NURSING-DELEGATION-AND-MANAGEMENT-OF-PATIENT-CARE-2ND-EDITION-TEST-BANK-By-Kathleen-Motacki-Kathleen-Burke

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Chapter 01: Leadership and Management
Motacki: Nursing Delegation and Management of Patient Care, 2nd Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Nurses can be leaders without being managers. Which nursing actions demonstrate
leadership?
a. Assisting a new nurse with enteral tube feedings
b. Counseling a new nurse regarding attendance
c. Adjusting assignments after a staff member calls in sick
d. Calling a physician for new order clarification
ANS: A
Leaders act as role models and mentor new staff. The other options are incorrect because they
are management responsibilities and not leadership roles.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
REF: page 6
2. Which nursing actions demonstrate the role of management in nursing?
a. Encouraging autonomous decision making
b. Observing the documentation of appropriate charges to patients
c. Assisting in a code
d. Asking the patient/family about advance directives
ANS: B
Managers are responsible for the budget of their units. The other options are incorrect because
those are leadership or mentoring roles
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
REF: page 6
3. Much like a politician, a nurse manager must exhibit leadership that inspires and motivates. In
which instance is a nurse demonstrating leadership qualities?
a. A staff nurse becomes aware of increased infection rates following cardiac surgery.
The nurse takes it upon herself to research the possible causes and prevention
measures and to make suggestions to better protect patients.
b. A staff nurse acts quickly when a cardiac arrest is called on her patient.
c. A staff nurse notifies another staff member that she is being “pulled” today.
d. A new nurse volunteers to work when another staff member must leave work
because her child is ill.
ANS: A
Nurse leaders are interested in changing practice based on evidence. Options B and D are
incorrect because they are actions taken by nurses as part of the functional structure of the
unit. Option C is incorrect because it is an action taken by a manager.
DIF:
Cognitive Level: Analysis
REF: page 6