Block 3 Midterm Exam in Nursing Leadership & Management

Which one is not reflective of good planning?

• Continuous process of assessment

• Establishment of goals and objectives

• Limited implimentation

• Evaluation of change

The following are the charateristics of a plan, except:

• It must involve the FUTURE.

• It must involve ACTION.

• Machines are idle, materials are wasted.

• It must have an ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION of the action which shall beundertaken either by the planner or someone designated by or for her.

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

• Goal

• Plan

• Objective

• Target

The following are characteristics of plan, exept:

• It must involve ACTION.

• It must have an ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION of the action which shall beundertaken either by the planner or someone designated by or for her.

• It must involve the present.

• It must involve the FUTURE.

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

• Operational Plan

• Clinial Plan

• Diversion Plan

• Strategic Plan

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

• Strategic Plan

• Tactical Plan

• Operational Plan

• Diversion Plan

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

• Strategic Plan

• Tactical Plan

• Operational Plan

• Diversion Plan

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?

• Diversion Plan

• Rolling Plans

• Strategic Plan

• Operational Plan

All are valid reasons for planning, except:

• It helps nurses cope with crises and problems calmly and efficiently.

• It increases element of change.

• It leads to success in the achievement of goals and objectives.

• It leads to success in the achievement of goals and objectives.

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

• Forcast

• Prediction

• Goal

• Objective