The most important responsibility of a nurse manager is to: 1. ...

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The most important responsibility of a nurse manager is to:
 
  1. Foster an environment that enables staff to provide quality nursing care
  2. Provide leadership and role modeling for nursing and ancillary staff
  3. Evaluate the delivery of nursing care in regard to its effect on client outcomes
  4. Create a unit attitude of cooperative engagement directed toward positive client outcomes

Question 2

The primary benefit of achieving Magnet status is the nursing staff is empowered to make inno-vative changes that:
 
  1. Promote nursing autonomy
  2. Positively affect client care outcomes
  3. Enhance the perception of the nursing profession
  4. Strengthen the collaborative RN/MD relationship

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 1
Perhaps the most important responsibility of the nurse executive is to establish a vision for nurs-ing that enables managers and staff to provide quality nursing care. The remaining options are means by which the manager can affect the proper environment.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2
A Magnet hospital empowers the nursing team to make changes and be innovative. This culture and empowerment combine to produce a strong collaborative relationship among team members and so ultimately improves client quality outcomes. The remaining options are outcomes of the Magnet status but not the primary benefit.