A nurse manager is trying to develop a means to facilitate ...

[jrubin]

A nurse manager is trying to develop a means to facilitate professional staff development by building upon the skills, abilities, and experience of each practitioner. This method is otherwise known as:
 
  a. career enhancement. c. the novice to expert model.
  b. clinical ladder. d. situational leadership model.

Question 2

A health care organization incorporates information from which group into their strategic plan?
 
  a. Local community
  b. Nursing research
  c. Pharmaceutical research
  d. Insurance companies

[kswal303]

Answer to Question 1

B
The use of a clinical ladder is a means of ensuring staff competence, and it acknowledges that staff
members have varying skill sets and abilities based upon their education and experiences. The clinical
ladder helps to evaluate these abilities and rewards each staff member differently according to his
placement in the designed (ladder) clinical structure.

Answer to Question 2

A

Feedback
A Information from stakeholders, which would include the members of the local community, should be incorporated into their strategic plan.
B This is not generally a source for direction that is incorporated into the strategic plan.
C This is not generally a source for direction that is incorporated into the strategic plan.
D This is not generally a source for direction that is incorporated into the strategic plan.

[jrubin]

TYSM

[cassie_ragen]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it