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Leadership and management in Nursing

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Effective resource management in a low-resource setting involves:

A. Using disposable equipment multiple times to save money.
B. Innovative problem-solving to provide safe care with the materials available, while advocating for more resources. ✓
C. Refusing to treat patients if ideal supplies are not available.
D. Complaining constantly about the lack of supplies.
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Jun 6, 2026

The primary reason for clear and accurate nursing documentation is to:

A. Create more work for nurses.
B. Ensure continuity of care and communication among the healthcare team. ✓
C. Protect the doctor from lawsuits.
D. Provide a daily diary for the patient.
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Jun 6, 2026

A transformational leader is skilled at:

A. Maintaining the status quo.
B. Focusing on tasks and rewards.
C. Inspiring and motivating followers to a higher level of performance and shared vision. ✓
D. Avoiding all decision-making.
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Jun 6, 2026

The process of developing a nursing roster that ensures 24/7 coverage for a unit is part of which management function?

A. Controlling
B. Staffing ✓
C. Advocacy
D. Budgeting
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Jun 6, 2026

A nurse who stays late to comfort a distressed family, even though it is not a required task, is demonstrating leadership through:

A. Formal authority.
B. Coercive power.
C. Role-modeling and commitment to patient-centered care. ✓
D. A desire for overtime pay.
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Jun 6, 2026

Case Study: A senior doctor publicly criticizes a junior nurse’s clinical skills in the middle of the hallway. The charge nurse witnesses this. The charge nurse’s most appropriate action is to:

A. Join in the criticism to support the doctor.
B. Immediately defend the junior nurse in the hallway, escalating the public conflict.
C. Address the situation later by speaking to the doctor privately about professional communication and offering support to the junior nurse. ✓
D. Report the junior nurse to the administration for her lack of skills.
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Jun 6, 2026

Which of the following tasks requires the professional judgment of an RN and should NEVER be delegated to a nursing assistant?

A. Recording a patient's fluid intake.
B. Performing a wound assessment. ✓
C. Assisting a patient with their meal.
D. Transporting a stable patient to another department.
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Jun 6, 2026

Which statement best reflects a “systems thinking” approach to a medication error?

A. "The nurse who made the error needs more training."
B. "Why was the nurse so careless?"
C. "Let's examine the process: were the medications stored correctly? Was the staffing adequate? Is the ordering system confusing?" ✓
D. "This was a one-time mistake that will not happen again."
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Jun 6, 2026

A nurse manager who micromanages her team, controlling every small detail of their work, is demonstrating what type of leadership?

A. Democratic
B. Laissez-faire
C. Autocratic ✓
D. Transformational
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Jun 6, 2026

The primary goal of conflict resolution in a healthcare team is to:

A. Decide who was right and who was wrong.
B. Find a solution that improves team function and ensures patient safety. ✓
C. Punish the person who started the conflict.
D. Avoid discussing the issue entirely.
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Jun 6, 2026

Informed consent must be obtained:

A. After the procedure has been completed.
B. By the most junior member of the team.
C. Before any non-emergency invasive procedure is performed. ✓
D. Only for patients who are wealthy.
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Jun 6, 2026

A nurse is advocating for a patient who speaks a different language and does not have family present. The nurse’s first step should be to:

A. Use hand gestures to try and communicate complex information.
B. Ask another patient in the ward to translate.
C. Request a professional medical interpreter from the hospital. ✓
D. Wait until a family member arrives to proceed with care.
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Jun 6, 2026

The “Refreezing” stage of Lewin’s theory involves:

A. Preparing for the change.
B. Making the change happen.
C. Reinforcing and stabilizing the change so it becomes the new standard. ✓
D. Reverting back to the old way of doing things.
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Jun 6, 2026

A nurse manager notices a trend of increasing patient complaints about communication. Her first step in addressing this should be to:

A. Issue a written warning to all staff.
B. Dismiss the complaints as patients being difficult.
C. Gather more data and talk to staff and patients to identify the root cause of the problem. ✓
D. Implement a new communication protocol without any staff input.
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nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

When delegating a task, the RN must ensure that the person they are delegating to:

A. Is a close friend.
B. Has the competency and training to perform the task safely. ✓
C. Is the most senior person available.
D. Is willing to do the task without being paid.
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Jun 6, 2026

A leader with high emotional intelligence is skilled at:

A. Suppressing all emotions.
B. Understanding and managing their own emotions and recognizing the emotions of others. ✓
C. Ignoring the emotional state of their team.
D. Using emotions to manipulate others for personal gain.
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Jun 6, 2026

The ethical principle of “beneficence” means that a nurse should:

A. Do no harm.
B. Act in the best interest of the patient and promote good. ✓
C. Treat all patients fairly.
D. Respect the patient's autonomy.
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Jun 6, 2026

The “chain of command” serves to:

A. Create unnecessary bureaucracy.
B. Provide a formal pathway for communication and authority to ensure clarity and order. ✓
C. Limit the power of staff nurses.
D. Allow anyone to give orders to anyone else.
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Jun 6, 2026

In a crisis, such as a fire on the ward, the nurse leader’s communication must be:

A. Vague and reassuring.
B. Loud and panicked.
C. Clear, calm, and directive. ✓
D. Sent via email.
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