QUESTION Which strategy to manage planned change is nonparticipative and undemocratic? 1. Normative-reeducative 2. Empirical-rational 3. Power-coercive 4. Legitimate power ANSWER: Correct Answer: 3 The power-coercive approach is based on the application of power from a legitimate source and has minimal participation by target members. The normative-reeducative approach is based on the assumption that […]
QUESTION The nurse frequently discusses personal, sensitive topics with clients of both genders. How should the nurse proceed in these conversations? 1. Understand that females use communication to establish independence and status. 2. Be assured that there is no difference between men and women in communication. 3. Women are always more emotional in such conversations […]
QUESTION What are Lewin’s steps of change? 1. Instruct, manage, and reward 2. Chaos, change, and control 3. Trust, autonomy, and initiative 4. Unfreezing, moving, and refreezing ANSWER: Correct Answer: 4 Lewin’s three basic steps or stages are unfreezing, moving, and refreezing. Lewin based his theory on the concept that within the physical sciences […]
QUESTION What is the term informatics used to describe? 1. The use of the World Wide Web 2. PDAs 3. How nurses use data 4. All aspects of computers and information systems ANSWER: Correct Answer: 4 The term informatics is used to describe all aspects of computers and information systems; it is interdisciplinary, combining […]
QUESTION What has been one of the major changes in health care? 1. More care delivered by physicians 2. Fewer nurse practitioners 3. The emphasis on health promotion and wellness 4. Hospital administrators who are nurses ANSWER: Correct Answer: 3 The emphasis on health promotion and wellness is a fundamental change in health care. […]
QUESTION In Lewin’s Force Field Analysis Model, which two forces affect change? 1. Power and coercion 2. Driving forces and restraining forces 3. Reward and punishment 4. Discontentment and challenge ANSWER: Correct Answer: 2 Lewin’s theory contained explanations from both psychology and the physical sciences. The Force Field Analysis Model examined two forces affecting […]
QUESTION What component of the communication process is the source encoder? 1. The context of the message 2. The message sender 3. The receiver of the message 4. The channel ANSWER: Correct Answer: 2 The source encoder is the sender of the message or the person who wants to transmit a message to another. […]
QUESTION The nurse enters the client’s room and asks the client a question from the doorway. What distance is this considered? 1. Public 2. Social 3. Personal 4. Intimate ANSWER: Correct Answer: 2 Social distance ranges from 4 to 12 feet. Many interactions with clients occur at this distance. Intimate distance ranges from personal […]
QUESTION Which are considered barriers to the access of health care by Americans? 1. Cost of care 2. Community health centers 3. Lack of research for evidence-based practice 4. The use of nurse practitioners ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reports that the U.S. expenditure for health care was […]
QUESTION In the hospital setting, which overarching concepts are used in informatics theories and sciences? (Select all that apply.) 1. Telehealth needs 2. Data, information, and knowledge 3. Ergonomics 4. Phenomena of nursing 5. Computer science and information science ANSWER: Correct Answer: 2, 4, 5 Four metastructures, or overarching concepts, are used in informatics […]
