This major function of the management process establishes formal authority. It defines qualitications and also includes staffing

On the other hand, this major function of management process actuated efforts towards the accomplishments of goals. It includes updating policies and procedures

She noticed that policies and standard operating procedures (SOP's) are strictly implemented in the hospital. What management function is this?

The management function that involves determining the objectives of an organization and task needed to complete objectives is

The purpose of organizational structure to

Situation: Jun is the new supervisor of the medical-surgical unit with 40 bed capacity. A critical component of the supervisory process is delegation. Which of the following is the most empowering to the staff?

Which task can be delegated to the nursing aid when the patient is stable?

A nurse manager assigned a registered nurse from telemetry unit to the pediatric unit. There were three patients assigned to the RN. Which of the following patients should not be assigned to the floated nurse?

The registered nurse is planning to delegate tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). Which of the following task could the registered nurse safely assigned to a UAP?

A nurse in charge in the pediatric unit is absent. The nurse manager decided to assign the nurse in the obstetrics unit to the pediatrics unit. Which of the following patients could the nurse manager safely assign to the float nurse?

As the supervisor, you plan to implement change in the nursing unit from team nursing to primary nursing. You anticipate that there will be resistance to change. In order to avoid such, which of the following should be done?

The supervisor has implemented to change. A nurse aide seems to be resistant to the change. Which of the following should be done?

As a medication nurse, you are tasked to give digoxin to a patient with arrhythmia. You noticed that the heart rate is 40 beats per minute and the potassium level is below normal. The physician orders digoxin STAT. An assertive response of the nurse should be:

Determining the standard of the institution is one of the concerns in controlling. When the institution has reached the minimum level of excellence, it should:

When conducting nursing audit, the following must be considered EXCEPT:

The most effective way in conducting the nursing audit is to:

Situation: As a nurse in charge, you noted that a lot of confusion occurs in your unit due to some disorganization. You decided to improve work performance. When resistance threatens needed change, what important measure would you use to overcome the resistance?

This is a factor influencing acceptance of staff for change:

These are important qualities of a change agent except;

Having to deal with a lot of people, the nurse manager’s most important communication skill is which of the following?

An old ventilator often malfunctions and has inefficiencies resulting from the speed of the equipment or downtime (amount of time it is out of service for repairs). The organization decided to purchase new technology because the old one is too expensive to maintain. What type of budget is allotted for the equipment?

Nurse Laila is the project head for a feeding program; she requested extra funds in anticipation for fluctuations in resource needs or meet contingency expenses. This type of budget is called:

Which of the following is NOT included in the Operational budget?

An operational budget is a financial tool that outlines anticipated revenue and expenses over a specified period. Which of the following are incorrect regarding budget?

Which among the following is the purpose of monitoring a budget?

Mr. Cabrido gives strong orders, makes decisions and thinks less of his subordinates. He is a leader who is:

When the situation calls for compliance of the followers to ensure the success of the activity, the best leadership style that Nurse Beng will use is:

A leader who defers decision making to his or her followers is called what type of leader?

What kind of communication style should a nurse manager should possess?

The morning supervisor was visiting the ward when the doctor of a patient complained to her about the staff nurse who failed to give the “stat” medication. Applying the principle of “line of authority”, you expected the supervisor to first:

You delegate to the nursing assistant the task of taking the client’s vital signs every 2 hours and recording the vital signs in the patient’s chart. Later you check the client’s chart and discover that the vital signs have not been recorded. What is your BEST action?

Several nurses complain to the nurse manager that one of the nursing aides constantly takes extensive lunch breaks. The nurse manager should:

Situation: As a supervisor you are confronted with several problems arising from various causes or reasons. It ranks from Administration – clinical – personnel, which later resulted to conflict. You tried to find means to resolve it. When conflicts arise in the unit, the best thing that the unit manager should do is:

Desirable goals for a nurse manager include all of the following EXCEPT:

Katherine tells one of the staff, “I don’t have time to discuss the matter with you now. See me in my office later” when the latter asks if they can talk about an issue. Which of the following conflict resolution strategies did she use?

She notes that there is an increasing unrest of the staff due to fatigue brought about by shortage of staff. Which action is a priority?

Kathleen knows that one of her staff is experiencing burnout. Which of the following is the best thing for her to do?

