Professional nurses can develop communication skills to help them be effective leaders in many ways. ...

Professional nurses can develop communication skills to help them be effective leaders in many ways. Which of the following actions would be most important to improve communication skills?
 
  A. Reading professional journals regularly
  B. Achieving national certification in one's specialty area
  C. Attending a professional conference or lecture on the impact of managed care
  D. Serving on a Patient Care or Nursing In-itiative Committee

Question 2

The definition of nursing includes several fundamental aspects which include
 
  a. Attention to the full range of human experiences and responses to health and illness
  b. Integration of objective data with an understanding of the subjective experience of the patient
  c. Application of scientific knowledge to the processes of diagnosis and treatment
  d. Provision of a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing
  e. All of the above

Question 3

The process of valuing involves:
 
  a. Choosing values
  b. Prizing values
  c. Acting on values
  d. All of the above

Question 4

Of the following leaders, the one that best represents a leader with a vision of enhancing each individual's ability to communicate globally while at the same time providing almost universal access to all is:
 
  A. Lois Evans providing a restraint-free en-vironment for the elderly
  B. Henry Ford inventing affordable cars
  C. William Gates developing personal com-puters
  D. Sister Teresa volunteering in India

Question 5

As a student, you find that your philosophy of nursing is congruent with that proposed by Watson. Thus, you consider the concept of nursing to be best represented by which of the following:
 
  a. reciprocal transpersonal relationship in caring moments guided by carative factors
  b. manipulation of stimuli to foster successful adaptation
  c. a process of human interaction to help patients achieve their goals
  d. use of true presence to facilitate the becoming of the participant
  e. management of the environment to implement natural laws of health

Question 6

Robert Frost, the great American poet, said, Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream of things that never were and say why not? This statement best reflects which of the fol-lowing types of leadership?
 
  A. Stewardship
  B. Change
  C. Vision
  D. Power