The following are the charateristics of a plan, except:

It is a predetermined course of action intended to facilitate the accomplishment of a task,work, or mission:

The following are characteristics of plan, exept:

It serves as basis for operational plans (e.g., increase diversity in nursing, aggressive recruitment).

This usually pertains to activities in specific departments of an organization “How does one do things right?”

It focuses on timetables, target quantities, and the specific persons responsible for the tasks.

The staff nurse devises and implements NCP for the patients, altering and modifying as necessary depending on needs and problems of the patient. This situation reflects which type of planning method?

All are valid reasons for planning, except:

This refers to an estimation of time series, cross sectional or longitudinal data:

These are broad statements of intent derived from the purpose of the organization.

These are specific behaviors or tasks set for the accomplishment of a goal:

The techniques, methods, or procedures by which the overall plan and itsobjectives are achieved.

These are activities put together to facilitate attainment of desired goals (e.g., staff-development programs, outreach programs).

It is finite, so the manager should allocate it as efficiently as possible.

This can be done by setting goals, assigning priorities, and identifying and avoiding timewasters

This is the ability to accomplish something with the least amount of wasted time, money,and effort or competency in performance.

This refers to the degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result.

The observable performance of two or more tasks simultaneously (e.g., talking toa patient and preparing medication).

The management of multiple tasks in which there is switching between tasksthat are progressing in parallel.

A systematic financial translation of a plan, the allocation of scarce resources on the basis of forecasted needs for proposed activities over a specified period of time. It is a tool forplanning, monitoring and controlling cost and meeting expenses.

In organizational concepts, thi set of behaviors and attitude expected of an individual by those with whom he interacts:

The ability to influence another tobehave in accord with one’s wishes. It grows out of interactions between people thus it iscontinuously changing.

The ability to provide rewards to another.

The ability to apply punishmentto another

The ability to inspire such admiration in others that they wish to identify themselves with the object of their admiration.

The ability to convince another that one possesses a high degree of knowledge and skill in some area of specialization.

If the Chief Nurse gave a direct order to a staff nurse with clinical violation, the Chief Nurse is manifesting which type of communication?

A male student nurse commited a clinical violation and he was required to submit a letter of explanation to the office of the College Dean. The student is manifesting which type of communication?

The Nurse Supervisor is conducting meeting with her staff nurses to address issues concerning medication errors during night shift. This type of scenario involves the use of which type of communication?

Although an employee may interact with many different individuals in the course of his work, he should be responsible to only one supervisor whose direction is final. This entails which type of principle?

When responsibility for a particular task is delegated to a subordinate, that subordinate must also be given authority over resources needed to accomplish the task. This entails which type of principle?

When a superior delagates responsibility for a particular function to a subordinate, he in no way diminishes his own responsibilityfor that function. This entails which type of principle?

The greater the number of persons with whom a given worker reacts directly, the more information he receives and the more powerful he becomes in the total organizational structure. This entails which type of principle?

It is the official arrangement to show the relationship among people and their positions• It describes positions, task responsibilities and relationships.

The Oldest and simplest organizational design to facilitate large scale administration by coordinating the work of many personnel.

Develops when the line organization is altered by providing management specialist to support and strengthen the top executive.

A function that has been separated from the chain of command to permit specialization and increase effectiveness..

This is a function that has been separated from the chain of command to permit specialization and increase effectiveness.

It refers to the originally sanctioned right to act or to command others to act that is based on the individual’s official position in the organization.

This refers to the obligation to account forone’s conduct with reference to an assigned task or duty.

It is the fulfillment of the obligation to disclose to appropriate others purposes, principles, procedures and expenditures over which one has authority.

It is the process of authorizing another subordinate or a peer to carry outsome portion of the individual’s own official duties.

All are principles of delagation, except:

Authority to sign one’s name is never delegated. This is statement is considered:

It means to inspect, to guide, evaluate and improve work performance of employees through a criteria against which the quality and quantity of the production and utilization of time and resources are made.

It means to guide, to go before and show the way.

In the Leadership role, the administrator such as Chief Nurse is classified as:

In the leadership role, Nurse Supervisor per clinical area is classified as:

In the leadership role, Head Nurse per clinical area is classified as:

In the leadership role, staff nurses per clinical area are classified as:

It links the different components of an organization and leads them toward goal achievement. It creates harmony on all activities to facilitate success of work.

Members of the health care staff with the other members of the health care team all participate in decision making process.

“The aim is to have people stop something they are now doing, do something they are not now doing, or change the way they are now doing something”

It is the process of assisting and regulating the performances of the management staff.

This type of control focuses on operations before they begin to prevent anticipated problems.

This type of control applies to processes as they are happening.

This type of control focuses on the results of operations.

This may be defined as a level of performance that management can expect from a person.

It is a method for assuring documentation of the quality of nursing care in keeping with standards established by the agency, nursing department and the

professional group governmental and accrediting groups.