NUR 6556 Leadership Exam 2 SCORE 100% WITH FIRST
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A group of staff nurses is dissatisfied with the new ideas presented by the newly hired nurse manager. The staff wants to keep their old procedures, and they resist the
changes. Conflict arises from:
- Group decision-making options.
- Perceptions of incompatibility.
- Increases in group cohesiveness.
D. Debates, negotiations, and compromises. - Ans Correct Answer:
- Perceptions of incompatibility.
A new graduate nurse has accepted a position in an intensive care unit. The nurse is assigned a preceptor with several years of experience. The new nurse also notices the other staff seek this nurse out for answers to questions and as a resource to the unit.What does the new nurse consider the role of the mentor nurse?
- An informal leader
- An official leader
- A positional leader
D. A formal leader - Ans Correct Answer:
- An informal leader
A new nurse answers the call light of a patient assigned to another nurse. The patient requests assistance with a drink of water. When the patient takes a drink, he starts to cough violently. The new nurse then noticed a container of thickener on the bedside table. Later, the new nurse reviews the incident with her assigned preceptor, who asks "what could you have done differently?" The preceptor is coaching the new nurse to
engage in:
- Thinking-in-action
- Review of resume values
- Review of skills knowledge
D. Thinking-on-action - Ans Correct Answer:
- Thinking-on-action
A nurse manager when in the formal leadership position attempts to translate the picture or vision of her facility across for the staff nurses. The manager is faced with a staff who is resistant to the vision of the facility. What is the theory the manager needs to incorporate to be effective?
- Challenge the Process
- The Four Agreements 1 / 3
- Inspire Shared Vision
D. Model the Way - Ans Correct Answer:
- Inspire Shared Vision
A nurse manager's responsibility for financial management involves making budgetary decisions. Budgets that allow the nurse manager to allocate resources at the unit level
allow:
- Minimal nurse manager input.
- Limited rationale for budgetary requests.
- Budgetary allocations at the executive nurse level.
- Budgetary decision making at the point of service (POS). - Ans Correct Answer:
- Budgetary decision making at the point of service (POS).
A nurse with 5-years experience has been active in developing leadership skills and recently began a graduate degree program with a focus on nursing administration. She has excellent clinical skills, however her sarcastic and sometimes aggressive behavior
tends to alienate other staff members on the unit. In coaching this nurse, you:
- Suggest that she reflect on situations in which she has had a positive influence and
- Encourage her to continue her graduate courses, as information about strategies and
- Ask staff members on the unit with whom she works to provide her feedback about
- Suggest that she not consider leadership roles because her interaction skills are
consider how her interactions contributed to the situation
technical aspects of the role will compensate for negative interactions
ways in which her behavior irritates or turns them away
more suited to roles in which she has limited opportunities to work with others. - Ans
Correct Answer:
- Suggest that she reflect on situations in which she has had a positive influence and
consider how her interactions contributed to the situation
A nurse' manager is receiving complaints by the way a foreign nurse o the floor interacts with patients. The nurse manager should (Select all that apply)
- Assess what cultural differences might be causing problems
- Assessing language difficulties
- Fire the nurse
- Educate the nurse related to cultural differences and assess the nurse's willingness
- Assume that the major problems are related to cultural differences - Ans Correct
to change
Answer:
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- Assess what cultural differences might be causing problems
- Assessing language difficulties
- Educate the nurse related to cultural differences and assess the nurse's willingness
to change
A nursing instructor is teaching a class on conflict and conflict resolution. She relates to the class that conflict in an organization is important and that an optional level of conflict
will generate:
- Creatively, a staid atmosphere, a weak team spirit, and motivation of its workers
- A bureaucratic atmosphere, a strong team spirit, and motivation for its workers.
- Creativity, a problem-solving atmosphere, a weak team spirit, and motivation of its
- Creativity, a problem-solving atmosphere, a strong team spirit, and motivation for its
workers.
workers. - Ans Correct Answer:
- Creativity, a problem-solving atmosphere, a strong team spirit, and motivation for its
workers.
A patient is receiving lidocaine at 15 ml/hr. The concentration of lidocaine is 2 g/500 ml of D5W. Calculate the milligrams per minute the patient is receiving - Ans Correct
Answer:
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A physician orders dopamine IV drip at 4mcg/kg/min for low blood pressure. The patient weighs 154 lb. The medication is supplied in 400 mg/250 ml of 0.45% NS. Calculate the
flow rate in milliliters per hour. - Ans Correct Answer:
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A staff nurse is taking leadership classes in an advanced degree program as the nurse wants to become a manager. The instructor requires the students to create a journal and make notes of their feelings when they experience conflicts at work over the next few weeks. The assignment calls for the use of reflection. What is the purpose of this assignment?
- Thinking-on-action for self-awareness in conflict situations
- Log of conflicts which occur
- Analysis of student-led conflict
D. Assess the student's conflict management skills - Ans Correct Answer:
- Thinking-on-action for self-awareness in conflict situations
A staff nurse wants to become a charge nurse. What is one of the most effective methods for the staff nurse to incorporate to effectively transition to charge nurse.
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