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?

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

At the beginning of the shift, the RN charge nurse instructs an RN to care for a particular set of patients. Upon receiving and acknowledging their assignment, the RN assumes:

A charge nurse is providing an in-service to a group of staff members on incivility. Which of the following situations should the nurse include as an example of lateral violence?

Planning is a process designed to achieve goals in dynamic, competitive environments. As a new manager, what is the first step you will undertake to develop a strategic plan of action for a congestive heart failure program?

Resistance is most likely when change:

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

A nurse manager is utilizing the strategic planning process to facilitate a planned change. After completing an environmental scan and SWOT analysis, which of the following actions best characterizes the next phase in the strategic planning process?

A nurse is caring for a client whose informed consent form has been signed in preparation for a procedure. The client states, "I have decided not to have the procedure." Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

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.

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