Exam 12: Building and Managing Teams

The chairperson of the nursing faculty leads the monthly meetings of the curriculum committee. This permanent group, which is designed to meet organizational goals, is which type of group?

A nurse manager is using Homans's framework to evaluate the need for team building in a group appointed to work on accreditation issues. Which strategies should the manager use as part of this evaluation? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

The work of a task force is completed, and the leader has compiled a written report of findings and recommendations. What actions are necessary by this leader? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

The nurse manager is leading the monthly staff meeting for the professional nursing staff. Which statements by this leader reflect effective leadership? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

Growth and maintenance of a group is facilitated by nurturing roles. Which roles characterize nurturing roles?

A group member has failed to complete assigned tasks for three of the last four meetings, despite reminders that incomplete work slows down the entire team. At each meeting, the noncompliant member promises to complete tasks for the next meeting. What group actions are likely to occur? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

The leader of the task force group announces that tentative plans for Nurses' Week activities have been approved by the hospital administration. The task force has also been given a new task of developing criteria for the nursing awards. What must the group accomplish now?

A nurse manager has been appointed leader of a large task force charged with a complex assignment. What strategies should the manager use?

The nurse manager has been asked to assemble several groups to work on tasks to improve the unit's performance and client satisfaction scores. This manager would put the fewest people in a group working on which type of task?

A newly hired nurse is asked to join a group working on unit protocols. This nurse is verbal and dominates the conversation of the group. The group leader identifies the disruption this nurse causes as being from which phenomenon?

While providing continuing education about group dynamics and team building, the nurse manager attempts to explain the difference between a group and a team. Which statement by the manager is most effective?

During the first meeting of a newly created task force, the nurse manager notices that individuals tend to cluster with members of their specific nursing units. The nurse manager begins the meeting with an explanation of the focus of the group. These behaviors are characteristic of which stage of Homans's group process?