to add a note to that client's chart.She should say:
A)"No problem.Just log me off when you're done."
B)"I'll put the note in for you.What do you want to say?"
C)"Just make sure that you sign your note because it's under my password."
D)"I'm sorry, but you will have to enter the information using your own password."
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Chapter 17: Delegating: Authority, Accountability,
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Q1) The charge nurse is making patient assignments for the next shift on the unit.There is one critical patient on the unit, who is going to require more care than the other patients.Before delegating this patient in an assignment, what is the appropriate action by the charge nurse?
A)Delegate the admission assessment to the LPN.
B)Review the employee's performance assessment for the most recent period.
C)Assess the amount of guidance and support needed for the nursing care of the patient.
D)Create a task analysis of critical behaviors for the individual.
Q2) The night nurse understands that certain factors need to be considered before delegating tasks to others.These factors include the:
A)complexity of the task and the age of the delegatee.
B)potential for benefit and the complexity of the task.
C)potential for benefit and the number of staff.
D)complexity of the task and the potential for harm.
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Chapter 18: Leading Change
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Q1) Elizabeth, an RN with approximately 15 years of service on your unit, walks away from one of the learning sessions on IV care and you overhear her telling a colleague that she thought the session was a waste of time because "the unit has been using heparin for years and there has never been any adverse effects." You follow up with Elizabeth and discover that she is really quite angry about the information sessions because she feels that you are implying that "what she has been doing all these years means that she is incompetent and doesn't care about her patients." After speaking with Elizabeth, a few days later you discover that she is now fine with the change but is concerned that other areas of the organization might resist the change because of perceptions related to patient safety and cost.She suggests that it is important to bring pharmacy on board as they have had previous concerns about the use of heparin.In relation to change theory, this is indicative of:
A)systems level thinking.
B)linear thinking.
C)interprofessional collaboration.
D)first-order change.
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Chapter 19: Building Effective Teams
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Q1) Trust is an important aspect of helping relationships, therapeutic communications, and the positive communications model.Which statement does not involve or define trust? Trust:
A)involves decisions to manipulate situations to gain advantage over another.
B)is the basis by which leaders facilitate the activities and progress of a team.
C)is low among members and leaders in poorly performing teams.
D)involves what we say and not necessarily what we do.
Q2) From the information presented in this chapter, which of the following statements best defines an accomplished team? Effective teams:
A)can create a form of synergism in which the outcome is greater than the sum of the individual performances.
B)do not necessarily need goals, objectives, vision, and a clearly stated purpose.
C)do not always have effective communication patterns.
D)may or may not have a clear plan that is followed and revisited and has an ongoing evaluation scheme.
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Chapter 20: Managing Costs and Budgets
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Q1) The difference between a nurse practitioner's charge of $45 for an office visit and the insurance company's payment of $34 is:
A)a contractual allowance.
B)a profit.
C)a flat rate.
D)revenue.
Q2) A nurse manager discovers that the actual number of visits per patient in a home health service is 3.8 visits per day when the standard is 5 visits per day.Based on this information, the nurse manager:
A)concludes that the complexity of care in each visit has arisen.
B)concludes that patient volume has been decreased.
C)decides that more information is needed before a conclusion can be reached.
D)initiates a training session regarding the importance of ensuring that visits are made.
Q3) Which of the following factors is not implicated in rising healthcare costs?
A)Rising expectations of consumers for cure and care
B)Marketing of drugs to consumers
C)Large administrative staffs to process medical billings
D)Rising Medicare costs
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Chapter 21: Selecting, Developing, and Evaluating Staff
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Q1) The validity of comments and ratings related to performance is enhanced by:
A)maintenance of anecdotal notes over the entire evaluation period.
B)quantity of information gathered for appraisal purposes.
C)agreement of the employee with the ratings and comments.
D)whether or not other individuals have contributed to the observations.
Q2) John's performance was satisfactory during the first month, but after that time, he was found to be very inconsistent in the provision of nursing care.One month before the end of the rating period, he cared for a very wealthy and influential client, who is best friends with the clinical manager.This client donated new furniture for the staff lounge in John's name to show appreciation for his care.John's subsequent performance appraisal resulted in outstanding ratings in all areas.This is an example of:
A)a performance rating based on justifiable evidence.
B)a bias related to recent events.
C)the impact of personality on the appraisal of performance.
