Deck 3: Theories and Principles of Nursing Leadership and Management

Question 1

A nurse is preparing for a leadership role at an acute care facility and knows that leadership theories grew from which field?

A)Psychology
B)Sociology
C)Anthropology
D)Business

Answer 1

Business

Question 2

The nurse leader has decided to adopt a quantum leadership style.Team members can expect what characteristics in the nurse leader related to this leadership style?

A)Focusing on getting the job done
B)Incorporating flexibility and adaptability
C)Providing a vision to the team members that includes the input of all team members
D)Including team members in the leadership process

Answer 2

Incorporating flexibility and adaptability

Question 3

The nurse is aware that what leadership responsibilities are important to all nurses? Select all that apply.

A)Working independently
B)Developing delegation skills
C)Ignoring conflicts in the workplace
D)Maintaining effective working relationships
E)Using communication that implies authority

Answer 3

Developing delegation skills
Maintaining effective working relationships

Question 4

Prior to undertaking a leadership role in a nursing organization,what task would be found to be most helpful to the nurse leader's ultimate success in the endeavor?

A)Complete a self-assessment that evaluates the potential leader's own capabilities.
B)Ask a nurse educator to rate the potential leader's capabilities.
C)Complete an intellectual intelligence test to determine the ability to lead.
D)Take a business course to understand how to manage groups of people.

Question 5

The nurse leader is preparing to present the vision for reworking the nursing responsibilities within the organization.Which leadership characteristic is measured by the leader's ability to keep his or her word?

A)Compassion
B)Character
C)Connectedness
D)Commitment

Question 6

As leadership theories have evolved in the last 20 years,how have nursing leadership theories distinguished themselves from industrial models?

A)Attribution theory
B)Laissez-faire leadership theory
C)Relational theory
D)Multifactorial theory

Question 7

A nurse manager is known to use an autocratic style of management.The nurses who work for this nurse manager know that this style of management leads to what possible result?

A)Team members exhibit high job satisfaction with low productivity.
B)Team members may become demoralized because of the management style.
C)Team members are expected to contribute to the decision-making process.
D)Team members experience high production and satisfaction.

Question 8

The nurse leader has assembled a team to develop a plan to decrease the number of patient falls on the unit.Which statement by a team member is the best example of an exemplary follower?

A)"I think we are doing all that we can do.There is no way we can add anything else and still complete patient care."
B)"I have noticed that the last few patients who fell were experiencing dementia.What if we focused on those patients first?"
C)"I think that no matter what we do,patients will still fall.We can't be with them 24 hours a day."
D)"I can't believe we are going to do this again.All we will come up with is another form to fill out."

Question 9

The nurse leader is seeking an effective leadership style.The nurse should avoid which leadership style that limits innovation and the ability for team members to feel engaged in the outcomes of the organization?

A)Connective leadership
B)Transformational leadership
C)Transactional leadership
D)Authentic leadership

Question 10

A nurse educator was explaining the difference between a nurse leader and a nurse manager.The student correctly identifies the characteristics of a nurse leader with which statement?

A)"Nurse leaders influence others through relationship skills."
B)"Nurse leaders plan and organize the budget of the nursing unit."
C)"Nurse leaders establish and enforce the rules of a nursing unit."
D)"Nurse leaders oversee patient care."