Quizzes Flashcards
Which of the following concerns should the nurse prioritize, regarding their 47-year-old patient who had open heart surgery 24 hours ago?
A. Ensuring physical therapy begins working with the patient to prevent injury
B. Mottled and cool upper/lower extremities with a capillary refill of 4-5 seconds
C. The patients concern with how their sternal incision scar will look once it is healed
D. Completing teaching with the patient regarding sternal precautions to prevent complications.
B. Mottled and cool upper/lower extremities with a capillary refill of 4-5 seconds
The nurse manager has asked that all staff nurses develop effective leadership competencies. How should the staff nurses interpret this request?
A. This is an unrealistic expectation, because only managers are leaders.
B. If the nurses learn about and use relevant leadership and management theories and styles this is possible.
C. In order to become leaders, the staff nurses will have to emphasize control, competition, and getting the job done.
D. Unless the staff nurses possess the traits of a natural born leader, this is an unrealistic expectation
B. If the nurses learn about and use relevant
leadership and management theories and
styles this is possible.
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Typically the nurse manager of a unit uses a participatory style of leadership. Today a patient suffered a cardiac arrest; the manager took over the patient’s care, issuing orders, and expecting staff to obey them immediately. Which type of leadership did this manager exhibit today? Select all that apply.
A. Bureaucratic.
B. Autocratic.
C. Permissive.
D. Directive.
E. Authoritarian.
B. Autocratic
D. Directive
E. Authoritarian
There have been several patient complaints that the staff members of the unit are disorganized and that “no one seems to know what to do or when to do it.” The staff members concur that they don’t have a real sense of direction and guidance from their leader.
Which type of leadership is this unit experiencing?
A. Autocratic.
B. Bureaucratic.
C. Laissez-faire.
D. Authoritarian.
C. Laissez-faire
The difference between staffing and scheduling is that staffing:
A. Put the right person in the right position.
B. Put the right person in the right time and place.
C. Refers to the number of nursing hours per patient per day.
D. Look after interpretation of benefits and compensation.
A. Put the right person in the right position.
What is the primary difference between Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Herzberg’s theory regarding workplace motivation?
A. Maslow focuses on intrinsic motivators, while Herzberg emphasizes extrinsic factors.
B. Maslow’s theory suggests a hierarchical structure of needs, while Herzberg categorizes job factors into hygiene and motivational factors.
C. Maslow’s theory assumes that all needs must be met for motivation, while Herzberg’s theory focuses on fulfilling only certain needs.
D. Maslow’s theory applies exclusively to managerial attitudes, while Herzberg’s theory applies to employee behavior
B. Maslow’s theory suggests a hierarchical structure of needs, while Herzberg categorizes job factors into hygiene and motivational factors.
According to McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y, what is the fundamental difference in managerial attitudes towards employees?
A. Theory X emphasizes intrinsic motivation, while Theory Y focuses on extrinsic rewards.
B. Theory X assumes employees are inherently lazy, while Theory Y believes employees are self-motivated.
C. Theory X advocates for participative leadership, while Theory Y supports authoritarian leadership.
D. Theory X promotes a consultative leadership style, while Theory Y encourages exploitative
authoritative leadership
B. Theory X assumes employees are inherently
lazy, while Theory Y believes employees are
self-motivated.
Which leadership style, according to Likert, involves threats and fear to achieve conformance?
A. Exploitative Authoritative Style
B. Benevolent Authoritative Style
C. Consultative Leadership Style
D. Participative Leadership Style
A. Exploitative Authoritative Style
The following are advantages of a Gantt Chart EXCEPT:
A. Aids in the breakdown of tasks into specific elements.
B. Allows for the monitoring of projected timelines.
C. Identifies which tasks are dependent upon a prior task or element and which are independent and can be completed at any time.
D. Represents only the time and not the hours of work.
D. Represents only the time and not the hours of
work
Which among the following is a study conducted by
Frederick Taylor?
A. Time and Motion
B. Task and Bonus System
C. Hierarchy of Needs
D. Behavioral Studies
A. Time and Motion
A supervisor communicates expectations about a
task to be completed and then delegates the task.
Which management function is being implemented by
the supervisor?
A. Planning
B. Directing
C. Organizing
D. Controlling
B. Directing
Which is the major task of a nurse manager?
A. Accomplishing an objective
B. Empowering others
C. Problem solving
D. Planning
A. Accomplishing an objective
A nurse manager plans to provide feedback to a subordinate who needs a change in behavior. Which is the first intervention by the nurse manager?
A. Be assertive
B. Explore alternatives.
C. Identify the unacceptable behavior.
D. Document the content of the counseling session.
C. Identify the unacceptable behavior
**Taylor and Gantt’s management systems are mainly concerned with: **
A. Recognition
B. Innovation and creativity
C. Social needs
D. Productivity and efficiency
D. Productivity and efficiency
In classical organization theories, this changed the way businesses thought about management and production.
A. Industrial revolution
B. Scientific management
C. Taylor’s Principles of Scientific Management
D. Behavioral management
A. Industrial revolution
