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Anajune7

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When providing care to patients, nurses make patient care decisions based on which of the following? Select all that apply.
 
  a. Resource availability
  b. Nurse practice act
  c. Shared governance
  d. Managerial leadership style
  e. Tradition
  f. Clinical circumstances

Question 2

Age, physical ability, and gender are examples of which layer of diversity?
 
  a. personality
  b. internal dimensions
  c. external dimensions
  d. organizational dimensions



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Answer to Question 1

B, E, F

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Correct This is a component relied on in making patient care decisions in nursing.
This is a component relied on in making patient care decisions in nursing.
This is a component relied on in making patient care decisions in nursing.
Incorrect Not part of the nurse's decision-making process.
Not part of the nurse's decision-making process.
Not part of the nurse's decision-making process.

Answer to Question 2

b

a. Incorrect: The personality dimension includes individual differences. Age, physical ability and gender are internal dimensions of cultural diversity.
b. Correct: The four layers of diversity, as identified by Gardenswartz and Rowe (1998), and their accompanying dimensions, are as follows: personality dimension (individual differences); internal dimensions (e.g., race, gender, sexual orientation, and physical ability); external dimensions (e.g., income, education level, religion, work experience); and organizational dimensions (e.g., management status, union membership, seniority).
c. Incorrect: External dimensions of cultural diversity include income, education level, religion, and work experience. Age, physical ability, and gender are internal dimensions of cultural diversity.
d. Incorrect: Organizational dimensions of cultural diversity include management status, union membership, and seniority. Age, physical ability and gender are internal dimensions of cultural diversity.



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