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sammy

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In the Unity Healthcare organization, decisions, including those at the unit level, are made by a group of senior executives. Rules for employees are clear, and nursing care is delineated by pro-cedures and protocols. This exemplifies:
 
  a. Transformational leadership.
  b. Transactional leadership.
  c. Bureaucratic organization.
  d. Chaos theory.

Question 2

There are current and future paradigm shifts in health care that affect the leadership skills needed by nurses in the 21st century. What issue at the organizational and unit levels are nurse leaders being directed to address?
 
  A) Active involvement in greatly needed health care reform
  B) Persistent and growing international nursing shortage
  C) Shortage of qualified first-level nursing managers
  D) High turnover rates by staff nurses


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Reply #1 on: Jul 7, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C
Organizational structure refers to the organization of a work group, rather than to its leadership, and includes where decisions are made and what the relationships are between groups. In the example given, power is centrally located, with all decisions regarding policies and procedures flowing from this central location, which is characteristic of bureaucratic organizations.

Answer to Question 2

D


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