Author Question: Nurses working on the intermediate care unit have had many hours of overtime in the last 6 months. ... (Read 59 times)

xclash · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Nurses working on the intermediate care unit have had many hours of overtime in the last 6 months.

Before forming a team, the nurse manager gathers data about patient condition severity, staffing ratios, educational levels of staff, and personality mixes on each shift. What level of de-cision making is this process? a. Establishment of solution evaluation cri-teria
b. Evaluation of the alternative solutions
c. Identification of a problem, issue, or situ-ation
d. Search for alternative solutions or actions

Question 2

Which factor motivates individuals toward superior performance?

a. Challenging projects
b. Financial reimbursement
c. The relationship with a boss
d. Working conditions

Dunkey · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Data should be collected to identify properly the actual problem, issue, or situation. The five core elements to decision making are the following: (1) identification of a problem, issue, or situation; (2) establishment of the criteria to be used to evaluate potential solutions; (3) search for alterna-tive solution or actions; (4) evaluation of the alternative; and (5) selection of a specific alterna-tive.

Answer to Question 2

A
It is well known that intellectual curiosity and a passion for a subject fosters increased motivation for challenging work, recognition, and achievement. Security, status, money, working conditions, interpersonal relations, supervision, and policies and administration provide motivation for work, but not superior performance, and thus still lead to lost productivity because of job dissatisfaction.