Leading and Managing in Nursing 7th Edition Yoder-Wise Test Bank, chapters 1-29 latest update (2024) with questions and 100% correct answers already
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1. Role theory has its underpinnings in management theory. Management theories influence
managers’ leadership styles. Which of the following styles would a nurse manager be most
likely to follow when redesigning the staffing schedule?
a. Humanistic
b. Authoritarian
c. Flexibility
d. Participative
ANS: D
Participative style of leadership allows for the input by the participants involved to have input
to the decision process. This assists in making change easier and is one way a manager uses
this leadership to lead the unit.
TOP: AONE competency: Leadership
2. A nurse manager has worked to bring the staff to participate in and then accept changes in the
unit’s mission, so that downsizing can be avoided. How is the nurse manager using change
theory for this situation?
a. Focusing on past concerns related to the mission
b. Teaching staff members how to self-manage themselves
c. Determining accurately the direction of change in the institution
d. Requiring all staff members to review and reinforce their technological skills
ANS: C
The manager is using change theory to have the staff develop and therefore buy into the
changes. Determining the direction of change for the institution allows the manager to work
using change theory to guide staff for changes.
TOP: AONE competency: Leadership
3. The nurse manager, as the leader of the unit’s “customer (client) first” initiative, has asked the
staff nurses to develop and administer a survey to every client before discharge. In asking the
staff nurses to accomplish this task, the nurse manager is demonstrating:
a. accountability.
b. shared leadership.
c. a common purpose.
d. independence in the nursing manager’s role.
ANS: B
Healthy work environments are facilitated by involving staff and others in decision making;
gaining access to information is one characteristic of shared decision making. Shared decision
making enables staff to feel valued in policy development and in directing and leading.
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