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Metfan725

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on: Jul 7, 2018
A nurse manager is experiencing conflicts between herself and staff members. She had tried to develop a team by using a shared leadership model to empower the staff. Staff members are functioning:
 
  a. As a team.
  b. Independently.
  c. Interdependently.
  d. As a group.

Question 2

Lisa drinks alcohol on a daily basis. She mentions to you that she is okay with that because she does not use drugs. You explain to Lisa that:
 
  a. alcohol is a drug, since a drug is any substance that modifies bodily functions.
  b. alcohol is not a drug, and it is socially acceptable to drink.
  c. she is right, since alcohol is by definition not a drug.
  d. technically, she is right because alcohol is only taken orally.


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

D
A group is a collection of interconnected individuals working together, with a high degree of in-terdependence, for the same purpose. A team is a unified group that is committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach, for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. The conflict indicates that the staff may not be united in a common purpose.

Answer to Question 2

A


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