A staff nurse admires the nurse manager's leadership style. What type of power does the nurse manager have in this situation?
a. Informal power
b. Coercive power
c. Referent power
d. Information power
ANS: C
In referent power, the leader is admired and exerts influence because the followers desire to be like the leader.
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