The guiding framework that describes what the organization considers to be its business direction is the:
a. futuristic guidelines.
b. organizational vision.
c. strategic plan.
d. tactical operand.
Question 2What is the basic premise of interactional theory?
A) Leadership behavior is generally determined by the relationship between the leader's personality and the specific situation.
B) Manager behaviors are generally determined by the relationship between the manager's personality and the specific situation.
C) Both managers and followers have the ability to raise each other to higher levels of motivation and morality.
D) Both leaders and followers have the ability to raise each other to higher levels of motivation and morality.
Question 3America was on its way to creating a holistic health-care system until which of the following events marked the beginning of a change of focus for health care?
a. Discovery of sulfa in the 1930s
b. Introduction of health-care insurance in the 1940s
c. Immigration of Europeans in the 1920s
d. Rural to urban migration of people in the 1950s
Question 4The Emergency Department nurses' decision to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining is being driven by a desire to:
a. Establish the staffing pattern that will be used.
b. Determine the hours that one is willing to work.
c. Create a professional practice environ-ment.
d. Protect against arbitrary discipline and termination.
Question 5Which of the following is a pregnancy risk factor for chromosomal abnormalities?
a. Fetus with ultrasound showing increased neck thickness
b. Father with history of alcoholism or substance use
c. Mother older than 25 carrying more than one fetus
d. Parents younger than 18 years of age