Exam 4: Developing the Role of Manager

A nurse manager has worked rapidly to bring the staff to accept changes in the unit's mission,so that downsizing can be avoided.This nurse manager is using quantum leadership by:

As a nurse manager,you embrace the usefulness of resources such as Smart Bed.This behavior is important to:

The successful integration of informatics into healthcare settings is key to:

A nurse manager is experiencing considerable conflict among staff members because of weekend staffing coverage.During a called staff meeting,the nurse manager asks the disgruntled staff to meet as a group and determine the best staffing practices.In doing this,the nurse manager is using the concept of collaboration to:

The hospital administrator approves a case management position for a new rehabilitation unit to help reduce costs.In developing the job description,the nurse manager understands that a key element of case management is:

A nurse manager's responsibility for financial management involves making budgetary decisions.Budgets that allow the nurse manager to allocate resources at the unit level allow:

Which of the following is not important in a positive work environment,as defined by the AONE?

In developing an orientation program,the hospital educator breaks essential organizational information down into chunks,which she develops as online modules.This is an application of which of Drucker's functions of management?

The nurse manager is anticipating changes on the unit because of managed care.It is up to the manager to "sell" the staff on this care concept.A goal of managed care that the staff must understand is that managed care is:

In orienting a 25-year-old nurse,the unit manager understands that this worker:

During staff meetings,you make it a regular practice to encourage shared problem solving and to recognize those who go beyond basic roles and responsibilities to contribute to a positive team environment and to quality patient care.This practice exemplifies:

As a nurse manager,you identify that a shift in nursing care models might increase patient and staff satisfaction and avoid downsizing.Administration is reluctant to adopt this approach because downsizing is seen as critical to reduction of costs.To leverage your ideas,you:

The nurse manager,as the leader of the unit's "customer (client)first" initiative,has asked the staff nurses to develop and administer a survey to every client before discharge.In asking the staff nurses to accomplish this task,the nurse manager is demonstrating:

Budgeting and protection of revenues is a function of:

A nurse manager is discussing with unit staff the repeated lack of staff compliance in documenting exercise activity for post-cardiac surgery clients.The unit's licensed practical/vocational nurses are responsible for ensuring that clients carry out the prescribed exercise regimen and that the activity is documented.Using Drucker's five basic functions of a manager,identify appropriate functions for the nurse manager to use when addressing this situation

Role theory has its underpinnings in management theory.Management theories influence managers' leadership styles.Which of the following theories would a nurse manager be most likely to follow when redesigning the staffing schedule?

Nancy is a staff nurse who works on a rehabilitation unit.Nancy tells you that the assistants are experiencing difficulty with the new lift and wonders what your thoughts on organizing an in-service would be.Nancy is exhibiting which trait of a follower?

As a manager with a high percentage of young professionals,you increase job satisfaction among this young staff by:

Nurses on Unit 4 are unhappy and frustrated with their nurse manager.They complain that "nothing is ever good enough for him." These statements suggest that the nurse manager's goals may be:

A manager who is concerned with ensuring that patients on her surgical unit have the necessary information to make informed choices is: