By following a shared leadership model, the nurse manager believes that staff members will learn to function synergistically. Some teams function synergistically because members:

The chief nursing officer utilizes the hospital's workplace advocacy program to assist the overwhelmed Emergency Department staff. Workplace advocacy is designed to assist nurses by:

An RN is delegating a task to an unlicensed assistive personnel. Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates appropriate delegation?

Read the scenario below and highlight the statement (by clicking the sentence) that does NOT demonstrate shared governance. Select all that apply.

The board of directors of a hospital engages in a strategic planning process for the implementation of a facility-wide change that especially affects the nursing department. The directors insist on hosting regular "closed-door" board meetings, in which affected staff members and stakeholders are prohibited to attend. Information from these meetings are kept confidential, inaccessible to anyone outside the meetings. The directors have scheduled periodic town hall meetings, inviting all stakeholders and employees within the organization to share their thoughts concerning the impending change. After months of planning, the board of directors considers the feedback gathered and makes an unexpected decision to which leaders of the nursing department were largely unaware.

A mediator suggests that the nurse manager and staff members establish a group agreement before resolving conflicts. It is important to have agreements about how team members will work together because:

A nurse is instructing a newly licensed nurse about the scope and standards of nursing practice. Which of the following characteristics best describes standards of practice?

You are supervising a new graduate LPN who is ordered to perform tracheostomy care. The LPN states that she has performed this procedure only a handful of times, and completes the task slowly. Which of the following actions made by you is most appropriate?

Which of the following are notable benefits and characteristics of debriefing? Select all that apply.

A nurse is giving a presentation about client confidentiality to a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of the following actions is an example of a violation of confidentiality?

A night shift nurse is assigning a specific component of care to an unlicensed nursing personnel (UNP) employee. The night nurse shift nurse understands that though the unlicensed personnel is for the task, the nurse would remain for the patient's wellbeing.

A charge nurse is observing the actions of an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following actions by the AP is appropriate?