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Chapter 13 Managing Time
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Sample Questions
1) Which strategy would promote time management for the nurse manager while interacting with a drop-in
visitor?
1. Set office hours to eliminate drop-in visits.
2. Keep the office door closed.
3. Hold meetings in the nurse managerʹs office.
4. Stand up to greet the visitor and remain standing.
Answer: 4
Explanation: 1. In order to direct the drop-in visit, the nurse manager should stand up and remain standing
throughout the encounter. The gesture is gracious yet obvious enough to encourage a short
visit. Setting office hours is incorrect because office hours should be established to decrease
drop-in visits, but the intent is not to totally eliminate all drop-in visits. Keeping the door
closed is incorrect because a block of time when the door is open for accessibility and
availability is needed. Holding meetings in the office is incorrect because it is easier to leave
someoneʹs office than to remove an individual from one.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
2. In order to direct the drop-in visit, the nurse manager should stand up and remain standing
throughout the encounter. The gesture is gracious yet obvious enough to encourage a short
visit. Setting office hours is incorrect because office hours should be established to decrease
drop-in visits, but the intent is not to totally eliminate all drop-in visits. Keeping the door
closed is incorrect because a block of time when the door is open for accessibility and
availability is needed. Holding meetings in the office is incorrect because it is easier to leave
someoneʹs office than to remove an individual from one.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
3. In order to direct the drop-in visit, the nurse manager should stand up and remain standing
throughout the encounter. The gesture is gracious yet obvious enough to encourage a short
visit. Setting office hours is incorrect because office hours should be established to decrease
drop-in visits, but the intent is not to totally eliminate all drop-in visits. Keeping the door
closed is incorrect because a block of time when the door is open for accessibility and
availability is needed. Holding meetings in the office is incorrect because it is easier to leave
someoneʹs office than to remove an individual from one.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
4. In order to direct the drop-in visit, the nurse manager should stand up and remain standing
throughout the encounter. The gesture is gracious yet obvious enough to encourage a short
visit. Setting office hours is incorrect because office hours should be established to decrease
drop-in visits, but the intent is not to totally eliminate all drop-in visits. Keeping the door
closed is incorrect because a block of time when the door is open for accessibility and
availability is needed. Holding meetings in the office is incorrect because it is easier to leave
someoneʹs office than to remove an individual from one.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
Learning Outcome: 13-6: Minimize time wasters.
Test Taking Tip: Choose the option that gets the point across without being inaccessible or appearing rude.
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2) Which approach would be most effective to deal with stress due to a time crunch?
1. Identify the actual stressor and the precipitating factors.
2. Plan activities to minimize time constraints to reduce stress.
3. Set aside a block of time each day for stress reduction.
4. Engage in distraction activities to minimize the stress.
Answer: 1
Explanation: 1. The first step of the nursing process is to assess the situation. Planning activities is incorrect
because before a plan can be made, the stressor must be assessed. Setting aside time is incorrect
because implementation occurs after the stressor has been assessed and a plan developed.
Engaging in distraction is incorrect because implementation occurs after the stressor has been
assessed and a plan developed.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
2. The first step of the nursing process is to assess the situation. Planning activities is incorrect
because before a plan can be made, the stressor must be assessed. Setting aside time is incorrect
because implementation occurs after the stressor has been assessed and a plan developed.
Engaging in distraction is incorrect because implementation occurs after the stressor has been
assessed and a plan developed.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
3. The first step of the nursing process is to assess the situation. Planning activities is incorrect
because before a plan can be made, the stressor must be assessed. Setting aside time is incorrect
because implementation occurs after the stressor has been assessed and a plan developed.
Engaging in distraction is incorrect because implementation occurs after the stressor has been
assessed and a plan developed.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
4. The first step of the nursing process is to assess the situation. Planning activities is incorrect
because before a plan can be made, the stressor must be assessed. Setting aside time is incorrect
because implementation occurs after the stressor has been assessed and a plan developed.
