RASMUSSEN NUR 4590 EXAM 1 PROFESSIONAL

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RASMUSSEN NUR 4590 EXAM 1 PROFESSIONAL

IDENTITY OF THE NURSE LEADER ACTUAL EXAM

CORRECT ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES/

NUR 4590 EXAM 1 LEADERSHIP RASMUSSEN

• What would be the most helpful intervention to take to help a new RN adjust to

the professional nursing role?

• Advise the new RN to avoid confrontations with doctors whenever possible
• Advise the new RN that this is the real world not the textbook one
• Be alert to signs and symptoms of the shock phase of role transition
• Be alert to signs that the new RN has not shed nursing school values - Ans: C

Feedback:

Managers should be alert to signs and symptoms of the shock phase of role transition. Managers should also ensure that some of the new nurses values are supported and encouraged so that work and academic values can blend. The remaining options do not address the needs of the new RN appropriately.

A new graduate who began their nursing career 6 months ago and who completed orientation 3 months ago is in what stage of professional development?

• Experimentation
• Entry
• Mastery

D) Disengagement - Ans: B

Feedback: the nurse is still in the entry stage and will be until necessary skills are learned. It generally takes an extended period of time to obtain the skills necessary for mastery. The remaining options are not relevant to this question.

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pg. 2 What statement is true regarding decision making?

• It is an analysis of a situation
• It is closely related to evaluation
• It involves choosing between courses of action

D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem - Ans: C

Feedback: Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as

choosing a particular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.

• Which represents the management functions that are incorporated into the

management process?

• Planning, directing, organizing, staffing, and evaluating
• Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
• Organizing, planning, staffing, directing, and evaluating

D) Organizing, staffing, planning, implementing, and controlling - Ans: B

Feedback:

Management functions include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. These are incorporated into what is known as the management process.

What is the advantage of recruiting from outside the organization?

• Promotes long-term retention of employees
• Tends to increase the number of candidates 2 / 4

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• Provides well-motivated candidates

D. Attracts well-qualified candidates - Ans: B

Feedback: recruiting from outside the organization provides an opportunity to

increase the pool of candidates for positions but is no guarantee that these candidates will be more qualified or motivated than those who come from within the organization.

Which information is too much in flux to identify on an organizational chart?

• Grapevine lines of communication
• Line and staff authority
• Span of control

D) Scalar chains - Ans: A

Feedback:

The grapevine lines of communication cannot be placed on an organizational chart because they are constantly in flux. The remaining information is stable and so identified on the chart.

Which statement best describes mentorship?

• The intensity and duration of relationships are similar in mentorship and

preceptorship

• Staff cannot be assigned to become mentors. It is a role voluntarily chosen by

the mentor

• "Mentees" must be willing to put aside their personal goals and beliefs in an

effort to identify more closely with their mentor

• Most nurses will have the opportunity for many mentor relationships during

their careers - Ans: B

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pg. 4 The mentor makes a conscious decision to assist the protEgE in career development, with the relationship usually lasting several years. The remaining statements are not accurate regarding mentorships.

What is employee behavior best reinforced by?

• Praise from a supervisor
• An increase in their pay
• A personally valued reward

D) Threat of punishment - Ans: C

Feedback: Each person is a unique individual who is motivated by different things.The other options lack that element of personal value.

What is the best combination that characterizes the communication process?

• Sender-receiver-message
• Receiver-message-sender
• Sender-message-receiver

D) Message-sender-receiver - Ans: C

Feedback: The combination that best characterizes the communication process is

sender-message-receiver. The other options would result in the likelihood of miscommunication.

• Which is the first step in the time management process?
• Completing the highest priority task
• Allowing enough time for sufficient daily planning
• Reprioritizing based on new information received
• Delegating work that cannot be accomplished in a day - Ans: B
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