Quiz 2 leadership

A nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted after sustaining a fall at home. When creating a care plan for the patient, she requests that the doctor order a home health visit to assess for home safety and medication compliance. in addition, the nurse is concerned about the nutrition of the patient and requests a dietitian evaluation. The nurse is demonstrating which type of leadership skills:

Care coordination

A medical surgical unit reports higher rates if patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of staff satisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data findings?

Effective leadership

A nurse promises to come back to check on his patient every 2 hours. By upholding her promise, he is displaying the ethical principle of:

Fidelity

Which employment setting would likely involve a daytime schedule with weekends off, and would focus on prevention and patient teaching?

Health care providers office

Which setting provides greater nurse autonomy and continuity of care and is less costly for insurance companies?

Home health

A nurse manager in the Ed has noticed a problem of inadequately stocked emergency carts. Medications are often missing and equipment fails to function properly. What is the priority action the nurse should take?

Identify what is causing understocked carts and malfunctioning equipment

A new graduate who has achieved the goal of getting others to do something that is believed necessary has demonstrated what skill?

Leadership

In what setting can the LVN management and leadership skills be developed best?

Long term care facility

What is the term for the commission of an act that a prudent nurse should not have done, or the omission of an act a prudent nurse should have done, that results in injury or harm to another person?

Negligence

What type of leadership uses four different styles, directing, coaching, supporting, and delegating?

Situational

What type of leadership involves a leader who displays little trust or confidence in employees and therefore makes all the decisions?

Autocratic

Which health care employment setting would provide the nurse a very good salary, the opportunity to refuse to take an assignment, and more flexibility in the personal schedule but with an uncertainty of work availability?

temporary agency