A nurse is reading about positive reinforcement with the goal of increasing staff motivation. Which action would demonstrate positive reinforcement?
a. Every morning at shift change, thank each employee for an excellent job.
b. Rotate a monthly employee recognition award among all employees on the unit.
c. Wait until the annual performance review to recognize accomplishments.
d. Give spur-of-the-moment recognition to an employee who has accomplished a goal.
Which action represents the key management function of strategic planning?
a. Determining that all nurses on the unit understand the current organizational philosophy
b. Evaluating the communication process between the pharmacy and the nursing departments
c. Monitoring data from the quality management initiative related to the last three orientation programs
d. Developing a 5-year plan that will incorporate the clinical nurse leader as a part of all nursing units
Florence Nightingale is attributed with being intelligent (she developed statistical methods to evaluate health care), dependable (she often worked long hours to care for the injured), and ambitious (she fought against society's perception of nursing).
). Those who depict her as a leader on the basis of these qualities are practicing which leadership theory?
a. Trait
b. Chaos
c. Bureaucracy
d. Organizational
A nurse manager is concerned with restocking the emergency cart, creating the staff schedule, requesting floor stock from pharmacy, and checking the orders on patient charts. Which type of leader accurately describes this nurse?
a. Transactional
b. Situational
c. Transformational
d. Contemporary
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