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tingc95

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Creating action plans can facilitate leadership support and use of evidence-based practice. The nurse manager can use the action plan to (select all that apply):
 
  a. set the staffing schedule.
  b. allocate resources as needed.
  c. set the expectations for the unit.
  d. promote staff questioning practice.
  e. encourage and respond to new ideas.

Question 2

In a rural hospital, the unit for which you are charge nurse has a particularly busy morning. A 52-year-old patient is complaining of left-sided chest pain and a multiparous patient is about to deliver.
 
  A child with asthma is experiencing early signs of an attack. The other RN on the unit is a recent graduate who has not yet been orientated to the labor room and has limited cardiac nursing experience. An unregulated assistant is also available. You must decide which patient situation you will take and where the RN's skills can best be used. Given the limitations in skills and experience, number of staff available, and time constraints, you must make a decision that involves: a. A higher-order thinking process.
  b. Selecting the best option for reaching a predefined goal.
  c. Optimizing.
  d. Satisficing.



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Answer to Question 1

B, C, D, E
The nurse manager can use the action plan to support evidence-based practice, set the expecta-tions for the unit, discuss the importance of the work of evidence-based practice with the unit nurses and other disciplines, encourage and respond to new ideas, promote staff questioning practice, support the team with time to work on the project, be a project cheerleader, track progress, facilitate moving the project through appropriate committees, and allocate resources as needed. By encouraging nurses to attend and present at conferences, stimulating inquiry, and participating in research, nurses on their unit will increase use of evidence-based practice on their unit.

Answer to Question 2

D
With this approach, the decision maker selects an acceptable solution, one that may minimally meet the objective or standard for a decision. This approach allows for quick decisions and may be the most appropriate when lack of time is an issue.





 

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