You are offered an opportunity to take a temporary leave from your position as a nurse manager to lead a technology implementation project. Which of the following reasons for accepting the opportunity is most consistent with developing a solid career path?

Knowing your professional strengths is important to:

The chief nursing officer at a local hospital seeking Magnet® status creates staff development classes concerning translation of research into practice (TRIP). What best describes TRIP?

John is interested in leadership positions within his nursing organization. Although he has been on the same unit for 10 years, he has attended two workshops during that time and has steadfastly refused opportunities to engage in leadership development opportunities or other learning offered as part of the hospital’s succession planning strategy. He says that he is interested in a leadership role primarily because it will give him a more stable work schedule and will enable him to spend more time with his family. In coaching John, it would be important to:

As a senior executive, you are keen to develop your hospital as a learning organization. Part of your purpose in translating this vision into practice is to:

A unit manager recently graduated as a clinical nurse specialist with a focus in gerontology. She applied to take a certification exam. Certification is designed to recognize:

The clinical guidelines for management of incontinence developed by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO):

A nurse is applying for a new position. This position is one in which she will serve as a liaison between a hospital and a school of nursing. The nurse must update her résumé to include her teaching experience. The goal of creating a curriculum vitae is to:

Which of the following is not important in a positive work environment, as defined by the AONE?

The new head nurse on G Unit has been the subject of a great deal of discussion and complaining during breaks. She is a competent nurse of tremendous integrity with approximately 30 years’ experience. Her predominant method of problem solving and communication is through meetings, which can go over the allotted time. The staff may:

On your curriculum vitae, which of the following is the recommended approach for listing employment and educational history information?

Budgeting and protection of revenues is a function of:

Nurses on Unit 17 complain that their manager frequently “checks up on them” and encourages little involvement in decision making and yet, during performance reviews, praises them for their outstanding performance. Nurses on Unit 18 indicate that their experience is different from that of nurses on Unit 17. The manager on Unit 18 encourages active involvement in decision making and provides authentic, growth-promoting feedback. The practices on Units 17 and 18 reflect.

The primary difference between a résumé and a CV is that a résumé:

As a nurse manager, you embrace the usefulness of resources such as Smart Bed. This behavior is important to:

Which of the following is an effective approach in the appraisal of research studies?

The adage “leaders are born and not made” reflects which of the following ideas around leadership?

Kari, a head nurse on the dialysis unit, has been informed during budget planning meetings that budget cuts are likely. She discusses this at the next unit meeting and tells staff members that unless they do their jobs well, their positions may be terminated, and there will be no replacement. Kari is enacting which management style?

Nancy is a staff nurse who works on a rehabilitation unit. Nancy tells you that the assistants are experiencing difficulty with the new lift and wonders what your thoughts are on organizing an in-service training. Nancy is exhibiting which trait of a follower?

The nurse manager wants to use evidence-based recommendations to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia. What is the critical first step to effectively gather evidence for guiding practice?

A nurse manager is experiencing considerable conflict among staff members because of weekend staffing coverage. During a called staff meeting, the nurse manager asks the disgruntled staff to meet as a group and determine the best staffing practices. In doing this, the nurse manager is using the concept of collaboration to:

Becky graduated 5 years ago and is keenly interested in pursuing leadership opportunities. She has been active in learning about leadership through workshops and Internet research and recently began a graduate degree program with a focus on nursing administration. She has excellent clinical skills and eagerly accepts responsibility for various projects on the unit. Her sarcastic and sometimes aggressive behavior tends to alienate other staff members on the unit. In coaching Becky, you:

At an organizational level, which of the following strategies would assist in ensuring that EBP is incorporated into nursing care?

Which of the following is most accurate regarding evidence-based practice?

To help staff nurses adjust to using research in practice, what strategy would the nurse manager use?

What is a strategy that can be used by a small community hospital with limited resources to develop an evidence-based nursing practice program?

As a nurse manager on a urology unit, you note that there has been a marked increase in medication errors on the unit. Which of the following actions would be consistent with the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) measures?

A cover letter and a résumé together should be no longer than ________ page(s).

While interviewing for a nurse manager position, Ann is asked to give an example of a situation in which she demonstrated leadership. Which of the following examples exemplifies leadership?

During an interview for a manager’s position, you find the supervisor and staff unfriendly. Responses to questions are met with vague responses. After the interview, you decide not to pursue the position. What follow-up, if any, is most appropriate?

Before beginning her own nursing agency, a nurse worked with other temporary nursing agencies in nine states and multiple agencies. She had set a personal goal to start her own agency. What type of motivation does this exemplify in career success?

A nurse manager has worked to bring the staff to participate in and then accept changes in the unit’s mission, so that downsizing can be avoided. How is the nurse manager using change theory for this situation?

The nurse manager plays a unique role in institutional management in that the nurse manager:

A nurse manager in a hospital is deeply concerned that senior administration makes decisions about budgetary directions that affect staffing and other resources without sharing the rationale for changes or demonstrating concern as to how these changes may affect patients or staff. She says she does not feel respected and is emotionally tired as a result. This situation represents:

Susan, a new graduate on the dialysis unit, appears to take Kari’s remarks very seriously and works even harder, often volunteering for extra assignments. She also is often in Kari’s office, advising of successes with her patients and of the extra effort that she is committing. This behavior suggests that Susan:

The senior executive praises John for the positive patient evaluations that his unit has received. As an effective leader, John:

To enhance team leadership skills for your team leaders, you arrange opportunities for:

The Sunny long-term care facility has experienced numerous difficulties with staff relationships, despite its success in maintaining financial viability and judicious use of resources. Staff members complain that the primary concerns of the facility include applying policy, saving money, and ensuring that lawsuits are avoided. There is little trust in, and involvement of, staff members. This facility may be:

After a newly hired director of nursing has reviewed the hospital’s strategic plans, she develops a time line for achieving those plans. The new leader is:

Which of the following nurses is MOST likely to inspire others to do their best?

The director of nursing has been observing staff interactions in a 20-bed coronary care unit. Based on her observations, which of the following staff members is an obvious leader?

A young male nurse began in nursing as a staff nurse at a hospital. After 3 years, he moved to a home healthcare agency for increase in pay and taking a position as a manager in the agency. What type of motivation does this exemplify in career success?

A well-written letter of resignation is critical to:

In developing an orientation program, the hospital educator breaks essential organizational information down into chunks, which she develops as online modules. This is an application of which of Drucker’s functions of management?

A nurse manager introduces prompted voiding into nursing practice on a unit, which is supported by clinical guidelines based on evidence-based practice. The nurses on the unit resist implementation, indicating that the bathroom facilities are too far away for efficient implementation of the guidelines, and that resources are too few to accomplish the initial voiding observations. For the nurse manager in this situation, it is important to have further discussion with the staff regarding:

Thomas has been a nurse in your ICU for 10 years. In facilitating Thomas’ professional development, the nurse manager would focus on:

  

Electronic health records (EHRs) are being instituted at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Some of the staff on Unit 4 complain to the manager that acquiring the technologic skills required is too time consuming. They question its value in patient care. The manager responds that:

A group of managers is meeting to discuss ideas related to the successful implementation of evidence-based practice on their units. Susan has been asked by the director of care to assume leadership of these discussion groups. After two such sessions, Susan expresses disappointment to her mentor that the group seems disinterested in her ideas and that they are listening to Ken, who has much less experience with leadership. In discussing this with Susan, the mentor understands that leadership: