Using both the yin (patience, process, and empathy) and yang (courage and positive action), Taoism suggests the leader must balance opposites and be able to manage and grow from conflict.
Which of the following is an example of effective leadership on a nursing unit undergoing change regarding the use of an assistant nurse manager position since this position is not currently effective? The nurse manager:
A. Asks all interested nurses to apply for the assistant nurse manager position
B. Determines that the nurse who has been on the unit the longest should be promoted
C. Chooses two charge nurses to manage the unit instead of one assistant nurse manager
D. Decides to promote her niece, who is very action oriented and self-directed, to obtain her own nurse manager position
Question 2
The new nurse manager is determining how to schedule staff for the holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Finally she decides the most equitable process would be:
A. Have anyone with children get Thanksgiving and Christmas days off no matter what his or her seniority is.
B. Assign the holidays randomly so there is no favoritism involved.
C. Ask for preferences (first, second, and third choices) and then make a schedule to accommodate everyone's first choice on the specified holiday.
D. Assign those with seniority the holidays of their choice and shifts that they request, and fill in with the rest of the staff as to what is still needing coverage.
The process of osmosis.
Ovulation process
Action of Hunger Signals on Feeding Circuits in the Brain
Color mixtures of refracted light—additive process.
Production of Ethanol process
Positive and negative selection during T-cell development.