Deck 9: Organizations, Power, and Professional Empowerment

Question 1

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

A)Growth
B)Profit
C)Status
D)Dominance

Answer 1

Dominance

Question 2

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

A)Authority
B)Reward
C)Control of information
D)Coercion

Answer 2

Control of information

Question 3

Which of the following is true regarding nursing practice councils?

A)Practice councils are a form of shared governance, giving nurses the ability to participate in levels of decision making for the unit.
B)Practice councils give nurses the authority to control all aspects of their practice.
C)Genuine sharing of decision making occurs when managers retain control.
D)A nursing practice council works best for an organization when it is the only practice council in place.

Answer 3

Practice councils are a form of shared governance, giving nurses the ability to participate in levels of decision making for the unit.

Question 4

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?

A)Artifact level
B)Espoused beliefs
C)Underlying assumptions
D)Organizational culture

Question 5

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?

A)Formal processes
B)Informal processes
C)Authority
D)Reward

Question 6

Which of the following best describes power?

A)Power increases with each step up in hierarchy.
B)Power is directly related to the amount of authority one has in an organization.
C)Those at the bottom of the hierarchy have no sources of power.
D)Sources of power exist at all levels of the hierarchy.

Question 7

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

A)Division of labor
B)Hierarchy
C)Rules and regulations
D)Technical competence

Question 8

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

A)Organic
B)Bureaucratic
C)Traditional
D)Innovative

Question 9

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

A)To provide protection to employers
B)To promote cooperation
C)To equalize power between employees and employers
D)To promote a clinical ladder for staff

Question 10

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

A)Excellence
B)Meaningfulness
C)Regard
D)Learning and growth

Question 11

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

A)Culture of safety
B)Care environment
C)Excellence
D)Meaningfulness

Question 12

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?

A)Meaning and decision making
B)Self-determination and autonomy
C)Impact and autonomy
D)Impact and decision making

Question 13

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

A)Focus on staffing goals
B)Focus on a clinical ladder to support staff expertise
C)Focus on patient outcomes
D)Focus on shared goals

Question 14

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?

A)Resources
B)Support
C)Information
D)Opportunity

Question 15

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?

A)Collegiality
B)Commitment to improved patient outcomes
C)Recognition of achievement
D)Enhancement of nursing competence