Leadership Exam Mary Mount University Proctored Exam Practice Questions

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• Clyde requires an anticoagulant. He tells the nurse about his medications. He neglects to mention he's taking an herbal supplement.
• Claude is booked for bowel surgery. His doctor explains about the colostomy. Later, Claude tells his wife that he really doesn't know what the doctor meant by colostomy.
• Sarah is a new parent who finds that nurses on the children's unit are very helpful. She is eager to accept all suggestions, including those that she does not understand.
• George keeps a list of all medications, including OTC and natural remedies. Before every appointment, he makes a list of questions to bring and asks for clarification when he has conflicting information.

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• Supersede the need for staff members to file incident reports.
• Discipline staff members who have been involved in previous incident reports.
• Compensate for previous injuries.
• Eliminate these risks before anyone is harmed.

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• Analyze the cause of the problem.
• Define the problem.
• Measure the problem.
• Solve the root cause.

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• Accreditation standards
• State regulations
• Availability of agency staff
• Patient acuity

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• Followers do not question senior leaders.
• Leaders are also followers.
• Followers need linear structures.
• Leaders should provide detailed directions to the new staff.

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• Vacation time, holiday time, and sick time
• Paid hours minus meeting time
• Work time, educational time, and holiday time
• Paid hours minus worked hours

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• Measurable and physician-sensitive
• Patient care-centered and non-measurable
• Measurable and nursing-sensitive
• non-measurable and nonphysician-sensitive

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• "Ms. S needs help to get into and out of her bathtub. Her bath will need to be completed by soon. When you are helping her to dry, please check between her toes and toenails, and phone me by 10:30 if you notice any discoloration or redness."
• "I am not sure that you know how to do this, but I am giving you Ms. S. She is quite obese and needs skin care."
• "You all need to help Mrs. S get into and out of her shoes. Ensure that you check the condition of her feet, and let me know if you have any concerns when you check in."
• "You will be taking care of Ms. S, who needs assistance with her bath."

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• Actively make the decisions during the planning and implementation process.
• Allow control of decision-making to team members to create an active learning environment.
• Set the rules for planning how to reach the goal.
• Maintain close oversight to approve all decisions made by team members.

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• Functional structure.
• Transformational leadership.
• Matrix service line.
• Bureaucratic.

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• Have paid salaried employees.
• Pay no taxes but are mandated to provide some community services.
• Can refuse clients who are unable to pay.
• Pay dividends to stockholders.

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• Understandable and specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• People-oriented
• Meaningful