NR 446 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE

NR 446 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE

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Vicarious Learning

• Where students problem solve and make decisions based on simulated situations

that are made real to the learner

• 3 types

- Case study: stories that impact learning

• May be fictional or include real persons and events, be short and self

contained for a limited of time

- Simulation: for problem solving that have little to no risk to patients or to

organizational performance

- Example: computer simulations

- Problem Solving Learning: to address and learn from authentic problems

• Typically meet in small groups to discuss and analyze real life

problems. They learn by problem solving Leadership Roles

• A leader takes risks, attempt to achieve shared goals, and inspire others to action
• Behavior determines if he or she holds a leadership role
• Transformational leader: empower followers to assume responsibility for a communal

vision and personal development in a secondary outcome

• Transactional leader: focus on immediate problems, maintaining the status quo and

using rewards to motivate followers

• Characteristics
• Doesn’t have delegated authority but obtain power through influence
• Wider variety of roles
• May not be part of a formal organization
• Focuses on group process, information gathering, feedback, and

empowering others

• Interpersonal relationships
• Direct willing followers
• Have goals that may or may not reflect those of the organization
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• Decision maker
• Communicator
• Evaluator
• Facilitator
• Risk taker
• Counselor
• Coach
• Visionary

Manager Roles

• A person who brings things about the one who accomplishes, has the

responsibility, and conducts

- Managing decision process:

• Planning
• Organizing
• Staffing
• Directing
• Controlling
• Characteristics
• Are assigned a position by the organization
• Have a legitimate source of power due to delegated authority that

accompanies their position

• Have specific duties and responsibilities they are expected to carry out
• Emphasize control, decision making, decision analysis, and results
• Manipulate people, environment, money, time, and other resources to achieve

the goals of the organization

• Have greater formal responsibility and accountability for rationality and control

than leaders

• Direct willing and unwilling subordinates

Tort

• Legal wrongs committed against a person or property within a contract in which

render the person liable for damages in civil action

- Unintentional tort: professional negligence

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