Leadership Roles And Management Functions in Nursing Theory and Application 7th Edition by Marquis Huston – Test Bank

1. What does recruitment from outside the organization do?
A) Promotes long-term retention of employees
B) Potentially increases the number of qualified candidates
C) Promotes nepotism
D) Produces the most qualified candidates

2. Jim has been a registered nurse for 6 months. Although the first 6 months were difficult, he is beginning to feel more comfortable in his new role as a registered nurse. Jim is probably in what stage of his career development?
A) Experimentation
B) Entry
C) Mastery
D) Disengagement

3. Which does not qualify as organizational justification for a career development program?
A) Employee attrition can be reduced.
B) Personnel can be used more effectively.
C) Quality-of-work life can be improved.
D) Employees can make more money.

4. What is career planning?
A) The organization’s responsibility
B) Requires spontaneous assessment of goals
C) Made easier when a career map is used to develop a long-term plan
D) Should be episodic in nature

5. What is important in résumés’ structure?
A) Emphasize strong and weak points equally
B) Be at least four to five pages in length
C) Reflect complex, scholarly language
D) Be concise and easy to read

6. Which is a personal responsibility for career management?
A) Developing career ladders
B) Establishing career paths
C) Providing challenging assignments
D) Developing a career plan

7. What is important about long-term coaching for career development?
A) Should occur annually at performance appraisal reviews
B) Should focus on employee performance deficits
C) Requires the same intensity as a mentoring relationship
D) Occurs over the entire employment tenure of an employee

8. A nurse has been transferred to another unit in the hospital to perform the same type of duties. What type of transfer is this called?
A) Accommodating
B) Lateral
C) Diagonal
D) Downward

9. What is accurate about management development classes?
A) Are not cost-effective, but increase worker satisfaction
B) Are necessary for all individuals in management positions
C) Require the inclusion of social learning activities
D) Is a responsibility of middle-level management

10. What is a factor that may lead nurses to become disengaged in their careers?
A) Nurses don’t feel they have careers.
B) Boredom and job indifference increase with time on the same job.
C) Many nurses begin their nursing career in midlife or interrupt their careers for childrearing.
D) There is no identifiable factor influencing job disengagement.

Answer Key

1. B
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. D
7. D
8. B
9. C
10. B