A successful leader is able to:
A. Accept the status quo if it is working.
B. Make a difference no matter what it takes
C. Be reactive to change
D. Have a poor or nonexistent personal life
Question 2Which of the following describes a vision?
A. Organization's short-term goals
B. Summary of how an organization evolved to its current state
C. Image of where an organization wants to be in the future
D. Organization's plan to reach its goals
Question 3Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, I Have a Dream speech is an excellent example of which of the following?
A. A leader energizing people toward action
B. One person revolting against society
C. A leader propelling his or her own agenda
D. One person's dream changing health-care policy
Question 4Which of the following is one of the most significant contributions a nurse leader can make to a group or organization?
A. Formulating a lockstep long-term plan for the organization
B. Mandating overtime for all RNs until goals are met
C. Defining and sharing a vision
D. Hiring only licensed practical nurses (LPNs)
Question 5Using the Leadership and Management Competency Checklist, the nurse preceptor can assist the orienting nurse to obtain skills in leadership and management and to professionally develop their role.
Some of the areas involved on this checklist include:
A. Electrocardiogram (ECG), laboratory spe-cimen collection, and physical assessment
B. Specimen collection, nasogastric tube in-sertion, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and telemetry
C. Team building, communicating, profes-sional role development, and unit man-agement
D. Code cart, IV management, PYXIS classi-fications, and physical assessment
Question 6Which of the following characteristics are reflective of a transformational leader?
A. Honest, charismatic, passionate, and op-timistic
B. Sympathetic, commanding, pessimistic, and controlling
C. Honest, competitive, goal-directed for self-achievement, and controlling
D. Unilateral decision maker, solely inter-ested in the bottom line, and pessimistic
Quick Reply
