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Nursing Leadership and Management NCLEX Questions Quizlet Questions
Question 1 of 5
A client is admitted with presumptive diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. After initiating droplet precautions, which doctor order should the nurse carry out first?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: With bacterial meningitis, the nurse initiates an IV catheter first over antibiotics, lumbar tap, or seizure precautions. IV access enables fluid and drug delivery critical for rapid cephalosporin administration to halt infection spread. Antibiotics need a line, lumbar tap confirms diagnosis but delays treatment, and seizures are secondary. Leadership prioritizes access imagine a feverish, stiff-necked patient; IV placement kickstarts care, ensuring timely antibiotics and safety. This aligns with nursing's focus on immediate, life-saving action in infectious emergencies.
Question 2 of 5
Regardless of the size of a workgroup, enough staff must be available at all times to accomplish certain purposes. Which of these purposes is NOT included?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Staffing aims to meet patient needs, cover shifts, and foster growth not to lend hands elsewhere, a coordinator's role. In
Stephanie's unit, adequate RNs ensure care continuity, not unit-hopping, which disrupts focus. Her leadership prioritizes this, ensuring new nurses train and serve patients directly, vital in a tertiary hospital where staffing impacts outcomes, not resource-sharing across units.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is caring for a child who has sustained extensive head injuries. The provider has diagnosed brain death. Which of the following statements should the nurse use to begin a conversation about the option of organ and tissue donation with the child's parents?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Initiating a conversation about organ donation after brain death requires sensitivity and clarity to support grieving parents. The statement I want to give you some information about an option that you have regarding donating your child's organs to others who are in need' is neutral, informative, and respectful, framing donation as a choice without pressure. It opens dialogue by offering facts, allowing parents to process the idea at their pace, which is crucial in a traumatic moment. Your child could save many lives' risks sounding coercive, focusing on outcomes rather than parental autonomy. Have you considered' assumes prior thought, potentially jarring, while It's time to think' implies urgency, which may feel dismissive. The chosen statement balances empathy with education, fostering trust and empowering parents to make an informed decision amidst grief.
Question 4 of 5
Two staff nurses are arguing about whose turn it is to work on the upcoming holiday. In trying to resolve this conflict, the nurse manager meets with both nurses and explains that hospital policy mandates that staff alternate holidays and that it is the turn of the more junior nurse to work the holiday this year. Which of the following conflict management styles is the nurse manager using?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The manager's approach using policy to assign the holiday shift reflects negotiating, balancing power via an exchange (junior nurse works now, senior later). It's not collaboration (joint solution-seeking), avoiding (ignoring the issue), or accommodating (yielding to one). By enforcing a fair trade-off, she resolves the dispute with structure, maintaining equity and reducing tension, typical of negotiation's give-and-take dynamic.
Question 5 of 5
What make you think is the most effective leadership style that can be used during emergency situations?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Autocratic is most effective in emergencies, unlike democratic, laissez-faire, or supportive. Nurse managers like directing a code act decisively, contrasting with delays from consensus. It's critical in healthcare crises for swift action, aligning leadership with life-saving urgency.