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The three-hour Excelsior College exam consists of approximately 120 four-option multiple-choice questions where you must demonstrate the following abilities:
- Integrate knowledge of leadership and management concepts into nursing practice
- Comprehend the organizational structure and the role of the baccalaureate nurse in relation to the entire organization
- Demonstrate an understanding of empowerment strategies in enhancing nursing care
- Managing the Organization
- Understanding current and future trends and their impact on the organization
- Authority
- Mission and vision
- Values
- Continuum of bureaucratic authority
- Organizational culture
- Organization of nursing practice
- Human resource management
- Case management
- Leadership
- Leadership
- Delegation and supervision
- Group dynamics
- Self-management
- Empowerment
- Power
- Critical thinking and decision making
- Advocacy
- Collective bargaining
- Innovation
- Change
- Organizational communication and conflict management
- Fiscal Management
- Definition
- Basic budget concepts
- Basic budgeting cycle
- Types of costs
- Main budget components
- Fiduciary responsibility
- Cost and reimbursement factors
- Resource allocation
- Evaluating cost effectiveness
- Information Management
- Evidence-based practice
- Quality management
- Risk management
- Relationship to regulatory compliance and accreditation standards
- Information systems
(Taken from “Excelsior College Examination Content Guide for Management in Nursing,” Excelsior College Examinations