Exam 5: Power, Politics, and Labor Relations

A cardiac rehabilitation clinic hired a nurse practitioner to manage the clinic.The nurse practitioner had recently obtained critical care certification.What type of power does the nurse practitioner have?

Which of the following statements about union labor practices is untrue?

A bill,HR 152,was originated by a group of nurses lobbying Congress for staffing based on nurse-patient ratio.After it was originated,this bill then went to:

Before an election is scheduled,the union's responsibility is to:

A staff nurse admires the nurse manager's leadership style.What type of power does the nurse manager have in this situation?

A staff nurse volunteered to serve on a newly formed task force charged with developing evidence-based practice protocols.This participation gave the staff nurse:

The nurse manager of a nursing home wants to address the legislature regarding the state's position on the opening of new facilities.To be the most effective in communicating this concern,the nurse manager decides to:

A nurse manager was hired after the hospital employees unionized.After a few days on the job,an employee on the unit became angry at the staffing schedule the nurse manager had posted.The employee filed what type of grievance?

One of the nurse manager's roles is to evaluate staff performance.Because the nurse manager has this role,the nurse manager's positional power is increased by:

The nurse educator planned an in-service program on empowerment.The nurse educator could include discussion of which of the following ways that a staff member can empower himself or herself?

A nurse manager was invited to attend a public hearing about whether the state needs to impose a moratorium on new for-profit health care agencies.The nurse understands that the bill addressing this issue is in what phase of the legislative process?

Certification of the employees' bargaining unit was denied because of insufficient votes.The labor organization's next step is to:

A staff nurse needs some time off to take care of her critically ill mother.She does not want to quit her job,nor does she have enough vacation time to take off.For the staff nurse to keep her job,she needs to be aware of which labor law?

A school nurse is following the legislative path of a bill that supports human papillomavirus immunization of high school girls.The school nurse's most effective political strategy is to:

A new staff member decided he wanted to work in an institution where he could have a voice in policy formation.What type of institution would be the best fit for the staff nurse?

A nursing assistant complained to the nurse manager that a staff nurse was making sexually inappropriate statements.The nursing assistant felt that the nurse manager did not adequately counsel the staff nurse.After the nursing assistant filed a grievance,a hearing was held.It is the nursing assistant's responsibility to:

Which of the following is an example of unfair labor practices by management?

The nurse manager's vision was to empower the staff.The nurse manager used all of the following techniques to help empower the staff except:

After becoming unionized,hospital employees become satisfied with the hospital's acceptance of their demands regarding staff-patient ratios.The employees then decide that they no longer want to be represented by the labor organization.The employees' next step is to:

The nurse managers have been informed that employees have contacted a union and that the union is trying to solicit a show of interest from 30% of employees.The nurse managers suggest what method to help decrease the desire to form a union?