Leadership Types
Which type of leader is permissive and encourages group decision-making?
Laissez-faire
Which management function makes decisions regarding what needs to be done, how it will be done, and who is going to do it?
Planning
Which framework considers the hierarchy of human needs when prioritizing interventions?
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Which is the most appropriate assignment to delegate to a UAP? A patient that requires a wound dressing change or a patient that requests assistance with ADLs.
A patient that requests assistance with ADLs
Which competency minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance?
Safety
Which type of leader focuses on immediate problems and uses rewards for motivation?
Transactional
Which management function has organizational structure that determines the lines of authority, channels of communication, and where decisions are made?
Organizing
Which framework is used when health resources are extremely limited such as during a mass casualty event or a disaster triage?
Survival Potential
Which patient would you want to go see first? It is the start of morning shift at 8 am. A patient postop who is scheduled for pain meds at 8:30am or a patient with a blood sugar and insulin due before breakfast at 8:30am.
A patient with a blood sugar and insulin due before breakfast at 8:30
Which competency integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care?
Evidence-Based Practice
Which type of leader leads by example with a strong moral code?
Bureaucratic/Authentic
Which management function involves acquisition and management of adequate staff and staffing mix?
Staffing
A nurse is assessing a child at the scene of a school bus crash. The child has several bruises and a superficial 5 cm (2in) laceration that has stopped bleeding on his left arm. The nurse should assign the child to which triage category?
Minor/Nonurgent
The time is 0800, who should the nurse see first? A patient who has their breakfast but is waiting to eat because they need their blood sugar checked or a patient who has a dressing change that takes 30 minutes but has therapy at 0900.
A patient who has their breakfast but is waiting to eat because they need their blood sugar checked
Which competency recognizes the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient’s preferences, values, and needs?
Patient-Centered Care
Which type of leader empowers followers towards a long-term vision?
Transformational
Which management function has a leadership role assumed by a manager that influences and motivates staff to perform assigned roles?
Directing
Which framework maintains client safety while posing the least amount of restriction?
Least Invasive/ Least Restrictive
Which action related to fluid management should be delegated to a UAP? Providing straws and offering fluids between meals
or teaching patient about adequate fluid intake.
Providing straws and offering fluids between meals
Which competency refers to functioning effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care?
Teamwork and Collaboration
Which type of leader is flexible, adapts leadership style based on the situation, combines autocratic and has a democratic approach?
Situational
Which management function is the evaluation of staff performance and evaluation of unit goals to ensure identified outcomes are being met?
Controlling
The nurse is assigned a patient that is experiencing a sudden onset of shortness of breath and a patient that is short of breath due to a COPD exacerbation. Which patient will the nurse prioritize?
Patient experiencing sudden onset SOB
Auscultate breath sounds, administer meds via MDI, check oxygen saturation using pulse oximetry, or evaluate the patient's technique for using MDIs.
Evaluate the patient's technique for using MDIs
Which competency uses data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems?
Quality Improvement