Engaging in distraction is incorrect because implementation occurs after the stressor has been
assessed and a plan developed.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
Learning Outcome: 13-3: Set priorities.
Test Taking Tip: For any question that asks for a stage or priority, think of the nursing process and answer accordingly.
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3) The nurse manager believes the task of scheduling cannot be delegated to anyone. This belief is characteristic
of:
1. Necessitating.
2. Deficiency fostering.
3. Low skill recognition.
4. A strained interpersonal relationship.
Answer: 1
Explanation: 1. Necessitating is the belief that it is imperative a specific person complete a particular task.
Deficiency focusing is the habit of focusing on the negatives at the expense of the positives.
Low skill recognition is the tendency not to recognize the role oneʹs own ability has played in
producing oneʹs successes. Strained interpersonal relationships occur within the nursing
profession and between nursing and other professions.
Nursing Process: Planning
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
2. Necessitating is the belief that it is imperative a specific person complete a particular task.
Deficiency focusing is the habit of focusing on the negatives at the expense of the positives.
Low skill recognition is the tendency not to recognize the role oneʹs own ability has played in
producing oneʹs successes. Strained interpersonal relationships occur within the nursing
profession and between nursing and other professions.
Nursing Process: Planning
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
3. Necessitating is the belief that it is imperative a specific person complete a particular task.
Deficiency focusing is the habit of focusing on the negatives at the expense of the positives.
Low skill recognition is the tendency not to recognize the role oneʹs own ability has played in
producing oneʹs successes. Strained interpersonal relationships occur within the nursing
profession and between nursing and other professions.
Nursing Process: Planning
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
4. Necessitating is the belief that it is imperative a specific person complete a particular task.
Deficiency focusing is the habit of focusing on the negatives at the expense of the positives.
Low skill recognition is the tendency not to recognize the role oneʹs own ability has played in
producing oneʹs successes. Strained interpersonal relationships occur within the nursing
profession and between nursing and other professions.
Nursing Process: Planning
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application
Learning Outcome: 13-3: Set priorities.
Test Taking Tip: Be prepared to recall definitions of terms and how to apply them in nursing situations.
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4) Which strategy would efficiently manage time spent on the telephone?
1. Answer the phone, ʺHello, how are you?ʺ
2. Use voice mail to screen all calls.
3. Use e-mail for potentially troublesome issues.
4. Set a specific block of time to address issues.
Answer: 4
Explanation: 1. The nurse manager should set time aside to handle routine phone calls and return calls.
Answering the phone with ʺHello, how are youʺ is incorrect because it encourages socializing
and small talk. Using voice mail to screen calls is incorrect because there are situations in
which issues must be dealt with immediately and face-to-face. Using e-mail is incorrect
because troublesome issues should be addressed face-to-face.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
2. The nurse manager should set time aside to handle routine phone calls and return calls.
Answering the phone with ʺHello, how are youʺ is incorrect because it encourages socializing
and small talk. Using voice mail to screen calls is incorrect because there are situations in
which issues must be dealt with immediately and face-to-face. Using e-mail is incorrect
because troublesome issues should be addressed face-to-face.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
3. The nurse manager should set time aside to handle routine phone calls and return calls.
Answering the phone with ʺHello, how are youʺ is incorrect because it encourages socializing
and small talk. Using voice mail to screen calls is incorrect because there are situations in
which issues must be dealt with immediately and face-to-face. Using e-mail is incorrect
because troublesome issues should be addressed face-to-face.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
4. The nurse manager should set time aside to handle routine phone calls and return calls.
Answering the phone with ʺHello, how are youʺ is incorrect because it encourages socializing
and small talk. Using voice mail to screen calls is incorrect because there are situations in
which issues must be dealt with immediately and face-to-face. Using e-mail is incorrect
because troublesome issues should be addressed face-to-face.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Category of Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 13-6: Minimize time wasters.
Test Taking Tip: Think of the outcome of each option and choose the one most likely to address the situation.
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