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Chapter 16
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Chapter 16
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2. What would be the most helpful intervention to take to help a new RN adjust
to the professional nursing role?
Managers should be alert to signs and symptoms of the shock phase of role
transition. Managers should also ensure that some of the new nurses values are
supported and encouraged so that work and academic values can blend. The
remaining options do not address the needs of the new RN appropriately.
Ans: D
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New group members must be socialized into the group, and these socialization
efforts are led by the manager.
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4. You overhear an experienced nurses say to a new nurse, iSorry you wont be
able to join us for our weekly get-together at the local yogurt shop. I see you
are going to be here charting for a while yet.i What is this an example of?
Ans: B
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Ans: D
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Providing available research for the staff is the most concrete action an
organization could take to encourage nurses to incorporate research in practice.
None of the remaining options provides the staff with the tools to implement or
encourage evidence- based practice.
6. What
1. A) Active
2. B) Nonverbal
3. C) Encouraged by the role model
4. D) Passive
Ans: D
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The relationship between an employee and a role model is passive in that the
role model does not actively seek the emulation of the employee.
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7. Which intervention by the unit supervisor best assist the RN who has just
been promoted to charge nurse to adjust to the new role?
Ans: B
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There should be a management group in the organization with which the new
manager can consult. The new manager should be encouraged to use the group
as a resource. The remaining options are limited in their importance in
successfully adjusting to a management role.
8. What is the initial task when organizing a class to prepare nurses to function
in the new neonatal ICU?
Ans: D
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Ans: C
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Ans: C
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Andragogy works well with those who have had life experiences, because they
are mature and can take part in their own learning experiences. In this type of
learning the learner is self-directed rather than dependent. None of the
remaining options accurately describes andragogy.
11. What
Ans: A
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Readiness means that the individual has the prerequisites to move to the next
stage of learning. The prerequisites could be behavior or prior learning. None of
the other options accurately describe readiness to learn.
12. How can the RN best teach a patient how to self-administer insulin?
Ans: D
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When learning motor skills, spaced practice is more effective than massed
practice. The other options would be less effective.
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C) Individuals who make mistakes learn better than those who do not
Ans: B
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Ans: C
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15. What
Ans: B
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Identifying the desired skills or knowledge the staff should have is the first step
in developing an educational program. While the other options are relevant,
they lack the organizational priority of the correct option.
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16. What is the best method for determining the effectiveness of a staff
development program for managing IV puncture sites?
Ans: D
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Instructor evaluation supports effective teaching but not learning of the new
skills. Testing someone at the end of educational training does not confirm that
the learning changed behavior, which is the primary goal of staff development.
There needs to be some method of follow-up to observe whether a behavior
change occurred, showing that the education was effective. Observation of the
staff will fulfill this need. Having a decrease in IV site infections may or may not
be the result of the staff implementing the educational program.
17. Which is a common feature of a learning organization?
1. A) A tolerance of mistakes
2. B) Hiring RNs with baccalaureate degrees
3. C) Encouraging a variety of visions
4. D) Stressing individual learning
Ans: A
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18. What are often neglected areas of the indoctrination process? 1. Induction
2. Orientation
3. Socialization
4. Re-socialization
1. A) 1, 2
2. B) 1, 3
3. C) 2, 4
4. D) 3, 4
Ans: D
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Ans: D
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Managers and education department staff have a shared responsibility for the
education and training of staff. It is not the responsibility of the other options.
21. Which action demonstrates the leadership role to the socialization and
education of new nursing staff during their orientation?
Ans: A
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22. What negative outcome can result from the decentralization of the
responsibilities of staff development?
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23. What term is used to identify previously acquired skills that are necessary
for further learning?
1. A) Experiential factors
2. B) Transfer of learning
3. C) Reinforcement
4. D) Chunking
Ans: A
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Experiential factors are skills previously acquired that are necessary for the next
stage of learning. Transfer of learning refers to the goal of training to transfer
new learning to the work setting. Once the behavior or skill is learned, it needs
continual reinforcement until it becomes internalized. Chunking occurs when
two independent items of information are presented and then grouped together
into one unit.
24. Which statement demonstrates understanding of the concept of the
knowledge of results?
Ans: B
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Research has demonstrated that people learn faster when they are informed of
their progress. The knowledge of results must be automatic, immediate, and
meaningful to the task at hand. People need to experience a feeling of progress,
and they need to know how they are doing when measured against expected
outcomes. The other options failed to demonstrate an understanding of that
need.
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1. A) Readiness
2. B) Motivation
3. C) Task learning
4. D) Transfer of learning
Ans: C
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