Chapter 10: Leadership, managing and delegating
Involves one party deciding to let the other party win in exchange for something else of value
Accomodation or cooperating
Also called directive leadership or authoritarian leadership, involves the leader assuming control over the decisions and activities of the group. It is often an efficient process, yet many people may resent this leadership when used regularly.
Autocratic leadership
What type of leadership style will be most effective during a code blue?
Autocratic leadership
There is awareness of the conflict solution, but the parties decide to either ignore the conflict or postpone its resolution
Avoiding
What are marquis and Hustons six styles for dealing with conflict?
Avoiding, accommodating, competing, compromising, collaborating, and smoothing
This approach results in a win for one party at the expense of the other group
Competing
Involves both parties willingly relinquishing something of equal value
Compromising
A nurse informs the client that the client has no choice and must take a bath in the morning. What type of leadership does this exemplify?
Directive leadership
The nursing manager is assisting the hospital to meet requirements for magnet recognition. Which measure should the nurse manager recognize as being a requirement for this recognition?
Encouraging reporting of errors or potential errors without fear or punishment.
The designated charge nurse on the telemetry unit organizes and facilitates the unit meetings, makes assignments, and performs staff evaluations. This nurse's power to lead is of which type?
Explicit
Power obtained by virtue of a person's position
Explicit power
Power obtained by force of a person's personality that might enable that person to have more power to influence others than designated leaders
Implied power
Leadership style that involves the leader relinquishing power or control to the group. Also known as non directional leadership
Laissez-faire
change is initiated after a careful process of planning
Moving
A nurse aspires to work independently in obstetrics and gynecology in a rural, impoverished setting. What advanced practice role would be most suitable for this nurse
Nurse midwife
This practice requires advanced education and certification in the care of women during uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery.
Nurse midwife
Involves seeing an organization and members as interconnected and collaborative. This style involves change as continually unfolding, and frequently incorporates technology.
Quantum leadership
A client has been having yearly Pap smears and yearly mammograms for more than 10 years. According to Lewin, this client is in which stage of the change process related to having annual Pap smears and mammograms?
Refreezing
change becomes operational
Refreezing
What are Lewin's 3 stages of change?
unfreezing, moving, refreezing
Compared with other hospitals, magnet hospitals have which direct effect on client care?
Better patient outcomes
During this, a leader is needed to direct the actions needed and make quick decisions to positively affect the client
Code blue
What does a clinical nurse leader do?
Collaborates with health care teams to promote client care.
This is a joint effort to resolve the conflict with a win-win solution
Collaborating
Is a process to work through conflicts in a way that minimizes negative effects and promotes positive consequences.
Conflict resolution or conflict management
An effort to compliment the other party and focus on agreement rather than disagreement, thus reducing the emotion in the conflict
Smoothing
The need for change is recognized
Unfreezing
The older client tells the nurse that the client needs to use the restroom. Which safety intervention must the nurse use first?
Assess the need for assistance with ambulation.
A nurse has recently been promoted to nurse manager on a pediatric unit and has decided to accept input from staff regarding changes they would like to see on the unit. What type of leadership style is the nurse embodying?
Democratic
Consists of using generic or ad hoc methods in an orderly manner to find solutions to problems
Problem solving
