Author Question: A manager relies on his director (immediate supervisor) for advice about enrolling in graduate ... (Read 88 times)

HudsonKB16 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

A manager relies on his director (immediate supervisor) for advice about enrolling in graduate school to prepare for a career as a nurse executive.

The director may exercise what kinds of power in the relationship with the manager in this advisory situation?

a. Expert, coercive, and referent
b. Reward, connection, and information
c. Referent, expert, and information
d. Reward, referent, and information

Question 2

A new graduate RN joins your unit. After a few weeks, she complains about some of her peers on the unit and compares their practices negatively to what she learned in her nursing program.

She also is vocal about how she has learned so much here that she did not learn in her program. She is best described as:

a. Having cultural sensitivity.
b. Experiencing cultural diversity.
c. Experiencing cultural marginality.
d. Experiencing acculturation.

Rilsmarie951 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Because the director is in a leadership role, he comes with knowledge or expertise that is required to assume a leadership role, and he has information that he is willing to share, which gives him the power of information. The employee sees him as credible and seeks his advice, which gives him referent power.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The new graduate is caught between two cultures at this pointwork and educationand expresses feelings of belonging to neither.