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Which of the following is a selection tool used to quickly reduce a list of items to two or three choices?
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Question 2 of 57
In healthcare leadership, what does 'population health management' involve?
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Question 3 of 57
Nurses interested in excellence want constructive feedback from their supervisor and peers. Frequently, however, the most helpful feedback is actually a result of which action?
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Question 4 of 57
The nurse is working in an underdeveloped country and observes the natives lighting ritual fires and pounding on primitive drums around the sick person to promote recovery. The nurse interprets this behavior as indicating the natives believe illness results from which items?
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Question 5 of 57
You are the food and beverage manager of a large hotel. One of the department's freezers breaks down and the repair company cannot come out until tomorrow. You pull a food server from the lunch shift, borrow a server from the lounge, and help them transfer the food from the nonworking freezer into the department's other freezer. You have performed the management role of:
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Question 6 of 57
Which example characterizes excellence in nursing?
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Question 7 of 57
Each nurse needs to follow the recommendations of Bennis (2007), who suggests that exemplary leaders will have which competency?
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Question 8 of 57
What action would be interpreted as the nurse demonstrating a coparticipative manner?
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Question 9 of 57
Mandatory minimum staffing ratios are being considered in the jurisdiction where a nurse-manager works. Based on experiences of other states, the nurse should identify what possible result of this legislation?
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Question 10 of 57
What is the reason for things the nurse does, whether at work or off duty?
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Question 11 of 57
Technological, market, and work force changes are all examples of forces of change.
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Question 12 of 57
Most successful team-oriented organizations start forming teams at the level.
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Question 13 of 57
A nurse dreams of working in a setting where excellent care is given. The nurse observes, however, that more and more patients and families are complaining that no one is attending to their needs or answering their questions. Which action by the nurse demonstrates leadership and is likely to be most effective in moving toward a level of excellence?
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Question 14 of 57
There are no hard-and-fast rules for interpreting the Baldrige Award criteria because:
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Question 15 of 57
A hotel's front desk agents depend on housekeeping staff to give them accurate and timely reports on the status of guestrooms. The potential for organizational conflict in this situation is called:
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Question 16 of 57
Most institutions use one or more types of future scheduling in their planning. Which of the following provides advantages for the organization's scheduling policies?
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Question 17 of 57
In 1900, the primary reason for hospital-based nursing education programs was to
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Question 18 of 57
What did Victor Vroom emphasize the importance of?
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Question 19 of 57
For a nurse leader to be most effective for the future, which action should the nurse leader take to maximize resources and conserve costs?
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Question 20 of 57
What are the different types of crisis? (Select all that apply.)
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Question 21 of 57
Who is credited with developing the model of associate degree nursing education?
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Question 22 of 57
The patient tells the nurse that he has no interest in quitting smoking, even though he knows it is bad for his health. The nurse demonstrates caring with what response?
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Question 23 of 57
A nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and who is experiencing a new onset of dyspnea. When contacting the client's care provider, the nurse should state the client's admitting diagnosis in what stage of the SBAR tool?
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Question 24 of 57
A 17-year-old primigravida with severe hypertension of pregnancy has been receiving magnesium sulfate IV for three hr. The latest assessment reveals deep tendon reflexes (DTR) of +1, flushing, blood pressure of 150/100 mmHg, a pulse of 92 beats/min, a respiratory rate of 10 breaths/min, and urine output of 20 ml/hr. Which action would be most appropriate?
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Question 25 of 57
According to 'healthcare leadership development,' what is the focus?
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Question 26 of 57
The responsibility for planning the rest of your career after you land your first job lies primarily with:
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Question 27 of 57
The concept of 'clinical leadership' in healthcare emphasizes:
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Question 28 of 57
The nurse is caring for a patient who just received a terminal diagnosis and is tearful and frightened. What is the best action to demonstrate caring?
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Question 29 of 57
In interviewing for a new position, a nurse may want to inquire about the institution's views on autonomy in the workplace for nurses. The nurse concludes that autonomy is valued when told that the unit has
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Question 30 of 57
Deming (1986) is known for his statement that 'quality is never an accident.' In light of this statement, what should a nurse do to reach success?
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Question 31 of 57
Why should a hotel manager be concerned about dissatisfying a hotel guest?
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Question 32 of 57
A crisis is so acutely uncomfortable to the individual that it is likely to self-resolve in what period of time?
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Question 33 of 57
The nurse responds to an alarm on a pulse oximeter and sees that the patient's oxygen saturation is reading 38%. The nurse observes the patient, noting a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per minute, pink mucous membranes, and easy regular respirations. The nurse concludes that the pulse oximeter is not reading accurately. Whose theory of nursing is this nurse demonstrating?
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Question 34 of 57
The fundamental element of any patient care delivery combines work allocation with
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Question 35 of 57
What did motivational theorist Victor Vroom state?
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Question 36 of 57
In most organizations, the most costly defects in products and services:
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Question 37 of 57
If you want to successfully implement a large-scale organizational change, you should start with which of the following types of people?
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Question 38 of 57
Which of the following is a commonly held negative perception young workers have about older workers?
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Question 39 of 57
Which example best indicates a nurse is involved in developing health-care policy?
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Question 40 of 57
The concept of 'healthcare workforce management' involves:
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Question 41 of 57
A mother calls the health clinic and tells the nurse that she found her toddler with an open and empty bottle of acetaminophen. The mother asks the nurse what she should do. What is the nurse's priority intervention?
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Question 42 of 57
If you set a goal for employees that they think is unattainable:
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Question 43 of 57
There are four major types of staffing plans. The centralized method of staff planning refers to which of the following?
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Question 44 of 57
Since many messages are ambiguous or incomplete, it's easy to jump to inaccurate conclusions about what is being said.' This best characterizes which of the following barriers to interpersonal communication?
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Question 45 of 57
The student nurse gains what type of knowledge in the pathophysiology classroom?
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Question 46 of 57
The best determinant of staffing needs is based on which factor?
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Question 47 of 57
Which of the following statements best distinguishes incremental improvements from breakthrough improvements?
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Question 48 of 57
Which of the following statements about delegation is true?
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Question 49 of 57
What should you keep in mind as you look at the annual reports and financial statements of organizations you are researching?
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Question 50 of 57
Authority commensurate with responsibility' means that a manager:
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Question 51 of 57
Which of the following is a technique teams can use to reach decisions by consensus?
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Question 52 of 57
A nurse intends to enroll in graduate school and has informed a colleague of this intention. What response suggests that the colleague is in the precontemplation stage of change?
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Question 53 of 57
Training in skills helps employees learn to anticipate and handle service problems or failures.
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Question 54 of 57
The term 'healthcare crisis management' involves:
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Question 55 of 57
The single most important reason for the decline in the number of hospital-based diploma programs was
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Question 56 of 57
The purpose of mandatory continuing education for license renewal is to
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Question 57 of 57
Which of the following practices seems to agree most with Deming's notion of 'adopting a new philosophy' of doing business?
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