Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Employees with a long history at the facility are easier to control.
2. This method of developing leaders has proved to be cost-effective.
3. The leadership development can be varied according to the needs of the nurse.
4. When leaders are developed from within, management is already aware of their strengths and weaknesses.
5. The specific needs of the organization can be served.
Correct Answer: 2,3,4,5
Rationale 1: Developing leaders from within is not a control strategy.
Rationale 2: Cost-effectiveness comes from retaining high-performing nurses.
Rationale 3: Many nurse leaders fail, not because they don’t want to be a leader, but because they don’t have the
tools and skills they need. When a leader is developed from within, these tools and skills can be tailored to the
individual.
Rationale 4: When a nurse has worked at the hospital as a staff nurse, strengths and weaknesses are revealed.
Rationale 5: Since the leaders are being developed from within, the organization can match strengths and
interests to identified needs.
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: 17-4: Describe the benefits of nurse residency programs, career advancement strategies, and
leadership on motivation.
Question 25
Type: MCMA
During strategic planning, the committee finds a need to develop a succession plan for the facility. What
committee findings would draw attention to this need?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
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1. More nurses are electing to move into management positions.
2. Many of the facility’s senior nursing managers indicate they will likely retire within 5 years.
3. The nursing shortage in the area continues to worsen.
4. Salaries continue to rise, making profitability low.
5. Many of the nurses moved into leadership positions fail.
2. “Find out how much managers in the local area hospitals are paid.”
3. “Decide which current nurses would make good managers.”
4. “Analyze management training opportunities.”
5. “Research generational change theory.”
5. The manager must constantly monitor the situation.
Rationale 2: When training is on-the-job there is no need to leave the facility campus.
Rationale 3: No professional educators are necessary.
Rationale 4: Since the nurse is learning while doing the skill or procedure, there is no issue with transfer of
learning.
Rationale 5: Since the nurses are learning something they are actively doing, they are motivated to learn.
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: 17-3: Explain how orientation, preceptors, and on-the-job instruction can help motivate
staff.
Question 29
Type: MCSA
A nurse has been asked to teach newly hired nurses how to operate some client care equipment that the unit has
just received. The nurse says, “I’d love to do this, but someone else will need to take my clients today.” How
should the manager respond?
1. “You will need to work the education into your day as you take care of clients.”
2. “This will be a good break for you.”
3. “You can use the classroom in the hospital basement for your instruction.”
4. “I will authorize your additional salary for the next pay period.”
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
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Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Implementation
Learning Outcome: 17-3: Explain how orientation, preceptors, and on-the-job instruction can help motivate
staff.
Question 30
Type: MCMA
A nurse manager is selecting nurses to serve as teachers in on-the-job instruction. What qualifications should these
nurses hold?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. At least one nursing degree higher than those being taught
2. Willingness to teach new nurses
3. Ability to explain procedures accurately and clearly
4. Formal instruction in educational methodology
5. Experience as a clinical preceptor
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Planning
Learning Outcome: 17-3: Explain how orientation, preceptors, and on-the-job instruction can help motivate
staff.
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