By 2019, national health-care costs are expected to reach:
a. 2 billion.
b. 20 billion.
c. 4.5 trillion.
d. 40 trillion.
Question 2_____ is the process in which the application is reviewed before determining whether the nurse meets the pre-established criteria for the position.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Question 3Which of the following statements describe structural determinants of power within an organization (select all that apply)?
a. Power is derived from independence.
b. Power is derived from providing re-sources.
c. Power is derived from certainty.
d. Power is derived from being irreplaceable.
e. Power is derived from the ability to affect the decision process.
Question 4A nurse manager recognizes the need to expand her professional network as she begins a job search for a middle-management position. Which of the following actions is least likely to ex-pand her job-searching network?
a. Reviewing her address book or card file for names and phone numbers of former colleagues who are now in mid-dle-management positions
b. Making an appointment to meet with a former instructor from her graduate pro-gram in nursing administration
c. Making a long overdue return call to a former colleague who is now a chief nurse executive
d. Attending a state-level conferences for nurse managers and executives and vo-lunteering to help with professional or-ganizations' informal luncheons and re-ceptions
Question 5Outcomes measurement is complex because ____.
a. Budgets are unable to allocate sufficient funds
b. Health care is multidimensional
c. Patients may not cooperate
d. Treatments are not always necessary
Question 6Two nurses approach their manager about a conflict regarding the next month's schedule. The nurses are talking loudly and at the same time. The manager most effectively uses communication skills to resolve the conflict by:
a. Taking both nurses aside, separately and then together, and charging them with re-solving the problem without her direct intervention.
b. Listening to each nurse speak to the other without interruption and asking clarifying questions to help them resolve the issue themselves.
c. Separating the nurses, instructing each to decide how the problem can be resolved, and meeting with them the next day.
d. Calling an emergency scheduling com-mittee meeting and asking volunteers to resolve the conflict between the two nurses.
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