What role is the nurse utilizing when making out schedules, managing budgets, and directing
individuals?
A) Manager B) Leader
C) Decision maker D) Coordinator of activities
Question 2The nurse manager tells a nurse how to organize her day. What leadership style is being
demonstrated?
A) Democratic B) Autocratic C) Social D) Laissez-faire
Question 3What action demonstrates leadership?
A) Organizing a volunteer opportunity
B) Writing letters to a legislator regarding a specific piece of legislation
C) Joining a professional organization
D) Running for office in a professional organization
Question 4When are leadership skills best learned?
A) After a formal internship when a new graduate has developed a strong technical skill base
and will be respected enough to become a leader.
B) Leadership skills cannot be learned; leaders are born.
C) Leadership skills are best learned on the job.
D) Nurses begin to learn to be leaders the moment they enter nursing school; these skills are best
developed further in the final year of their education.
Question 5What is the ultimate purpose for transdisciplinary collaboration in health care?
A) Cost containment B) Greater job satisfaction
C) Improved patient outcome D) Empowerment
Question 6When the nurse walks in to evaluate a patient's status post gastric bypass surgery, The patient
states, I am fine..
The nurse notes that the patient has made no eye contact, her tone of voice is flat,
the television is off, the blinds are drawn, and the patient appears to have been crying. What action
should the nurse take?
A) None, as the patient has stated she is fine.
B) Confront the patient with regard to the discrepancy between her verbal and nonverbal
communication. She should then ask the patient how she is really doing.
C) Open the blinds, offer the patient some medication for her pain, and provide her with a
much-needed back rub while assessing her skin.
D) Consider the discrepancy between the patient's verbal and nonverbal communication. Based
on this discrepancy the nurse may wish to sit quietly with the patient.
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