Exam 11: Building and Managing Teams

A nurse manager has just completed a difficult assignment managing a group that was not cohesive. Which group should the nurse identify as likely having good cohesiveness?

Which situation best exemplifies the nurse manager as a team leader?

Which activities are expected from the nurse manager as team leader?

This is the first meeting of a task force. What should be the leader's primary objective of this meeting?

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?

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?

The nurse is acting as team leader for a client care conference. Which opening statement is best for this meeting?

A nursing group cannot complete a task assignment because information from another group has not been provided. Because the nursing group cannot complete its task, a group from physical therapy will not be able to complete its task. This is an example of breakdown in which task format?

The nurse manager is leading the monthly staff meeting for the professional nursing staff. Which statements by this leader reflect effective leadership?

A nurse manager has just posted the membership list for a newly formed quality management task force. Which statement, overheard by the manager, indicates the most potential for problems on the team?

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?

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?

A task force leader says, "At the beginning of our next meeting we are going to do some team-building exercises." Which comment by a group member indicates a need for further education about team building?

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?

In which situation would a "meeting before the meeting" be advisable?

In a group meeting, one of the members always arrives early and places the chairs in a circle so all members can interact. This person is responsible for confirming that the room is available for the monthly meetings. Which person does this describe?

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

Which statement may reveal that the team member making the comment has a hidden agenda?

The staff nurse has been appointed to a task force. What can the nurse expect regarding this group?

The nurse manager has completed a series of team-building exercises with a command group. Which statement by a group member indicates that cohesiveness is occurring?