Author Question: You are a unit supervisor and are approached by an employee who tells you that several RNs on the ... (Read 41 times)

captainjonesify · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

You are a unit supervisor and are approached by an employee who tells you that several RNs on the unit want to address the possibility of initiating flextime on the unit. What is the best response?

A) Tell the employee you will think about flextime, although you have no intention of making a change.
B) Ask the employee the names of all the employees who want the change so you can be aware of potential troublemakers.
C) Plan to let employees air their views at the next staff meeting.
D) Attempt to eliminate this idea by dropping hints that upper management will never go for flextime.

Question 2

You are negotiating your newborn nursery budget with the fiscal manager and the CEO.

As you are about halfway into your presentation to request educational monies in preparation for opening an intensive care nursery in the coming fiscal year, the CEO interrupts you and says, I have always been curious about how an isolette works. Could you explain it to me? What is the best response?
A) You just interrupted my presentation. Please don't do that again.
B) To summarize briefly the operation of an isolette
C) I would be happy to explain it to you at another time, and continue with your presentation
D) To ignore the comment and continue with your presentation