ANM Leadership Skills & Staff Supervision 3

Question 1

An ANM delegates a complex wound care procedure to an LPN. The LPN's scope of practice in this state does not include this procedure. What should the ANM do?

Accepted Answer

Reassign the task to an RN within the appropriate scope of practice

Answer

Delegation must remain within the delegatee's legal scope of practice; assigning otherwise creates legal and patient safety liability.

Question 2

Which conflict resolution style involves both parties giving up something to reach an agreement quickly?

Accepted Answer

Compromising

Answer

Compromising requires mutual concession and is useful when a quick resolution is needed and both parties have equal power.

Question 3

A staff nurse witnesses a colleague make a medication error but does not report it. An ANM promotes a culture of safety BEST by:

Accepted Answer

Creating anonymous reporting channels and emphasizing no-blame incident review

Answer

Anonymous reporting and non-punitive review encourage transparency, which is the foundation of a safety culture.

Question 4

When building a high-performing team, the ANM should FIRST:

Accepted Answer

Establish team norms and expectations collaboratively

Answer

Collaboratively establishing norms creates shared ownership of team standards and behaviors from the outset.

Question 5

An ANM observes that night-shift nurses frequently miss documentation deadlines. The root cause analysis reveals they lack access to updated training. The BEST intervention is to:

Accepted Answer

Provide targeted just-in-time training accessible during night hours

Answer

Addressing the identified root cause — lack of accessible training — directly resolves the performance gap.

(ANM) Assistant Nurse Manager Certification Practice Test

(ANM) Assistant Nurse Manager Certification Practice Test

ANM Leadership Skills & Staff Supervision 3