A Staff Nurse Is Taking Leadership Classes in an Advanced

question 5

Multiple Choice

A staff nurse is taking leadership classes in an advanced degree program with a goal to become a nurse manager.The nurse is studying the leader-follower relationship.What has the nurse discovered as accurate part of the leader-follower relationship?

• A) Leaders are also followers.
• B) Followers need to linear structures.
• C) Followers are submissive in nature.
• D) Leaders should dictate to the group.

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