Name: Rou’z Ven E.
Semilla BSN -A1 Date: 08-20-2021
Nursing Leadership and Management
SAS 21
CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING
You will answer and rationalize this by yourself. This will be recorded as your quiz. One (1) point will be given to correct
answer and another one (1) point for the correct ratio. Superimpositions or erasures in you answer/ratio is not allowed.
You are given 20 minutes for this activity:
Multiple Choice
1. The following are the principle of good supervision. Select all that apply:
a. Requires adequate planning & organization which facilitate cooperation, coordination & synchronization of
services.
b. Gives autonomy to workers depending on their competency, personality, & commitment.
c. Stimulates the worker’s ambition to grow into effectiveness.
d. Creates an atmosphere of credibility and trust.
ANSWER: A, B, C, D
RATIO: The principle of good supervision requires adequate planning & organization which facilitate cooperation,
coordination & synchronization of services, Gives autonomy to workers depending on their competency, personality, &
commitment Stimulates the worker’s ambition to grow into effectiveness, creates an atmosphere of credibility and trust,
considers the strengths & weaknesses of employees, strives to make the unit an effective learning situation and considers
equal distribution of work considering age, physical condition and competence.
2. Which of the following is not true on the techniques in supervision?
a. Observation of the worker while making rounds.
b. Spot checking of charts through nursing audits.
c. Asking one patient about the care they receive.
d. Looking into the general condition of units.
ANSWER: C
RATIO: The Techniques in supervision include the Observation of the worker while making rounds, Spot checking of charts
through nursing audits, asking every patient about the care they receive, looking into the general condition of units, getting
feedback from co-workers or other supervisors or relative, asking questions discretely to find out the problems they
encounter in the wards or drawing out suggestions from the workers for improvement of their work or work situation. Option
pertains to a single patient when infact the appropriate response would be to ask every patient hence rendering it not true
and therefore the answer.
3. Nursing care assignment may also be called ___________.
a. Modalities of Nursing Care
b. Systems of Nursing Care
c. Patterns of Nursing Care
d. Styles of Nursing Care
e. All of the above
ANSWER: E
RATIO: May be called by various terms modalities of Nursing Care, systems of Nursing Care, patterns of Nursing Care
and Styles of Nursing Care.
4. What is the original model of nursing care delivery?
a. Functional nursing
b. Team nursing
c. Total patient care
d. Primary nursing
ANSWER: C
RATIO: The original model of nursing care delivery was total patient care, also called case method, in which a registered
nurse was responsible for all aspects of the care of one or more patients.
5. This nursing care assignment was designed to place the registered nurse back at the patient’s
bedside.
a. Functional nursing
b. Team nursing
c. Total patient care
d. Primary nursing
ANSWER: D
RATIO: Conceptualized by Marie Manthey and implemented during the late 1960s after two decades of team nursing,
primary nursing was designed to place the registered nurse back at the patient's bedside
6. The nursing care assignment hat began in hospitals in the mid -1940s in response to a national nursing shortage.
a. Functional nursing
b. Team nursing
c. Total patient care
d. Primary nursing
ANSWER: A
RATIO: Functional nursing, also called task nursing, began in hospitals in the mid -1940s in response to a national
nursing shortage.
7. Under this system, a team of nursing personnel provides total patient care to a group of
patients. a. Functional nursing
b. Team nursing
c. Total patient care
d. Primary nursing
ANSWER: B
RATIO: Team nursing evolved from functional nursing and has remained popular since the middle to late 1940s. Under
this system, a team of nursing personnel provides total patient care to a group of patients
8. Which nursing care assignment is infrequently used in acute care facilities?
a. Functional nursing
b. Team nursing
c. Total patient care
d. Primary nursing
ANSWER: A
RATIO: Functional nursing care is used infrequently in acute care facilities and only occasionally in long-term care
facilities.
9. In team nursing, the following are the activities done by the team leader. Except.
a. Developing or updating nursing care plans
b. Resolving problems encountered by team members
c. Conducting nursing care conferences
d. Communicating with physicians only.
ANSWER: D
RATIO: Typically, the team leader's time is spent in indirect patient care activities, such as developing or updating nursing
care plans, resolving problems encountered by team members, conducting nursing care conferences and communicating
with physicians and other health care personnel and not just physicians.
10. Total patient care delivery systems are typically used in which areas?
a. Critical care units
b. Post-anesthesia recovery area
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
ANSWER: C
RATIO: Total patient care delivery systems are typically used in areas requiring a high level of nursing expertise, such as
in critical care units or post-anesthesia recovery areas.
