Exam 4: Developing the Role of Manager

The nurse manager,as the leader of the unit's "customer (patient)first" initiative,has asked the staff nurses to develop and administer a survey to every patient before discharge.In asking the staff nurses to accomplish this task,the nurse manager is demonstrating

During staff meetings,you make it a regular practice to encourage shared problem solving and to recognize employees who go beyond basic roles and responsibilities to contribute to a positive team environment and to quality patient care.This practice exemplifies

The nurse manager plays a unique role in institutional management in that the nurse manager

As a nurse manager,you determine that a shift in nursing care models might decrease workplace violence.Members of the hospital administration are reluctant to adopt this new approach to care.To leverage your ideas,you

A nurse manager's responsibility for financial management involves making budgetary decisions.Budgets that enable the nurse manager to allocate resources at the unit level allow

In developing an orientation program,the hospital educator breaks essential organizational information down into chunks,which she develops as online modules.This is an application of which of Peter F.Drucker's functions of management?

A nurse manager is discussing with unit staff the repeated lack of staff compliance in documenting exercise activity for patients who have undergone cardiac surgery.The unit's licensed practical/vocational nurses are responsible for ensuring that patients carry out the prescribed exercise regimen and that the activity is documented.According to Drucker's five basic functions of a manager,which of the following are appropriate functions for the nurse manager to use when addressing this situation?

As a nurse manager,you embrace the usefulness of resources such as Smart Bed.This behaviour is important in

A nurse manager is encountering considerable conflict among staff members because of weekend staffing coverage.During a called staff meeting,the nurse manager asks the disgruntled staff to meet as a group and determine the best staffing practices.In doing this,the nurse manager is using the concept of collaboration to

A nurse manager has worked rapidly to persuade the staff to accept changes in the unit's mission,so that downsizing can be avoided,through innovative use of technology.This nurse manager is displaying

The successful integration of informatics into health care settings is key to

On the first day of every month,the nursing manager on the surgical unit posts a staff nurse's name on the bulletin board with the caption "Look what this great nurse did this month" and outlines nursing behaviours that were displayed by that particular nurse.This is an example of

A manager who is concerned with ensuring that patients on her surgical unit have the necessary information to make informed choices is

Role theory has its underpinnings in management theory.Management theories influence managers' leadership styles.Which would a nurse manager be most likely to follow when redesigning the staffing schedule?

Which represents one of the Canadian Nurses Association's top six competencies of a good nurse manager?

Budgeting and protection of revenues is a function of

As the manager of a unit with a high percentage of young professionals,you increase job satisfaction among this young staff by

Julia is a staff nurse who works on a rehabilitation unit.Julia tells you that the assistants are experiencing difficulty with the new lift and wonders what your thoughts on organizing an educational session would be.Julia is

While interviewing for a nurse manager position,Ann is asked to give an example of a situation in which she demonstrated leadership.Which of the following examples exemplifies leadership?

In orienting a 25-year-old nurse,the unit manager understands that this worker probably