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Caputo is newly-promoted to a
patient care manager position. She updates
her knowledge on the theories in
management and leadership in order to
become effective in her new role. She
learns that some managers have low
concern for services and high concern for
staff. Which style of management refers to
5. She reads about Path Goal theory. Which
this?
of the following behaviors is manifested by
the leader who uses this theory?
A. Organization Man
B. Impoverished Management
A. Recognizes staff for going beyond
C. Country Club Management
expectations by giving them citations
D. Team Management
B. Challenges the staff to take individual
accountability for their own practice
2. Her former manager demonstrated
C. Admonishes staff for being laggards.
passion for serving her staff rather than
D. Reminds staff about the sanctions for non
being served. She takes time to listen,
performance.
prefers to be a teacher first before being a
leader, which is characteristic of
6. One leadership theory states that
leaders are born and not made, which
A. Transformational leader
refers to which of the following theories?
B. Transactional leader
C. Servant leader
A. Trait
D. Charismatic leader
B. Charismatic
C. Great Man
3. On the other hand, Ms. Caputo notices
D. Situational
that the Chief Nurse Executive has
charismatic leadership style. Which of the
7. She came across a theory which states
following behaviors best describes this
that the leadership style is effective
style?
dependent on the situation. Which of the
following styles best fits a situation when
A. Possesses inspirational quality that makes
the followers are self-directed, experts and
followers gets attracted of him and regards him are matured individuals?
with reverence
B. Acts as he does because he expects that his
A. Democratic
behavior will yield positive results
B. Authoritarian
C. Uses visioning as the core of his leadership
D. Matches his leadership style to the situation at C. Laissez faire
D. Bureaucratic
hand.
4. Which of the following conclusions of Ms. 8. She surfs the internet for more
Caputo about leadership characteristics is information about leadership styles. She
reads about shared leadership as a practice
TRUE?
in some magnet hospitals. Which of the
following describes this style of leadership?
A. There is a high correlation between the
communication skills of a leader and the ability
A. Leadership behavior is generally determined
to get the job done.
B. A manager is effective when he has the ability by the relationship between the leaders
personality and the specific situation
to plan well.
C. Assessment of personal traits is a reliable tool B. Leaders believe that people are basically good
and need not be closely controlled
for predicting a managers potential.
D. There is good evidence that certain personal C. Leaders rely heavily on visioning and inspire
members to achieve results
qualities favor success in managerial role.
consumption
B. Demands of the labor sector to increase
wages
C. Low morale of staff in his unit
D. Exacting regulatory and accreditation
standards
A. Vision
A. Wonders why things are not what it used to be
B. Goal
B. Finds solutions to the problems
C. Philosophy
C. Integrate the solutions to his day-to-day
D. Mission
activities
D. Selects the best change strategy
24. Joey plans to revisit the organizational
chart of the department. He plans to create
21. Joey is a newly-appointed nurse
a new position of a Patient Educator who
manager of The Holy Spirit Medical Center,
has a coordinating relationship with the
a tertiary hospital located within the heart
head nurse in the unit. Which of the
A. Box
B. Solid line
C. Broken line
D. Dotted line
B. Policy
C. Job description
D. Manual of procedures
Highly cost-effective
Makes management easier
Reflects the interest of the worker
Allows quick decisions or actions.
A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 4
C. 2, 3& 4
D. 1, 2, & 4
36. Stephanie delegates effectively if she
has authority to act, which is BEST defined
as:
Benevolent-authoritative managers pretentiously This option follows the framework of the nursing
show their trust and confidence to their followers process at the same time applies the
management process of planning, organizing,
directing and controlling
11. Answer: A. Call for a staff meeting and
take this up in the agenda.
18. Answer: B. Preparing a nursing care
plan in collaboration with the patient
This will allow for the participation of every staff
in the unit. If they contribute to the solutions of
the problem, they will own the solutions; hence The best source of information about the priority
the chance for compliance would be greater.
needs of the patient is the patient himself. Hence
using a nursing care plan based on his expressed
priority needs would ensure meeting his needs
12. Answer: C. Low morale of staff in
effectively.
his unit
19. Answer: D. Patients who need the most
Low morale of staff is an internal factor that
care
affects only the unit. All the rest of the options
emanate from the top executive or from outside
the institution.
In setting priorities for a group of patients, those
who need the most care should be number-one
priority to ensure that their critical needs are met
13. Answer: B. Majority rule
adequately. The needs of other patients who
need less care ca be attended to later or even
Majority rule involves dividing the house and the delegated to assistive personnel according to
rules on delegation.
highest vote wins. 1/2 + 1 is a majority.
14. Answer: B. system used to deliver care 20. Answer: C. Integrate the solutions to
his day-to-day activities
A system used to deliver care. In the 70s it was
termed as methods of patient assignment; in the
early 80s it was called modalities of patient care
then patterns of nursing care in the 90s until
recently authors called it nursing care systems.