D)the effective use of a behaviorally anchored rating scale.
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Chapter 22: Person-Centered Care
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Q1) Which of the following exemplifies a service orientation for a facility?
A)Staff members on the unit are encouraged to chart details about family support networks.
B)Chart audit reveals that details related to assessment of family history are missing.
C)The palliative care unit organizes a "tree of light" fundraiser each year to highlight the importance of palliative care.
D)A children's preoperative holding area is implemented in response to requests from families and staff nurses for development of an area.
Q2) In orienting new staff nurses to a pediatric intensive care unit, the nurse manager asks the staff nurses to answer the following question: "What is an important consideration in providing information to parents of a critically ill child?"
A)Making sure that they receive complete information during each encounter with a member of the nursing staff
B)Assessing parents' preferences regarding the amount of information provided
C)Allowing parents to observe key aspects of their child's nursing care
D)Making sure that patient education brochures explaining ICU protocols are readily available
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Chapter 23: Managing Quality and Risk
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Q1) The chief executive officer asks the nurse manager of the telemetry unit to justify the disproportionately high number of registered nurses on the telemetry unit.The nurse manager explains that nursing research has validated which statement about a low nurse-to-patient ratio? The low ratio:
A)promotes teamwork among healthcare providers.
B)increases adverse events.
C)improves patient outcomes.
D)contributes to duplication of services.
Q2) Before beginning a continuous quality improvement project, a nurse should determine the minimal safety level of care by referring to the:
A)procedure manual.
B)nursing care standards.
C)litigation rate of unsafe practice.
D)job descriptions of the organization.
Q3) Patient perceptions are useful in:
A)determining disciplinary actions in QI.
B)establishing the competitive advantage of QI decisions.
C)providing one source of data for QI initiatives.
D)establishing blame for poor-quality care.
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Chapter 24: Translating Research Into Practice
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Q1) After searching the literature, Tara, the unit manager develops a table that outlines the findings of studies on management of incontinence.She then examines the studies in terms of risk and whether the findings fit within her practice context and for her population of moderately to severely cognitively impaired patients.This is which phase of a research utilization model?
A)Preparatory
B)Validation
C)Evaluation
D)Application
Q2) Marie is a long-term staff nurse on the rehab floor.Her unit manager has been eager to adopt evidence-based recommendations related to family-centered care on the unit.Marie's response has been that she rarely has time to provide care to patients, let alone families, and that there is no good reason to do anything different than what she is already doing.An approach that may gain Marie's support of the idea is to:
A)invite Marie to review the studies for herself.
B)suggest that she does not need to provide family-centered care.
C)avoid discussion of the idea with her until she initiates it.
D)secure the support of her closest colleagues on the unit.
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Chapter 25: Managing Personal and Personnel Problems
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Q1) During unit staff meetings, you observe that Marg rolls her eyes and snorts whenever Julia makes a comment.Your first response as a unit manager is to:
A)discuss what you have observed with Marg.
B)file immediate documentation in Marg's personnel file.
C)ask Julie to monitor Marg's behavior during meetings.
D)ignore the behavior, as Marg is one of your strongest nurses.
Q2) Incivility is a disruptive behavior or communication that creates a negative environment and interferes with quality patient care and safety.The manager can implement steps that help to alleviate uncivil behavior on a unit.Which of the following would not be an appropriate first step?
A)Suspending the staff member from work
B)Providing written admonishment that is discussed and placed in the employee's file
C)Providing verbal admonishment
D)Terminating the staff member
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Chapter 26: Role Transition
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Q1) A nurse is interviewing for a manager's position.Which of the following actions is considered a role preview?
A)Formal commitment of the employment contract
B)Improving role performance
C)Touring the unit
D)Disillusionment about the expectations of the job
Q2) As a result of Amy's coaching, Sarah, a nursing graduate of 5 years, completes a ROLES assessment.This assessment is helpful in: (Select all that apply.)
A)identifying her clinical knowledge.
B)role development.
C)areas of conflict in expectations.
D)expected work time commitments.
Q3) The chief nursing officer develops a mentoring program to help new staff members adjust to their new jobs.The main purpose of mentoring is:
A)promoting staff retention.
B)promoting staff attrition.
C)developing new role expectations.
D)promoting staff supervision.
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Chapter 27: Managing Your Career
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Q1) An example of a career is: (Select all that apply.)
