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Test Bank For Leading And Managing In Nursing, 6th Edition

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Chapter 01: Leading, Managing, and FollowingChapter 01: Leading, Managing, and FollowingYoder-Wise: Leading and Managing in Nursing, 6th EditionMULTIPLE CHOICE1. A nurse manager of a 20-bed medical unit finds that 80% of the patients are older adults. She isasked to assess and adapt the unit to better meet the unique needs of the older adult patient. Usingcomplexity principles, what would be the best approach to take in making this change?a. Leverage the hierarchical management position to get unit staff involved in assessment andplanning.b. Engage involved staff at all levels in the decision-making process.c. Focus the assessment on the unit, and omit the hospital and community environment.d. Hire a geriatric specialist to oversee and control the project.ANS: BComplexity theory suggests that systems interact and adapt and that decision making occursthroughout the systems, as opposed to being held in a hierarchy. In complexity theory, every voicecounts, and therefore, all levels of staff would be involved in decision making.REF: Page 8 TOP: AONE competency: Communication and Relationship-Building2. A unit manager of a 25-bed medical/surgical area receives a phone call from a nurse who hascalled in sick five times in the past month. He tells the manager that he very much wants to come towork when scheduled but must often care for his wife, who is undergoing treatment for breast cancer.According to Maslow’s need hierarchy theory, what would be the best approach to satisfying theneeds of this nurse, other staff, and patients?a. Line up agency nurses who can be called in to work on short notice.b. Place the nurse on unpaid leave for the remainder of his wife’s treatment.c. Sympathize with the nurse’s dilemma and let the charge nurse know that this nurse may be callingin frequently in the future.d. Work with the nurse, staffing office, and other nurses to arrange his scheduled days off around hiswife’s treatments.ANS: DPlacing the nurse on unpaid leave may threaten the nurse’s capacity tomeet physiologic needs anddemotivate the nurse. Unsatisfactory coverage of shifts on short notice could affect patient care and

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