Deck 5: Power, Politics, and Labor Relations

Question 1

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?

A)The bill has been introduced in the Senate.
B)The bill has been referred to a standing committee.
C)The bill has been referred to a subcommittee.
D)The bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives.

Answer 1

The bill has been referred to a subcommittee.

Question 2

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)Be able to admit mistakes
B)Withhold information from others
C)Decrease workload
D)Maintain a critical aloofness

Answer 2

Be able to admit mistakes

Question 3

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:

A)Referent power
B)Interpersonal power
C)Reward power
D)Coercive power

Answer 3

Interpersonal power

Question 4

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:

A)Centrality
B)Criticality
C)Flexibility
D)Relevance

Question 5

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)The National Labor Relations Act
B)The Labor-Management Relations Act
C)The Nonprofit Health Care Amendments to the Taft-Hartley Act
D)The Family and Medical Leave Act

Question 6

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

A)Contributing financial support to the union
B)Supporting employees to develop a union
C)Being unable to bargain with representatives
D)Allowing the selection of a representative

Question 7

The hospital employees are proposing to form a union.Which of the following persons do not have the right to vote on union issues?

A)Nurse managers
B)Housekeeping personnel
C)Nursing assistants
D)Licensed personnel

Question 8

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)Call the legislative secretary
B)E-mail a letter to the legislative representative
C)Have a petition signed and mailed to the legislative representative
D)Have a face-to-face meeting with the legislative representative

Question 9

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:

A)The president of the American Nurses Association
B)The primary sponsor
C)A committee of the House of Representatives
D)A committee of the Senate

Question 10

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?

A)Harassment grievance
B)Political grievance
C)Imagined grievance
D)Informal grievance

Question 11

A staff member has the authority to:

A)Delegate to administrative staff
B)Implement ideas without approval from administration
C)Assist managers in the performance of their duties
D)Enjoy command privileges

Question 12

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

A)Informal power
B)Coercive power
C)Referent power
D)Information power

Question 13

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:

A)Initiate a decertification election with a 10% show of interest
B)Call a strike action toward the hospital
C)Initiate a decertification election with a 30% show of interest
D)Initiate a certification election with a 30% show of interest

Question 14

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)Home health agency
B)Magnet institution
C)Elementary school
D)Community-based clinic

Question 15

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:

A)Hire an attorney
B)Obtain a witness
C)Leave the hospital because of conflict of interest
D)Obtain the services of the American Nurses Association

Question 16

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:

A)Assigning big problems to the staff
B)Sharing task-related information
C)Obtaining material resources so staff members can do their jobs
D)Providing emotional support

Question 17

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?

A)Charismatic power
B)Informal power
C)Coercive power
D)Expert power

Question 18

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

A)Union representatives must be able to bargain with the employer.
B)The union may take a strike action without notifying the employer.
C)The union cannot boycott a hospital's vendors.
D)The union cannot cause the employer to pay for services not performed.

Question 19

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)Become emotionally involved
B)Educate area nurses about the immunization bill
C)Refrain from attending town hall meetings
D)Discourage neighborhood petitions

Question 20

Hospital employees decided that they would support the union certified by the National Labor Relations Board and go out on strike.At what point in the unionization phase can striking occur?

A)Organizing phase
B)Recognition phase
C)Contract negotiation phase
D)Contract administration phase

Question 21

The licensed staff members who belong to the union filed a grievance against the hospital related to the conditions of employment.According to the National Labor Relations Board,in this situation collective bargaining is:

A)Petitionary
B)Illegal
C)Voluntary
D)Mandatory

Question 22

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?

A)Collective bargaining
B)Information technology
C)Participative management
D)Bureaucratic management

Question 23

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

A)Begin the decertification process
B)Seek certification among the same employees
C)Allow a 12-month moratorium and then seek certification again
D)Begin negotiations with the hospital's management

Question 24

The union has a security clause that requires all new employees to join the union.The security clause states that all members must maintain their memberships during the duration of the contract.This is an example of:

A)A closed shop
B)A union shop
C)A maintenance-of-membership clause
D)An agency shop

Question 25

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

A)Get at least 10% of the nurses to sign individual authorization cards
B)Maximize the number of bargaining units
C)Schedule a preliminary hearing
D)Present solutions to the hospital management