STUDY GUIDE

ROLES OF THE NURSE

ROLE OF THE NURSE AS LEADER & MANAGER:

What is a First-Level Manager?

How can you become an effective leader & manager?

Complete the Self-Assessment: “Checklist for the Beginning Nurse Who Wishes to
Develop Leadership Skills”

What is Management?

What Are the Steps of the Management Process?

Compare the Management Process to the Nursing Process:

What is Leadership?

How would you compare leadership to management?

Describe the Following Leadership Theories:

Great Man or Trait Theory

Behavioral Theories
1. Autocratic

2. Democratic (Participative)

3. Laissez-Faire

Situational Theories

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Transformational Leadership

Describe Each of the Following Skills of Effective Leaders:

1. The Great Communicator
a. listening skills
b. articulation skills

Communication Techniques
a. Aggressive Communication

b. Passive Communication

c. Assertive Communication

2. The Team Player

3. The Motivator, The Ambassador

4. The Delegator

Definition of Delegation

State Nurse Practice Act

The Five Rights of Delegation

5. The Problem Solver

6. The Change Maker

7. The 21st Century Leader

POWER

Contrast the Five Types of Power:

1. Legitimate Power

2. Reward Power

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3. Coercive Power

4. Referent Power

5. Expert Power

What is meant by power dressing and how does if affect your professional image?

How Can You Increase Your Power Resources in each of the Following Areas?
a. Physical
b. Psychological
c. Material Resources
d. Expert Power
e. Legitimate Power
f. Referent Power
g. Reward Power

What is Networking & how can it be helpful to you?

What is Empowerment?

What strategies will facilitate Empowerment?

How can you empower clients?

ROLE OF THE NURSE AS A TEACHER

What is meant by the legal implications of teaching?

Explain the relationship of each of the following to the role of the nurse as a
teacher?
a. ANA – “Social Policy Statement”, 1995
b. State Nurse Practice Acts
c. JCAHO & other accrediting bodies

What is Teaching?

What is Learning?

Explain each of the following principles of learning (Theories)

a. capacity to learn is unique

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b. learning must be individualized

c. readiness to learn or motivation must be present

d. learning must progress from the familiar or prior learning to new learning

e. learning must actively involve the learner

f. learner must be involved in planning the learning

g. learning must progress from the simple to complex & the concrete to abstract

h. immediate feedback reinforces learning

i. repetition strengthens learning

j. satisfaction reinforces learning

k. learning is a continuous process

l. learner needs to experience success

m. use a variety of teaching methods

What is meant by the three Domains of Learning? –(Bloom)

1. Cognitive
2. Psychomotor
3. Affective

What is meant by Learning Styles?

Describe each of the following styles of learning?
How could you increase client learning with each of these styles?
Visual
Auditory
Kinesthetic

Explain & give examples of each of the following Barriers to Learning:

Environmental
Socio-cultural
Physiological
Psychological

Explain differences in learning for each of the following developmental levels

throughout the life cycle:
What strategies could the nurse use to increase learning for each of these
developmental levels?

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Children

Adolescents

Adult

Older Adults
visually-impaired

hearing- impaired

memory-impaired

reaction time lengthened

What is the role of documentation in client education?

Describe each phase of the Teaching Learning Process:

a. Assessment

b. Nursing Diagnosis
Ex.: Knowledge deficit: crutchwalking R/T inexperience as evidenced by
multiple questions & hesitancy to walk

c. Planning

d. Implementation

e. Evaluation

Sample Test Questions

Which leadership style is leader focused?

a. Autocratic
b. Democratic
c. Laissez-faire
d. Synergistic
The client is able to change his dressing. This is an example of learning in which
domain?
a. Affective
b. Cognitive
c. Conditioning
d. Psychomotor

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