Exam 12: Building and Managing Teams

Which ground rule statements by the leader will help the group meeting stay on task and on time? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

A staff nurse has been appointed to a task force. What can the nurse expect regarding this group?

The nurse manager asks staff members to work as a group in planning the activities for Nurses' Week. The nurse manager should report to the supervisor that which type of group has been formed?

A nurse manager is focused on team-building activities with a group chosen to write new unit policies. As a beginning step in this process, the manager should ask which questions to assess the group's context? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

Which situation best exemplifies the nurse manager as a team leader?

A nurse manager has just posted the membership list for a newly formed quality management task force. Which statement, overheard by the manager, indicates the most potential for problems on the team?

Which activities are expected from the nurse manager as team leader? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

Hospital administration has elected to use TeamSTEPPS as a method of team building. What should the nurse manager tell staff about this training?

This is the first meeting of a task force. What should be the leader's primary objective of this meeting?

The group leader often arrives several minutes late to meetings with excuses about workload, telephone calls, or traffic. Today's meeting was scheduled to begin 5 minutes ago, and the leader has not arrived. What should the group members do?

The nurse is acting as team leader for a client care conference. Which opening statement is best for this meeting?

In which situation would a "meeting before the meeting" be advisable?

A task force leader says, "At the beginning of our next meeting, we are going to do some team-building exercises." Which comment by a group member indicates a need for further education about team building?

A staff nurse is the manager of a command group consisting of other staff nurses, a nurse manager, a physician, and physical therapist. What line authority does the group manager hold? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

The nurse manager has completed a series of team-building exercises with a command group. Which statement by a group member indicates that cohesiveness is occurring?

A nurse manager has just completed a difficult assignment managing a group that was not cohesive. Which group should the nurse identify as likely having good cohesiveness? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

A nursing group cannot complete a task assignment because information from another group has not been provided. Because the nursing group cannot complete its task, a group from physical therapy will not be able to complete its task. This is an example of breakdown in which task format?

In a group meeting, one of the members always arrives early and places the chairs in a circle so all members can interact. This person is responsible for confirming that the room is available for the monthly meetings. Which person does this describe?

Which statement may reveal that the team member making the comment has a hidden agenda?

The manager is preparing to integrate TeamSTEPPS on the unit. TeamSTEPPs involves which phases?