Exam 9: Organizations, Power, and Professional Empowerment

Which of the following components of the care environment involves understanding and valuing the work individuals do?

In a health-care organization, all employees are ranked according to their level of authority.Which characteristic of a bureaucracy does this best describe?

Which of the following is the best way a nurse manager can work with leaders of collective bargaining units?

A new RN asks a peer how the peer always seems to get timely responses from the laboratory department.The experienced RN explains the process she uses.This is most likely an example of which of the following?

The ability of an RN to conduct research, collect data, interpret it, and utilize it best describes which source of power?

A new RN in the critical care unit joined the professional organization for critical care nurses.The new RN took advantage of webinars and journal articles that offered continuing education credits.The new RN attended the national conference and began studying for the certification examination.Which benefit of professional organizations does this scenario best describe?

Which of the following best describes power?

An organization focuses on improving interdisciplinary collaboration.Which of the following most likely is the focus of the organization?

Which of the following is true regarding nursing practice councils?

In which of the following types of networks is the main focus of supervisors on planning and providing resources?

A new registered nurse (RN) with an organization is learning the layout of patient rooms.Which of the following organizational levels does this best describe?

An organization works hard to be the best in the market and drive out competition.This describes which of the following organizational goals?

An RN has joined the practice council at the hospital network.The RN is able to have some say regarding nursing practice in the network and now feels as if network administration is listening to the RN's recommendations.Which of the following components of empowerment does this scenario best describe?

Which of the following best describes the main purpose of collective bargaining?

For nurses to participate in decision making, they need to have the authority to make decisions without asking permission.Which source of power does this best describe?