QUESTION How are the behaviors in each category of Bloom’s domains of learning arranged? 1. Alphabetically 2. Simplest to most complex 3. By length of the word 4. Randomly ANSWER: Correct Answer: 2 Each of the domains has a developed hierarchical classification system; that is, the behaviors that demonstrate learning in each category are […]
QUESTION The manager of an emergency department tries to involve staff in department decisions. However, when a mass casualty situation arises, the nurse becomes very directive. What style of leadership does this situation describe? 1. Authoritarian 2. Transformational 3. Laissez-faire 4. Situational ANSWER: Correct Answer: 4 In situational leadership, levels of direction and support […]
QUESTION The nurse works in a small hospital that uses narrative documentation rather than computer documentation. The nurse makes a practice of documenting care only at the end of the shift, just before giving shift report. Which aspect of documentation credibility does this most clearly violate? 1. It is contemporaneous. 2. It is accurate. 3. […]
QUESTION Which option is an example of an inferential concept? 1. Rash 2. Equilibrium 3. Pain 4. Powerlessness ANSWER: Correct Answer: 3 Inferential concepts are indirectly observable and include such ideas as pain and temperature. Rash is a concrete or readily observable concept. Equilibrium and powerlessness are nonobservable or abstract concepts.
QUESTION What is the American Nurses Association Standard of Professional Performance as it applies to contribution to the professional development of peers? 1. Only nurses who want to contribute to peer professional development should do so. 2. All nurses have a responsibility for contributing to the professional development of peers. 3. Only nurses with master’s […]
QUESTION The nursing faculty is revising their program’s curriculum and is developing a conceptual model. What will this faculty develop? 1. A graphic illustration of a conceptual framework. 2. An overall view or orientation to focus thoughts. 3. A system of ideas proposed to explain a given phenomenon. 4. A specific outline of the curriculum’s […]
QUESTION A small school district cannot afford to employ registered nurses at each of its individual school campuses. Can this school offer health-promotion activities? 1. No; there must be a healthcare professional present for these activities. 2. It can only do so if the district employs a nurse consultant to plan the curriculum. 3. It […]
QUESTION The staff members of a unit are inspired by their nurse-manager’s leadership and enjoy working to create a positive nursing environment of the unit’s patients. What style of leadership does this situation best describe? 1. Transformational 2. Authoritarian 3. Laissez-faire 4. Situational ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1 Transformational leadership “reconsiders the characteristics of the […]
QUESTION The nurse is planning a research study to test a theory. Which approach is generally best for this endeavor? 1. Deductive using quantitative research methods. 2. Inductive using quantitative research methods. 3. Deductive using qualitative research methods. 4. Inductive using qualitative research methods. ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1 Generally speaking, theory testing uses a […]
QUESTION The nurse-manager tends to make most unit decisions without consulting the nursing staff. Which word best describes this style of leadership? 1. Authoritarian 2. Situational 3. Transformational 4. Laissez-faire ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1 In authoritarian leadership, the leader makes decisions for the group. In situational leadership, levels of direction and support vary according […]