St. Raphael Medical Center just opened its new Performance Improvement Department. Ms. Valencia is appointed as the Quality Control Officer. She commits herself to her new role and plans her strategies to realize the goals and objectives of the department. Which of the following is a primary task that they should perform to have an effective control system?

Ms. Valencia develops the standards to be followed. Among the following standards, which is considered as a structure standard?

She knows that performance appraisal consists of all the following activities EXCEPT:

Which of the following statements is NOT true about performance appraisal?

There are times when Katherine evaluates her staff as she makes her daily rounds. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of conducting an informal appraisal?

When she presents the nursing procedures to be followed, she refers to what type of standards?

Ms. Valencia prepares the process standards. Which of the following is NOT a process standard?

Nurse Mary is the head nurse and tells Nurse Fatima her staff nurse what to do. What kind of communication is this?

Nurse Jane is coordinating with the OR department for a scheduled surgery of one of her patients. This kind of communication is?

When responsibilities have to be delegated to the member, the manager must:

He was asked how the staff will be evaluated. He probably will show them the following EXCEPT:

Situation: Jun just received his appointment paper as permanent employee. He was told by the head nurse that it was his loyalty, commitment, competence, and caring attitude that contributed to his present appointment. Which response describes Jun as an assertive person?

The nurse revised the system for the delivery of nursing care which is referred to as:

A new nursing graduate is attending an agency orientation regarding the nursing model of practice implemented in the facility. The nurse is told that the nursing model is team nursing approach. The nurse understands that planning of care delivery will be based on which characteristic of this type of nursing model of practice?

Jun was assigned to take care of 5 to 6 patients from admission to discharge. The system is:

One of his patients who have a chronic hypertensive vascular disease asked Jun if he can be available to take care of her even before admission and even after discharge. What system does the patient refers to?

Which pattern of nursing care involves the care given by a group of paraprofessional workers led by a professional nurse who take care of patients with the same disease conditions and are located geographically near each other?

The most traditional method of nursing care delivery is:

A mother requested for a nurse to take care of her daughter who has systemic lupus erythematosus at home. What patient assignment supports this?

You noticed that one of the senior nurses is assigning a patient care based on the concept of allocation of specific duties to her staff nurses. This would be a characteristic of:

The nurse in the medication unit passes the medications for all the clients on the nursing unit. The head nurse is making rounds with the physician and coordinates clients’ activities with other departments. The nurse assistant changes the bed lines and answers call lights. A second nurse is assigned for changing wound dressings; a licensed practitioner nurse takes vital signs and bathes the clients. This illustrates of what method of nursing care?

Situation: MJ is chosen to be a part of the research team of the hospital and as a researcher she made a review of the following important nursing concepts was made. As a professional nurse, MJ knows that a nurse can do research for varied reason except:

Which of the following methods allows the use of any group of research subject?

He checks if his instruments meet the criteria for evaluation. Which of the following criteria refers to the consistency or the ability to yield the same response upon its repeated administration?

Which criteria refer to the ability of the instrument to detect fine differences among the subjects being studied?

Which of the following terms refer to the degree to which an instrument measures what it is supposed to be measured?

If a person participating in a research study refuses to continue participating, what should a nurse do?

A researcher does review of related literature for the purpose of:

A patient is participating in a cardiac study in which his physician is directly involved. Which statement by the patient indicates a lack of understanding about his rights as a research study participant?

You decided to include 5 barangays in your municipality and chose a sampling method that would get representative samples from each barangay. What should be the appropriate method for you to use in this care?

When a researcher in a qualitative study chooses the participants based on what they may be able to contribute to the study, the sampling method selected is called as:

Which of the following quantitative research designs is most appropriate if Noel, a nurse investigator assigned in a City Health Office, is interested to determine the relationship between social class and nutritional status of children under 6 years of age living in Metro Manila?

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relationship between social class and nutritional status of children under 6 years of age living in Metro Manila? While the dependent variable is

The sampling method that is most appropriate to give each element of the population the probability to be included in the study, “Relationship between social class and nutritional status of children under 6 years of age living in Metro Manila”, is:

Since Metro Manila is a big area for the study, Noel can do successive random sampling to choose the district from where he can eventually select the study sample. This type of sampling is:

The nutritional status of children in the study, “Relationship between social class and nutritional status of children under 6 years of age living in Metro Manila”, is determined by ‘weight by age’. Weight is an example of what level of measurement?

