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ss2343 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

The chief nursing officer develops a mentoring program to help new staff members adjust to their new jobs. The main purpose of mentoring is:

a. Promoting staff retention.
b. Promoting staff attrition.
c. Developing new role expectations.
d. Promoting staff supervision.

Question 2

A nurse manager at Great Lakes Hospital is meeting with the dean of a well-recognized university who is the keynote speaker today at the nursing conference.

He remembers that one of the registered nurses is interested in attending a well-known university to obtain a doctorate. The nurse manager arranges for the registered nurse to meet with this dean. The nurse manager is ex-hibiting leadership behaviors consistent with __________. a. Feminist perspective
b. Servant leadership
c. Transactional leadership
d. Transformational leadership

ApricotDream · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Mentoring has been identified as important to staff retention.

Answer to Question 2

A, B, D
This behavior nurtures personal growth (servant leadership) and assists the registered nurse to attain his or her fullest potential (transformational leadership). This behavior also helps the reg-istered nurse build a connection with the dean, a representative of the university (feminist pers-pective).