NCLEX Sample Questions For Leadership, Management, Bioethics And Research

A positive organizational culture is characterized by proactive and caring behavior among team members. This means that they take initiative, anticipate problems, and work together to find solutions. They also show empathy, support, and kindness towards each other. These behaviors foster a collaborative and supportive environment, where individuals feel valued and motivated. This ultimately leads to higher productivity, job satisfaction, and overall success for the team and the organization.

Charismatic leaders make the followers feel at ease in their presence. They feel that they are in good hands whenever the leader is around.

This is usually not published and oftentimes concealed.

In setting priorities for a group of patients, those who need the most care should be number-one priority to ensure that their critical needs are met adequately. The needs of other patients who need less care can be attended to later or even delegated to assistive personnel according to rules on delegation.

Organizational structure provides information on the channel of authority, i.e., who reports to whom and with what authority; the number of people who directly reports to the various levels of hierarchy and the lines of communication whether line or staff.

The best source of information about the priority needs of the patient is the patient himself. Hence using a nursing care plan based on his expressed priority needs would ensure meeting his needs effectively.

Leaders become leaders because of their birthright. This is also called Genetic theory or the Aristotelian theory

Low morale of staff is an internal factor that affects only the unit. All the rest of the options emanate from the top executive or from outside the institution.

Servant leaders are open-minded, listen deeply, try to fully understand others and not being judgmental

The principle of unity of command means that employees should receive orders coming from only one manager and not from two managers. This averts the possibility of sowing confusion among the members of the organization

Staff preferences should be the least priority in formulating objectives of nursing care. Individual preferences should be subordinate to the interest of the patients.

Goal is a desired result towards which efforts are directed. Other remaining answer choices are all objectives that are aimed at a specific end.

This will allow for the participation of every staff in the unit. If they contribute to the solutions of the problem, they will own the solutions; hence the chance for compliance would be greater.

Laissez faire leadership is preferred when the followers know what to do and are experts in the field. This leadership style is relationship-oriented rather than task-centered.

The principle of ‘esprit de corps’ refers to promoting harmony in the workplace, which is essential in maintaining a climate conducive to work.

When the functional method is used, the psychological and sociological needs of the patients are neglected; the patients are regarded as ‘tasks to be done

Integrate the solutions to his day-to-day activities is expected to happen during the third stage of change when the change agent incorporates the selected solutions to his system and begins to create a change.

Unity of direction means having one goal or one objective for the team to pursue; hence all members of the organization should put their efforts together towards the attainment of their common goal or objective.

A system used to deliver care. In the 70’s it was termed as methods of patient assignment; in the early 80’s it was called modalities of patient care then patterns of nursing care in the 90’s until recently authors called it nursing care systems.

This option follows the framework of the nursing process at the same time applies the management process of planning, organizing, directing and controlling

Transformational leadership relies heavily on visioning as the core of leadership.

Country club management style puts concern for the staff as number one priority at the expense of the delivery of services. He/she runs the department just like a country club where everyone is happy including the manager.

Path Goal theory according to House and associates rewards good performance so that others would do the same

Majority rule involves dividing the house and the highest vote wins.1/2 + 1 is a majority.

A vision refers to what the institution wants to become within a particular period of time.

Providing a pair of hands for other units is not a purpose in doing an effective staffing process. This is a function of a staffing coordinator at a centralized model.

Hierarchy refers to the pattern of reporting or the formal line of authority in an organizational structure.

An organizational culture refers to the way the members of the organization think together and do things around them together. It’s their way of life in that organization

Benevolent-authoritative managers pretentiously show their trust and confidence to their followers

Functional nursing is focused on tasks and activities and not on the holistic care of the patients

The statement, "The Good Shepherd Medical Center aims to provide patient-centered care in a total healing environment" refers to the goal of the organization. A goal is a desired outcome or result that an organization aims to achieve. In this case, the goal of the medical center is to provide patient-centered care in a healing environment.

Team management has a high concern for services and high concern for staff.

This is a staff relationship hence it is depicted by a broken line in the organizational structure

Shared governance allows the staff nurses to have the authority, responsibility and accountability for their own practice

Inspiring others with a vision is characteristic of a transformational leader. He is focused more on the day-to-day operations of the department/unit.

Tall organizations are highly centralized organizations where decision making is centered on one authority level.

Strategic planning involves options long-term goal-setting, extending to 3-5 years in the future and determining directions of the organization except focusing on routine tasks which is attributed to operational planning

Authority is a legitimate or official right to give command. This is an officially sanctioned responsibility

Centralized organizations are needs only a few managers hence they are less expensive and easier to manage

It is not conclusive that certain qualities of a person would make him become a good manager. It can only predict a manager’s potential of becoming a good one.