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Leadership Hesi-Evolve Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A nurse manager is preparing assignments for the day. Which task is most appropriate to assign to an LPN?
- Initial assessment of a new admission
- Teaching a parent about discharge instructions
- Interpreting lab results
✔✔C. Administering oral medications to stable clients
The charge nurse must decide which client to see first. Which client should be prioritized?
- A school-aged child waiting for discharge instructions
- A toddler who is crying for a parent
- A teenager asking about visiting hours
✔✔C. A child with respiratory distress and retractions
The nurse manager wants to decrease staff turnover. What is the best action?
- Increase mandatory overtime 1 / 3
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- Ignore staff concerns about workload
- Assign more complex patients to experienced nurses
✔✔C. Provide mentorship and recognition programs
A nurse reports that a colleague is charting care that was not provided. What is the manager’s best first step?
- Confront the colleague in front of staff
- Ignore the report until more complaints are made
- Immediately terminate the nurse
✔✔B. Privately investigate the report with the nurse involved
A nurse leader wants to improve staff communication during shift handoff. Which strategy is best?
- Allow nurses to give reports however they choose
- Eliminate verbal handoff and use only written notes
- Shorten handoff time by skipping details
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✔✔B. Implement a standardized handoff tool like SBAR
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A nurse refuses an assignment, claiming it is unsafe. What should the manager do?
- Write up the nurse for insubordination
- Reassign the nurse permanently to another unit
- Force the nurse to accept the assignment
✔✔B. Review the assignment and assess for safety concerns
During a disaster, which patient should the nurse manager discharge first to make room for incoming critical cases?
- Patient requiring frequent suctioning for secretions
- Patient in acute respiratory failure
- Patient with sepsis requiring IV antibiotics
✔✔B. Patient stable and recovering after tonsillectomy
A nurse manager notices conflict between two staff nurses that affects teamwork. What should be the first step?
- Write both nurses up
- Ignore the issue to avoid worsening it
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✔✔B. Meet privately with each nurse to hear perspectives