COMPLETE TEST BANK FOR YODER-WISE’S LEADING AND MANAGING IN CANADIAN NURSING 7TH EDITION BY YODER-WISE

TEST BANK FOR YODER-WISE’S LEADING AND MANAGING IN CANADIAN NURSING 7TH EDITION BY YODER-WISE/ 

Chapter 01: Leading, Managing, and Following

Yoder-Wise: Leading and Managing in Nursing, 7th Edition 

MULTIPLE CHOICE 

 1. A nurse manager of a 20-bed medical unit finds that 80% of the patients are older adults. She

is asked to assess and adapt the unit to better meet the unique needs of the older adult patient.

Using complexity principles, what would be the best approach to take for implementation of

this change? 

a. Leverage the hierarchical management position to get unit staff involved in

assessment and planning. 

b. Engage involved staff at all levels in the decision-making process.

c. Focus the assessment on the unit and omit the hospital and community

environment.

d. Hire a geriatric specialist to oversee and control the project. 

ANS: B 

Complexity theory suggests that systems interact and adapt and that decision making occurs

throughout the systems, as opposed to being held in a hierarchy. In complexity theory, every

voice counts, and therefore, all levels of staff would be involved in decision making. 

TOP: AONE competency: Communication and Relationship-Building 

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 2. A unit manager of a 25-bed medical/surgical area receives a phone call from a nurse who has

called in sick five times in the past month. He tells the manager that he very much wants to

come to work when scheduled but must often care for his wife, who is undergoing treatment

for breast cancer. According to Maslow’s need hierarchy theory, what would be the best