Exam 1: Leadership and Management Principles

The postoperative patient with anterior cervical laminectomy is complaining of tightness in his throat. His voice is raspy. The staff nurse asks the unit secretary to page Dr. Julio stat. This is an example of _____ leadership.

A quality improvement team is working to enhance teamwork among the staff in a newly developed Alzheimer's program. Which of the following statements would be an expected behavior that illustrates quantum leadership?

Which of the following are crucial leadership traits to exhibit in the nursing profession?

Which of the following behavioral aspects are present in the feminist perspective leadership style? (Select all that apply.)

Leadership is best defined as:

A staff registered nurse (RN) is leading a multidisciplinary clinical pathway team in the development of care for patients with total knee replacement. Which of the following statements exemplifies leadership behaviors in a clinical pathway team meeting?

The role of the _____ is to provide leadership and direction for all aspects of nursing services with a focus on integrating the system and building a culture.

Which of the following behaviors build trust between leaders and employees in an organization? (Select all that apply.)

_____ are vital to good leaders because they are able to take the vision of the leader and achieve the determined goals.

During a staff meeting, a group of RNs has complained that medications are not arriving to the unit in a timely manner. The nurse manager suggests that the group resolve this issue through the development and work of a multidisciplinary team led by one of these RNs. This scenario demonstrates:

A nurse manager at Great Lakes Hospital is meeting with the dean of a well-recognized university who is the keynote speaker today at the nursing conference. He remembers that one of the RNs is interested in attending a well-known university to obtain a doctorate. The nurse manager arranges for the RN to meet with this dean. The nurse manager is exhibiting leadership behaviors consistent with: (Select all that apply.)

A nursing unit has demonstrated lower patient satisfaction scores during the last quarter. The manager of the unit has formed a small team to set long- and short-term goals for the unit with action plans to increase patient satisfaction. This is an example of which management process?

To reach Magnet status the nursing service in a hospital must attain competency in which of the following areas? (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following definitions apply to management? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse manager at Morgan Hill Community Hospital is known to be an excellent nursing manager by the personnel working on her nursing unit. The nurse manager exhibits which of the following behaviors? (Select all that apply.)

A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of staff satisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data findings?

Interpersonal communication and the ability to apply _____ are two critical skills every nurse needs to enhance professional practice.

Good leaders need to be able to demonstrate an intuitive skill of empathy and expressiveness when dealing with others in the workplace. This requires sensitivity and awareness of the emotions and moods of others and is known as:

A nursing unit has discovered a series of medication errors with regard to a particular computerized physician order set and the calculation within the order. The unit manager has a theory on changes that should be made within the order to decrease the confusion for nursing staff. However, the nurse manager realizes that changes would need to be made with pharmacy input as well as other nursing units within the facility and the multihospital system. Which of the following management theories is exemplified when the nurse manager considers the impact of change on the organization as a whole?

The best leadership style for unfavorable conditions is: