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The New Leadership Challenge Creating the Future of Nursing 5th Edition By Sheila Grossman – Test Bank
Chapter 5: Followership and Empowerment
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Chaleff asserts that followers do not orbit around a leader. Instead, followers and leaders both orbit around their:
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Organization’s mission. |
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Mutual purpose. |
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Personal needs. |
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Shared history. |
____ 2. Which statement made by a nurse suggests more instruction is needed about leaders and followers?
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There can be no leaders without followers. |
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Followers are as important as leaders in shaping a preferred future. |
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Leaders and followers share many common qualities. |
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Followers are at their best when they seek permission from the leader. |
____ 3. How should followership be described?
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A well-defined science |
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Something that cannot be taught or cultivated |
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A role one chooses to accept |
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The least significant aspect of a leadership “event” |
____ 4. Which action indicates the nurse is an effective follower?
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Participates actively, rather than passively |
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Is more dependent than independent of the leader |
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Needs clear direction to accomplish each task |
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Goes along with, rather than challenges, the ideas of the leader |
____ 5. A follower thinks critically about the leader’s suggestions but remains passive and perhaps even somewhat hostile. What type of follower is this?
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Sheep |
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Alienated follower |
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“Yes” person |
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Contributor |
____ 6. Using frameworks described by Kelley (1998) and Pittman, Rosenbach, and Potter (1998), which terms are most alike in their characteristics?
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“Yes” people and contributors |
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Effective followers and politicians |
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Sheep and subordinates |
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Alienated followers and partners |
____ 7. A follower assumes an active role because the leader has credibility. According to Kouzes and Posner (2011), which characteristics make leaders have credibility?
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Competence, aggressiveness, and holding a position of authority |
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Honesty, ability to be inspiring, and forward-looking |
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Visionary, controlling, and powerful |
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Demanding, focused on maintaining the status quo, and open |
____ 8. Which strategy can help a nurse develop as an effective or exemplary follower?
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Find your passion in life and be passionate about what you do. |
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Be a “spectator” in your practice setting. |
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Wait to be told before taking action. |
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Keep your creative ideas to yourself until you are in the leader role. |
____ 9. Which trait characterizes a follower more than it characterizes a leader?
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Uses freedom responsibly |
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Creates new ideas |
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Takes risks |
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Makes decisions |
____ 10. How can nurse leaders and nurse followers facilitate collaboration?
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Follow the medical orders without question. |
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Empower one another. |
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Function more independently, rather than interdependently. |
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Assume a subordinate role on the health-care team. |
____ 11. A nurse follower is high in performance initiative and high in relationship initiatives. What type of follower is this nurse?
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Politician |
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Subordinate |
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Partner |
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Contributor |
____ 12. A nurse follower is an active participant but is dependent on others and does not engage in critical thinking. What type of follower is this nurse?
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Star follower |
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Alienated follower |
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Sheep |
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“Yes” person |
____ 13. Which description best portrays an effective nurse follower?
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Is visionary, dedicated to accomplishing the leader’s vision, and tentative with decision making |
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Is reflective, spontaneous, and focused on working as autonomously as possible |
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Is self-directing, looks at the “bigger picture,” and speaks truthfully |
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Blindly accepts the leader’s authority, abdicates responsibilities, and encourages others |
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