Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Contact officials only when necessary to avoid becoming a bother.
2. Avoid social media contact with officials.
3. Address only one issue in each correspondence.
4. Depend on form letters for correspondence.
5. Always make an appointment before visiting an elected official.
Correct Answer: 3,5
Rationale 1: The nurse should build relationships with officials by keeping in touch. It is not savvy to make
contact only when a need exists.
Rationale 2: Email and Twitter are considered viable contact methods.
Rationale 3: The nurse should focus the official’s attention on one issue.
Rationale 4: Handwritten letters get more attention than form letters.
Rationale 5: Making an appointment is the best way to ensure that the official will be in the office, will have time
to talk, and will be prepared to address the issue.
Global Rationale:
Cognitive Level: Analyzing
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Planning
Learning Outcome: 7-6: Describe how nurses can use politics to influence policies.
Question 24
Type: MCMA
Which statements reveal that the nurse being described has real power?
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1. “She is so powerful. I have to admit I’m a little afraid of her.”
2. “I have such respect for her and the work she does.”
3. “It is an honor to work with her.”
4. “She had an opportunity to go to another hospital, but she chose to stay here and help us through accreditation.”
5. “She knows how to use her power to get what she wants.”
Rationale 1: Nurses are knowledge workers, but this is not the reason many view power as unattractive.
Rationale 2: The idea of having power “over” someone or “power-grabbing” is oppressive. Many nurses hold this
view of power.
Rationale 3: Having power with others is not perceived as unattractive by nurses, but having power over others is.
Rationale 4: Power increases self-esteem.
Global Rationale:
Cognitive Level: Applying
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Evaluation
Learning Outcome: 7-2: Describe how power is used.
Question 26
Type: MCSA
A nursing leader wishes to maintain an image of power on a multidisciplinary committee. In a meeting, a
committee member makes a statement that the nurse believes is in error. How should the nurse respond?
1. “I don’t think what you are saying is correct.”
2. “Would you clarify what you just said?”
3. “What evidence supports that statement as accurate?”
4. Say nothing and research the topic before the next meeting.
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
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Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Implementation
Learning Outcome: 7-3: Discuss how image is a source of power.
Question 27
Type: MCSA
Why would the strategic planning committee choose shared visioning as a strategy for change?
1. Shared visioning makes change easier.
2. Shared visioning facilitates the more rapid implementation of changes.
3. Shared visioning means responsibility for error is shared.
4. Shared visioning means the leader has less responsibility for getting things done.
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Planning
Learning Outcome: 7-4: Explain how to use shared visioning as a power tool.
Question 28
Type: MCSA
The nurse cared for Senator Bill Smith while he was hospitalized last year. The nurse now wishes to send him a
letter supporting a bill that will be voted on in the current legislative session. Which salutation should the nurse
use in the letter?
1. Dear Senator:
2. Dear Bill:
3. Dear Sir:
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4. To whom it may concern:
Rationale 3: Ability to access data is information power. Information power is a personal power.
Rationale 4: Formal and informal links with people of influence are the basis of connection power. Connection
power is a personal power.
Rationale 5: Admiration and respect for an individual is based partly on the person’s friendliness, helpfulness,
and likability. Admiration and respect result in referent power. Referent power is a personal power.
Global Rationale:
Cognitive Level: Applying
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Planning
Learning Outcome: 7-1: Define power.
Question 30
Type: MCSA
Which event would likely improve a nurse’s position power within an organization?
1. The nurse is promoted to nurse manager.
2. The nurse is voted “most likable” as part of a Nursing Day celebration.
3. The nurse has just graduated from a master’s program in nursing.
4. The nurse’s wife has just been elected to the town council.
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Evaluation
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Learning Outcome: 7-1: Define power.
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