Leadership and Management

Question 1

T/F: leadership deals with the big picture, vision, policy development, committees, ongoing improvement, etc.

Answer 1

true

Question 2

T/F: management deals with day to day operation, scheduling, supplies, communication, etc.

Answer 2

true

Question 3

what does the nurse leader care about a new hired nurse

Answer 3

credentials, BSN, commitment to goals, new ideas, patient centered-care

Question 4

chief nursing officer (CNO)

Answer 4

nurse executive, who the nursing staff reports to, oversees policies for hiring staff

Question 5

nursing research director

Answer 5

sets research agenda, primary investigators for grant purposes, sits on IRB etc.

Question 6

staff development coordinator

Answer 6

identifies priorities for new and ongoing education, oversees orientation of new nurses, prepares reports and documents about training and educating nursing staff

Question 7

middle manager (unit head nurse)

Answer 7

responsible 24/7 for delivery of nursing care of an area, handles complaints

Question 8

nurse manager

Answer 8

represents and supports staff, oversees unit and other stuff within hospital

Question 9

house supervisor

Answer 9

responsible for nursing care for a time period, overseeing charge nurse on off shifts and weekends, handles staffing issues and urgent complaints

Question 10

charge nurse

Answer 10

oversees routine daily nursing operations

Question 11

clinical nurse leader

Answer 11

work in a microsystem, has a caseload of patients, coordinates interdisciplinary care and discharge planning

Question 12

magnet coordinator

Answer 12

works on hospital goals to achieve magnet status

Question 13

authoritative leadership

Answer 13

transactional, gives orders, “top down”, boss model

Question 14

transformational leadership

Answer 14

participative, shared governance, persuade others to work towards goals

Question 15

laissez-faire leadership

Answer 15

no real established leader

Question 16

democratic leadership

Answer 16

people vote and allows everyone to be involved

Question 17

transactional leadership

Answer 17

focuses on the goals of the organization, and giving people rewards for reaching the goal

Question 18

quantum leadership

Answer 18

involves the premise of increasingly complex, dynamically changing health-care environment, uses quantum physics, shows how everything is related

Question 19

emotional intelligence

Answer 19

self-awareness of emotions, feelings and POVs

Question 20

followership

Answer 20

characterized by active participation in the pursuit of organizational goals, working independently

Question 21

doing-following

Answer 21

positive role model; good for leaderhship

Question 22

standing-by

Answer 22

needs detailed directions, participates

Question 23

resisting following

Answer 23

negative following