Lead the Way
This leadership style gives staff full freedom to make their own decisions with minimal guidance.
What is laissez-faire leadership?
This is how many “rights” are in the rights of delegation.
What is five (right task, circumstance, person, direction/communication, supervision)?
The acronym BE-FAST helps identify this emergency condition.
What is a stroke (CVA)?
A patient’s A1C is 9%. This is what the nurse should reinforce.
What is teaching about hyperglycemia management and medication adherence?
The nurse should check this before giving any medication.
What is the patient’s identification bracelet (two identifiers)?
A democratic leader demonstrates this behavior during a staff meeting.
What is encouraging staff input and collaboration?
After delegating vital signs to a UAP, the nurse’s primary responsibility is this.
What is follow-up and evaluation of the task?
What does the “T” in BE-FAST stand for, and why is it important?
What is “Time” — early intervention improves tPA eligibility and outcomes?
Metformin should be held before this diagnostic test.
What is a CT scan with IV contrast?
A patient receiving tPA should be on this precaution.
What are bleeding precautions?
The nurse manager who makes all decisions without staff input is using what leadership style?
What is autocratic leadership?
A UAP scolds a patient for incontinence. The nurse’s correct response is what?
What is address the UAP privately and report to the charge nurse/manager?
A patient has facial droop, slurred speech, and weakness. These are the two interventions the nurse should do.
What is call 911 and record time symptoms started?
True or False: “Novolog starts working 10–15 minutes after injection.”
What is True — Novolog is a rapid-acting insulin?
A nurse suspects another nurse may be diverting narcotics. This is what the nurse should do first.
What is report to the nursing supervisor?
This type of leader influences others through trust, respect, and vision, not just authority.
What is a transformational leader?
True or False: The nurse should delegate a bed bath to a client who is a stable client admitted 24 hours ago with a TIA.
What is true?
The left side of the brain controls this side of the body.
What is the right side?
The nurse knows simvastatin (Zocor) is effective when this lab value changes.
What is an increase in HDL?
A nurse enters a room and notices a UAP assisting a patient who’s unsteady without a gait belt. This is the nurse’s best immediate response.
What is intervene to ensure safety, assist the patient, and re-educate the UAP on fall precautions?
The informal leader on a unit is best described as this type of staff member.
Who is a respected peer who influences others without formal authority?
The UAP tells a patient to soak their diabetic feet in hot water. This is what the nurse should do.
What is re-educate the UAP — this action is unsafe for diabetic clients?
These are two factors that exclude a patient from receiving tPA.
What is recent surgery or uncontrolled hypertension?
These medications should be held for abnormal BP, potassium, and creatinine in a diabetic patient.
What are glipizide and lisinopril?
The nurse is preparing to administer a patient’s morning medications when the patient says, “That pill doesn’t look like what I usually take.” This is what the nurse should do.
What is hold the medication and verify the order with the provider or pharmacy before administering?