Rationale 3: The work experience is the most important of these potential entries.
Rationale 4: Educational experiences such as graduating with honors should be included in the résumé, but they
are not the most important of these potential entries.
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: 26-4: Build a résumé.
Question 24
Type: MCSA
Several months ago, the nurse accepted a management position in the neurological care unit. The nurse has been
very challenged and stressed and is unsure the position change was the correct choice. What should the nurse do
now?
1. Give proper notice and go back to the previous position.
2. Discuss the matter with the director of the unit.
3. Discuss the matter with staff nurses on the unit.
4. Take a few days off to think about the situation.
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Implementation
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Learning Outcome: 26-7: Discuss what to do when your plans fail.
Question 25
Type: MCSA
A newly promoted nurse manager is overwhelmed by the amount of paperwork that must be submitted to the
director. The nursing unit is very busy and is short staffed, so the manager also takes a client assignment. This
additional work makes the paperwork load even more daunting. Which statement is the most important lesson for
this manager to learn?
1. A manager’s first priority is client care.
2. A manager’s first priority is the nursing staff.
3. The job requires the nurse to adjust, respond to change, and remain flexible.
4. The paperwork is not important.
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Evaluation
Learning Outcome: 26-7: Discuss what to do when your plans fail.
Question 26
Type: MCMA
A nurse knows that both experiences and a plan are important when building a résumé. Which attributes are the
most important for the plan part of this endeavor?
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Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Flexibility
2. Long term
3. Focused on one career path
4. Includes frequent contact with the nurse’s current mentor through the years
5. Designed around a fixed retirement date
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. The exact title of the seminar or event
2. Which colleagues attended with the nurse
3. Who paid for the course and what it cost
4. The date
5. Any certifications achieved
2. A neatly pressed lab jacket and white uniform
3. Capri length pants and sandals
4. Dark pants and a gray jacket
5. Simple jewelry
4. Send a letter to the manager, thanking the organization for the offer.
5. Tell the manager that the client care in the organization was not what was expected.
5. Role-model the behavior by becoming certified.