Test Bank Questions - Leadership Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

7. A clinic nurse has observed another nurse deviating from agency policy in performing wound care. The best approach for the clinic nurse to take is to: a. Stay out of it. b. Inform the nursing supervisor. c. Fill out a notification form (incident report). d. Assess the risk to the client and the agency before proceeding {Ans: ANS: D In assessing risk, the nurse engages in the initial step of the problem-solving process, which involves asking, "What benefits (or risks) will be derived from solving it?" Purposeful inaction may not be appropriate when the individual cannot resolve the problem or when there is risk to patients.}8. The clinic nurse understands that problem solving is best defined as a. A higher order thinking process. b. Selecting the best option for reaching a predefined goal. c. Identifying "what is" and "what should be." d. Determining creative approaches to resolving a problem or issue. {Ans: ANS: C Critical thinking is a higher order thinking process. Problem solving is a step in decision making that is focused on solving an immediate problem, which can be viewed as a gap between "what is" and "what should be"}Which of the following is an