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1. Identif...y the source of the conflict and understand the points of friction
2. As a young manager, she knows that conflict occurs in any organization. Which of the
following statements regarding conflict is NOT true?
3. Katherine tells one of the staff, “I don’t have time to discuss the matter with you now.
See me in my office later” when the latter asks if they can talk about an issue. Which of the
following conflict resolution strategies did she use?
1. Smoothing
2. Compromise
3. Avoidance
4. Restriction
4. Kathleen knows that one of her staff is experiencing burnout. Which of the following is
the best thing for her to do?
4. Let the staff ventilate her feelings and ask how she can be of help.
5. She knows that performance appraisal consists of all the following activities EXCEPT:
1. Informing the staff about the specific impressions of their work help improve their
performance.
7. There are times when Katherine evaluates her staff as she makes her daily rounds.
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of conducting an informal appraisal?
4. The evaluation may provide valid information for compilation of a formal report.
8. She conducts a 6-month performance review session with a staff member. Which of the
following actions is appropriate?
9. Alexandra is tasked to organize the new wing of the hospital. She was given the authority
to do as she deems fit. She is aware that the director of nursing has substantial trust and
confidence in her capabilities, communicates through downward and upward channels and
usually uses the ideas and opinions of her staff. Which of the following is her style of
management?
1. Benevolent –authoritative
2. Consultative
3. Exploitive-authoritative
4. Participative
10. She decides to illustrate the organizational structure. Which of the following elements is
NOT included?
1. Level of authority
2. Lines of communication
3. Span of control
4. Unity of direction
11. She plans of assigning competent people to fill the roles designed in the hierarchy.
Which process refers to this?
1. Staffing
2. Scheduling
3. Recruitment
4. Induction
12. She checks the documentary requirements for the applicants for staff nurse position.
Which one is NOT necessary?
1. Orientation
2. Induction
3. Selection
4. Recruitment
14. She tries to design an organizational structure that allows communication to flow in all
directions and involve workers in decision making. Which form of organizational structure
is this?
1. Centralized
2. Decentralized
3. Matrix
4. Informal
4. Bottom
16. She decides to have a decentralized staffing system. Which of the following is an
advantage of this system of staffing?
2. Conserves time
17. Aubrey thinks about primary nursing as a system to deliver care. Which of the
following activities is NOT done by a primary nurse?
18. Which pattern of nursing care involves the care given by a group of paraprofessional
workers led by a professional nurse who take care of patients with the same disease
conditions and are located geographically near each other?
1. Case method
2. Modular nursing
4. Team nursing
19. St. Raphael Medical Center just opened its new Performance Improvement
Department. Ms. Valencia is appointed as the Quality Control Officer. She commits herself
to her new role and plans her strategies to realize the goals and objectives of the
department. Which of the following is a primary task that they should perform to have an
effective control system?
2. Rotation of duty will be done every four weeks for all patient care personnel.
21. When she presents the nursing procedures to be followed, she refers to what type of
standards?
1. Process
2. Outcome
3. Structure
4. Criteria
22. The following are basic steps in the controlling process of the department. Which of the
following is NOT included?
3. Step-by-step guidelines
4. Statement which guide the group in decision making and problem solving
24. She wants to ensure that every task is carried out as planned. Which of the following
tasks is NOT included in the controlling process?
1. Initial assessment shall be done to all patients within twenty four hours upon admission.
3. Patients’ reports 95% satisfaction rate prior to discharge from the hospital.
4. Patient education about their illness and treatment shall be provided for all patients and
their families.
26. Which of the following is evidence that the controlling process is effective?
27. Ms. Valencia is responsible to the number of personnel reporting to her. This principle
refers to:
1. Span of control
2. Unity of command
3. Carrot and stick principle
4. Esprit d’ corps
28. She notes that there is an increasing unrest of the staff due to fatigue brought about by
shortage of staff. Which action is a priority?
29. Kevin is a member of the Nursing Research Council of the hospital. His first assignment
is to determine the level of patient satisfaction on the care they received from the hospital.
He plans to include all adult patients admitted from April to May, with average length of
stay of 3-4 days, first admission, and with no complications. Which of the following is an
extraneous variable of the study?
1. Date of admission
2. Length of stay
3. Age of patients
4. Absence of complications
30. He thinks of an appropriate theoretical framework. Whose theory addresses the four
modes of adaptation?
1. Martha Rogers
3. Florence Nightingale
4. Jean Watson
31. He opts to use a self-report method. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about this
method?
32. Which of the following articles would Kevin least consider for his review of literature?
33. Which of the following variables will he likely EXCLUDE in his study?
1. Competence of nurses
3. Salary of nurses
4. Responsiveness of staff
3. level of satisfaction
4. degree of acceptance
35. He checks if his instruments meet the criteria for evaluation. Which of the following
criteria refers to the consistency or the ability to yield the same response upon its repeated
administration?
1. Validity
2. Reliability
3. Sensitivity
4. Objectivity
36. Which criteria refer to the ability of the instrument to detect fine differences among the
subjects being studied?
1. Sensitivity
2. Reliability
3. Validity
4. Objectivity
37. Which of the following terms refer to the degree to which an instrument measures what
it is supposed to be measure?
1. Validity
2. Reliability
3. Meaningfulness
4. Sensitivity
38. He plans for his sampling method. Which sampling method gives equal chance to all
units in the population to get picked?
1. Random
2. Accidental
3. Quota
4. Judgment
39. Raphael is interested to learn more about transcultural nursing because he is assigned
at the family suites where most patients come from different cultures and countries. Which
of the following designs is appropriate for this study?
1. Grounded theory
2. Ethnography
3. Case study
4. Phenomenology
1. Dorothea Orem
2. Madeleine Leininger
3. Betty Newman
1. Answer: (A) Identify the source of the conflict and understand the points of
friction
This involves a problem solving approach, which addresses the root cause of the
problem.
4. Answer: (D) Let the staff ventilate her feelings and ask how she can be of help.
Reaching out and helping the staff is the most effective strategy in dealing with
burn out. Knowing that someone is ready to help makes the staff feel important;
hence her self-worth is enhanced.
5. Answer: (D) Focusing activity on the correction of identified behavior.
Performance appraisal deal with both positive and negative performance; is not
meant to be a fault-finding activity
6. Answer: (C) Patients are the best source of information regarding personnel
appraisal.
The patient can be a source of information about the performance of the staff but it
is never the best source. Directly observing the staff is the best source of
information for personnel appraisal.
17. Answer: (B) Provides care to a group of patients together with a group of nurses
This function is done in team nursing where the nurse is a member of a team that
provides care for a group of patients.
20. Answer: (B) Rotation of duty will be done every four weeks for all patient care
personnel.
Structure standards include management system, facilities, equipment, materials
needed to deliver care to patients. Rotation of duty is a management system.
23. Answer: (B) Characteristics used to measure the level of nursing care
Criteria are specific characteristics used to measure the standard of care.
24. Answer: (A) Instructing the members of the standards committee to prepare
policies
Instructing the members involves a directing function.
25. Answer: (C) Patients’ reports 95% satisfaction rate prior to discharge from the
hospital.
This refers to an outcome standard, which is a result of the care that is rendered to
the patient.
26. Answer: (A) The things that were planned are done
Controlling is defined as seeing to it that what is planned is done.
31. Answer: (C) Most accurate and valid method of data gathering
The most serious disadvantage of this method is accuracy and validity of
information gathered