The sex of the children included in the study, “Relationship between social class and nutritional status of children under 6 years of age living in Metro Manila”, will be classified as male and female. This measurement is:

The social class variable includes “education” with the possible choices given as: 1. Elementary level 2. Elementary graduate 3. High school level 4. High school graduate The above set of choices is an example of what level of measurement?

Which of the following studies is based on quantitative research?

Which of the following studies is based on qualitative research?

MJ implemented a medication regimen using a new type of combination drugs for manic patients while another group of manic patients will receive the routine drugs. The researcher however, handpicked the experimental group for they are the clients with multiple episodes of bipolar disorder. MJ utilized what research design?

From the hypothesis, “Compliance to home care regimen is greater among patients who received the structured discharge plan instructions than those who received verbal discharge instructions.” Which is the independent variable in the study?

“Compliance to home care regimen is greater among patients who received the structured discharge plan instructions than those who received verbal discharge instructions.” Which is the dependent variable in the study?

Situation: Mastery of research design determination is essential in passing the NLE. Community A was selected randomly as well as Community B. Nurse Beth conducted teaching to Community A and assess if Community A will have a better status than Community B. The design best suited for this study is:

Ricky researched on pneumonia. Its transmission, causative agent and factors, treatment, signs and symptoms as well as medication and all other in-depth information about pneumonia. This study is best suited for which research design?

Marlon is always eating high fat diet. You want to determine what will be the effect of high cholesterol food to Marlon in the next ten years. You will use:

Joseph is to perform a study about how nurses perform surgical asepsis during (world war 2) WWII. A design best for this study is:

Melinda conducts sampling at barangay 156. She collected 100 random individuals and determine who is their favorite comedian actress. 50% said Eugene Domingo, 20% said Ai Ai, while some answered Ruffa Mae Quinto, Candy Pangilinan, Tuesday Vargas. Melinda conducted what type of research study?

Sheena researched on the development of a new way to measure intelligence by creating a 100-item questionnaire that will assess the cognitive skills of an individual. The design best suited for this study is;

Situation: MJ is chosen to be a part of the research team of the hospital and as a researcher she made a review of the following important nursing concepts was made. In the value: 85, 76, 93, 88, 90; what is the mean?

In the value: 86, 85, 91, 91, 85, 83, 87, 85; what is the mode?

Draw lots, lottery, table of random numbers or a sampling that ensures that each element of the population has an equal and independent chance of being chosen is called:

MJ wants to determine some of the problems that are experienced by diabetic patients when using an insulin pump. She went into a clinic where she personally knows several diabetic clients having problem with insulin pump. The type of sampling done by MJ is called:

If she implemented a new structured counseling program with a randomized group of subjects and a routine counseling program with another randomized group of subjects, the research is utilizing which design?

In any research study where individual persons are involved, it is important that an informed consent of the study is obtained. The following are essential information about the consent that you should disclose to the prospective subjects except:

In the hypothesis: “Taller people and people with higher caloric intake weigh more than shorter people and those with lower caloric intake.” Which is the dependent variable of the study?

In the hypothesis: “Taller people and people with higher caloric intake weigh more than shorter people and those with lower caloric intake.” Which is the independent variable of the study?

In the hypothesis: “Patients receiving warmed solution for body cavity irrigation during surgical procedures will maintain a higher core body temperature than patients receiving a room temperature solution.” Which is the independent variable in the study?

In the hypothesis: “Patients receiving warmed solution for body cavity irrigation during surgical procedures will maintain a higher core body temperature than patients receiving a room temperature solution.” Which is the dependent variable in the study?

“Women who have participated in Lamaze classes request pain medication during labor less often than women who have not taken these classes.” Which of the following is the independent variable?

“Women who have participated in Lamaze classes request pain medication during labor less often than women who have not taken these classes.” Which of the following is the dependent variable?

Situation: Melissa plans to conduct a study about nursing practice in the country. She decides to refresh her knowledge about the different types of research in order to choose the most appropriate design for her study. She came across surveys, like the Social Weather Station and Pulse Asia Survey. Which of the following is the purpose of this kind of research?