Leadership

A medical care facility is seeking to establish an orthopedic center of excellence. The nurse manager teaches direct care nurses about opportunities available to them in the process. Which task would a direct care nurse be eligible for?

Conducting a literature review

The nurse manager asks the staff nurse to participate in creating new guidelines for providing services to the client. Which management strategy is utilized by the nurse manager?

Empowerment of staff

Which question related to quality of decisions would the nurse leader consider while assessing the degree of conflict resolution?

How creative are the resulting plans?

A nurse working in a medical unit finds that diabetic clients have a knowledge deficit regarding use of glucose-monitoring devices. The nurse requests that a colleague who works in the outpatient diabetic counseling department provide health teaching to the clients. Which type of power does the nurse's colleague hold?

Information power

A direct care nurse performs exceedingly well on a cancer project. As a result, the managerial team decides to promote the nurse to a managerial position. Which actions by the nurse would justify the decision of the panel? Select all that apply.

Inspiring new ideas Establishing short-term goals Demonstrating positive feelings Maximizing results from existing resources

"In today`s workplace, female-male collaboration should provide efficacious models for the future." Which statements support this saying? Select all that apply.

Men and women must learn to work together. Women and men bring separate perspectives to resolving problems.

Which type of behavior by the registered nurse results in a low-to-stable level of commitment?

Punitive

What is the key idea of role theory in nurse leadership? Select all that apply.

To understand behavior in certain circumstances To collect concepts that predict the actors' performance in a given role

The nurse resolves a conflict with another nurse by using accommodation. In what situations is accommodation appropriate for resolving conflict? Select all that apply.

When facing trivial issues When the other person's solutions appear better When harmonious relationships have to be preserved