Chapter 29: Managing Your Career

Chapter 29: Managing Your Career

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. A new graduate is seeking a new position in nursing and wants to “sell” herself effectively. The best strategy is to:

a.	Create a résumé.
b.	Practice interviewing.
c.	Call the personnel offices.
d.	Create a curriculum vitae.

 

ANS:   A

A résumé provides a customized overview of details of your professional background that relates specifically to a position for which you are applying. Résumés advertise your skills to a prospective employer.

 

REF:    Pages 579, 581

TOP:    AONE competency: Communication and Relationship-Building

 

2. A nurse manager has been employed in the same facility for 20 years and has held the same position. This career style is known as:

a.	Linear.
b.	Spiral.
c.	Steady state.
d.	Entrepreneurial/transient.

 

ANS:   C

Career styles that are marked by selecting and staying in a role throughout a career are characterized as steady state.

 

REF:    Pages 575, 576                        TOP:    AONE competency: Leadership

 

3. The nurse executive at the local hospital began working there 20 years ago and has risen to the highest designation in nursing. This career style is known as:

a.	Linear.
b.	Spiral.
c.	Steady state.
d.	Entrepreneurial/transient.

 

ANS:   A

The linear career style, as described by Friss (1989), refers to vertical advancement in an organization and is of interest to those with a desire to gain organizational knowledge and different perspectives on nursing.

 

REF:    Pages 575, 576                        TOP:    AONE competency: Professionalism

 

4. Before beginning her own nursing agency, a nurse worked with other temporary nursing agencies in nine states. This career style is known as:

a.	Linear.
b.	Spiral.
c.	Steady state.
d.	Entrepreneurial/transient.

 

ANS:   D

The entrepreneurial/transient career style, as described by Friss (1989), is appealing to nurses who enjoy variety in experiences.

 

REF:    Pages 575, 576                        TOP:    AONE competency: Leadership

 

5. A young male nurse began in nursing as a staff nurse at a hospital. After 3 years, he moved to a home healthcare agency. After 2 years, he was promoted to a managerial position and now has returned to another hospital as a new director of nursing. This career style is known as:

a.	Linear.
b.	Spiral.
c.	Steady state.
d.	Entrepreneurial/transient.

 

ANS:   B

The spiral career style, as described by Friss (1989), involves an in and out and up and down approach to opportunities.

 

REF:    Pages 575, 576                        TOP:    AONE competency: Leadership