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three years. Miss A, your previous nurse manager was considered strict and
authoritative in implementing the protocols in your area. She would make your
schedule fixed unless you will inform her two weeks before for any change of shift.
On the contrary, your new nurse manager, Miss B schedules a monthly staff
meeting for any significant matters in your department. She is not so lenient but
makes it up to collect suggestions from all of you before making decision. If you are
to choose which one of your nurse managers described above reflects a democratic
type of leadership, who is she?
A. Miss A
B. Miss B
C. Both of them
D. None of the
above
What leadership style did Miss A utilize to maintain a strong control in the
department?
A. Laissez-faire B. Democratic
C. Collegial
D. Autocratic
There are nursing students who are conducting their study on leadership styles in
your unit. One of the questions included is: What do you think is the most effective
leadership style that can be used during emergency situations?
A. Democratic B. Laissez-faire
C. Autocratic
D.
Supportive
What are the qualities that define a leader who uses laissez-faire?
A. She involves the group in planning and in decision making
B. She oversees everything to come up with good quantity and quality of output
but provides little autonomy and self-motivation to her members.
C. She tends to be passive and puts the responsibility of decision making to
others.
D. She would foster independence in your team by promoting motivation and
creativity.
This is a common trait of a leader whih is defined as his ability to possess honesty,
responsibility and maturity in the working area.
A. Integrity
B. Personality
C. Intelligence
D. Flexibility
You are the head nurse in the pediatric department. Your roles in the planning
process in the hospital include the following except one
A. act as link between higher level managers and non- managers
B. directly responsible for the actual production of nursing services
C. represent the organization
D. B and C
What is true about patient classification system or PCS?
A. It is a method of grouping patients according to length or duration of nursing
care.
B. It is a measuring tool used to describe the progress of the patients status.
C. It depends on the complexity of nursing care requirements of the
patient.
D. All of the above.
You are asked by your instructor to discuss about Contingency Theory. What should
you include in your discussion?
A. It is a theory in leadership that views the pattern of leader behavior
as dependent on the interaction of the personality and the needs of
the situation.
B. It considers the leaders must provide followers the sense of security and
approval and discipline to be successful in an output.
C. It emphasizes that both leaders and followers should act on one another to
raise their motivation.
D. It states that leadership qualities inspire followers to be motivated in what
they do.
In planning, conceptualizing the purpose and the aspirations of the organization is
essential. What statement gives a false description of a vision?
A. It reflects what the organization wants to be.
B. It is written to magnify the various activities and it is projected with a broad
frame.
C. It reflects why the organizations exist.
D. It uses action words in present tense.
Isabelle, your co-worker, is a newly hired nurse. She asked you about centralized
staffing system.
A. The head nurse or the supervisor does the scheduling of personnel.
B. Schedule is based on the needs of the patients and the knowledge of the
personnel.
C. You can readily rearrange your schedule as needed.
D. The scheduling is planned and made by the nursing director.
In the hospital, your department is using the functional method of patient care
modality. What is it all about?
A. One nurse is responsible for giving bedside care, another one for
administering medications and another one for treatments and so
on.
B. It is a one on one constant patient care for a period of time.
C. The nurse has the responsibility for giving nursing care to the client from
admission until discharge.
D. A team leader has the responsibility for coordinating the total care of a group
of patients.
It corresponds to moderate care or category 2 in the patient classification system if:
A. The patient is unstable and acutely ill and has high demands for nursing care.
B. The patient is already recovering from a serious illness and requires
some assistance.
C. The patient is only requiring diagnostic studies and minimal therapy.
D. The patient needs close monitoring and requires complete care in most
activities.
It is a managerial function that indicates leading the staff in the most effective
method.
A. Planning
B. Directing
C. Organizing
D. Controlling
B. A leader does the right thing and a manager does each task the right way.
C. A leader has a short term view while a manager views work in long
term duration.
D. A leader rely on trust while a manage rely on control.
Supervision and delegation fall to what phase of the management process?
A. Organizing B. Directing
C. Controlling
D. Planning
What type of conflict refers to when there are two or more opposing incompatible
demands that arise and priority differences affects the resolution of the conflict.
A. Interpersonal conflict
C. Intrapersonal conflict
B. Organizational conflict
D. A & B
What is not a characteristic of an organizational chart?
A. It shows the division of work.
B. It shows the workload of each personnel.
C. It reflects the type of work of each staff.
D. It delineates the groupings according to type of work.
What kind of staffing is considered the most common pattern and the oldest type?
A. Cyclical staffing
C. Decentralized staffing
B. Full equivalent staffing
D. Conventional staffing