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Leadership Basics
100

Incorporating the best scientific evidence, along with clinical expertise and patient preferences into decision making to improve patient care and outcomes. 

What is evidence based practice?

100

This process requires nurses and interprofessional teams to work together toward shared goals for patient care.

What is collaboration?

100

This leadership principal ensures that nurse leaders act honestly and ethically in all decisions. 

What is integrity? 

100

This leadership style motivates and inspires team members by creating a shared vision for the future. 

What is Transformational Leadership? 

100

What is the term for influencing others to achieve a common goal?

What is Leadership?

200

A systematic and scientific process aimed at generating new knowledge, refining existing knowledge or extending what is already known. 

What is nursing research?

200

This concept emphasizes working cohesively, sharing responsibilities and supporting each other to achieve optimal patient outcomes. 

What is teamwork?

200

Allowing nurses to make independent clinical decisions within their scope of practice. 

What is autonomy? 
200

This benefit of transformational leadership helps team members work well together and trust each other.

What is teamwork? 

200

Name one national patient safety goal.

What is patient identification, medication safety?

300

This type of approval is required before conducting any nursing study to ensure ethical standards are met.

What is IRB (Institutional Review Board)?

300
This strategy for handling disagreements focuses on finding a solution and maintaining professional relationships. 
What is conflict resolution? 
300

This leadership approach encourages nurses to take ownership of their practice and contribute to ideas for improvement. 

What is empowerment? 

300

This benefit of strong nurse leadership helps nurses feel supported and valued, reducing turnover and burnout. 

What is job satisfaction? 

300

This process is used to identify the cause of errors. 

What is Root Cause Analysis (RCA)?


400

This step in the clinical inquiry process involves critically examining and synthesizing research findings to determine validity, relevance and applicability to clinical practice. 

What is literature review and appraisal? 

400

This leadership model supports shared decision making be giving nurses a voice in clinical decision making, organizational policy and practice changes. 

What is shared governance?

400

This designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center recognizes hospitals where nursing leadership drives excellence in practice, professional development, and patient care. 

What is Magnet Designation?

400

A cornerstone of effective nursing leadership that allows team members to feel safe, respected, and confident in their roles while promoting open communication and collaboration.  

What is trust? 

400

Which organization sets standards for hospital accreditation? 

What is the Joint Commission?
500

Limited time, lack of resources, and resistance to change are examples of these obstacles to implementing evidence-based practice changes.

What are barriers to evidence-based practice?

500

This principle of shared decision-making ensures diversity of perspectives by giving all participants an equal opportunity to share ideas and take part in decisions. 

What is inclusivity?  

500

This national database helps nurse leaders track nursing-sensitive indicators, benchmark performance, identify improvement areas, and support evidence-based practice for better patient care. 

What is NDNQI?

500

This key indicator of care quality improves when nurses are motivated and empowered to provide exceptional patient-centered care.

What is patient satisfaction?

500

What is the process of identifying and developing future nurse leaders to ensure organizational continuity? 

What is succession planning?