A)employment in short-term contract jobs in business, nursing, and whatever is available.
B)involvement in an area of practice that is regulated.
C)continuous employment in the same position and the same arrangement for 20 years.
D)moving into and out of nursing positions in various cities while pursuing travel and education that develop understanding of global health.
Q2) To develop a curriculum vitae, or résumé, a nurse must develop a personal data file.The goal of a personal data file is to:
A)create an opportunity to be interviewed.
B)have a listing of facts about your professional life.
C)have a tool in place for marketing yourself.
D)create a document that lists your skills.
Q3) A cover letter and a résumé together should be no longer than ________ page(s).
A)two
B)one
C)four
D)three
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Chapter 28: Developing the Role of Leader
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Q1) As the clinical director of 24 employees, you have been asked to explain to staff members why they are not getting a raise this year, even though they have been working short-handed for many months and patient satisfaction scores have never been higher.Because you believe yourself to be a transformational leader, you will approach this problem by:
A)telling the assistant clinical director and asking her to share the bad news with the other staff members.
B)posting a note on the bulletin board that includes the phone number of the chief nursing officer, so anyone who has complaints may express them.
C)showing staff members the budget and asking for input about how to cut costs so that raises will be possible in the future.
D)meeting with a small group of seasoned staff members and asking them how to break the news.
Q2) The style of leadership that Kari is exhibiting is likely to:
A)ensure that the organization is financially stable.
B)stifle innovative thinking about ways to move out of financial jeopardy.
C)lead to apathy and disinterest in the organizational goals.
D)lead to decreased attrition of staff on her unit.
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Chapter 29: Developing the Role of Manager
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Q1) Nurses on Unit 17 complain that their manager frequently "checks up on them" and encourages little involvement in decision making and yet, during performance reviews, praises them for their outstanding performance.Nurses on Unit 18 indicate that their experience is different from that of nurses on Unit 17.The manager on Unit 18 encourages active involvement in decision making and provides authentic, growth-promoting feedback.The practices on Units 17 and 18 reflect.
A)differences in the managers' expectations of their role.
B)shaping of the workplace behavior of employees.
C)different approaches to cooperation and collaboration.
D)recognition of institutional priorities.
Q2) The hospital administrator approves a case management position for a new rehabilitation unit to help reduce costs.In developing the job description, the nurse manager understands that a key element of case management is:
A)managing of care by nurse managers.
B)coordination of resources for effective outcomes.
C)rapid discharge of clients to decrease costs.
D)managing of care for outpatient clients only.
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Chapter 30: The Strategic Planning Process
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Q1) Northwestern Hospital has decided to implement peer review.As a clinical leader in the Emergency Department, you have overall responsibility for ensuring that this is in place by next month.The most important step in this process is to:
A)provide an educational session for staff on peer review.
B)revise the mission statement, objectives, and performance standards.
C)develop objectives and performance standards with employees.
D)implement objectives and performance standards.
Q2) Which of the following represents a well-written objective?
A)Hospital-acquired infections are reduced, and procedures to reduce infections are implemented.
B)To increase staff satisfaction and to decrease burnout.
C)To increase the health of the community.
D)To implement evidence-based practice on nursing units, as evidenced by adoption of evidence-based processes, by June 1.
Q3) Nurses are valuable partners in marketing strategies because they:
A)are more likely than other members of the organization to use marketing tools.
B)have a strong background in using evidence to support decisions.
C)have close involvement with patients, who are the target group for marketing.
D)constitute the largest staff group in most healthcare organizations.
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Chapter 31: Thriving for the Future
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Q1) Based on studies of workplace environments for nurses and future projections, the workplace of the future will be:
A)less intense because of more technology.
B)about the same as it is now.
C)more intense because of more technology.
D)fluctuating between intense periods and less intense periods.
Q2) Nathan tells you that he has selected nursing as a career because many jobs are available and he will have job security.Your best response to Nathan is:
A)"With many young people going overseas, many jobs and options will be available.Stable jobs and job security will be part of the nursing employment market."
B)"The job market for nurses will be diminished with funding cuts to hospitals."
C)"The employment prospects for nurses are positive with many options to choose from.Flexibility and adaptability are essential to income security."
D)"It is unlikely that nursing will survive in the long term with funding cuts and a declining population of seniors."
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