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TEST BANK FOR NURSING DELEGATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT CARE 3RD EDITION BY MOTACKI Section 1: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP 1. Leadership and Management 2. Organizational Structure of Health Care 3. Strategic Management and Planning 4. Financial Management in Health Care 5. Health Care Regulatory and Certifying Agencies Section 2: STRUCTURAL EMPOWERMENT 6. Organizational Decision Making and Shared Governance 7. Professional Decision Making and Advocacy 8. Communication in the Work Environment 9. Personnel Policies and Programs in the Workplace Section 3: EXEMPLARY PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 10. Professional Development 11. Professional Practice and Care Delivery Models and Emerging Practice Models 12. Staffing and Scheduling A nurse has accepted a position on a nursing unit where the nurse manager promotes autonomy and staff involvement in decision making. What would the nurse expect to observe on this unit? a. Nurse manager mandates changes. b. Staff takes responsibility for assignments. c. Staff participates on hospital committees. d. Nurses are recognized for excellence in practice. ANS: C Work environments that promote autonomy and decision making encourage participation on hospital committees so that staff may become involved in the decisions that are made. Option A is incorrect because this is not an environment in which staff are encouraged to participate in decision making. Option BNiUs RinScoIrrNecGt TbeBca.uCseOiMt should be seen in all environments regardless of autonomy. Option D is incorrect because excellence in practice is not seen solely in autonomous environments. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: page 6 6. The fundamental element of any patient care delivery combines work allocation with a. patient acuity. b. leadership. c. clinical decision making. d. delegation. ANS: C Work allocation is necessary in any patient care delivery system. The other options are incorrect because it is not necessarily useful in determining the appropriate patient care delivery systems needed. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis