The nurse is working on a team whose leader is more focused on ...

[maychende]

The nurse is working on a team whose leader is more focused on earning recognition than on the goals of the team. What important characteristic is missing and causing this team to perform poorly?
 
  1.
  External support
  2.
  Standards of excellence
  3.
  Principled leadership
  4.
  Competent team members

Question 2

The new graduate LPN is taking a job in a local clinic. How can the nurse discover group norms in the new job?
 
  1.
  Observing the behavior of the group
  2.
  Ask the human resources department
  3.
  Perform an Internet search for clinic group norms
  4.
  Read the policy and procedure manual

[Ashley I]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 3
A principled leader is focused on the members of the team and their needs rather than on self-recognition. The absence of this characteristic can have a negative impact on team function.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1
Group norming can only be discovered by observing how members behave.