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anjilletteb

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on: Jul 7, 2018
In assessing the internal environment, the strategic planning team at Pacific Hospital discovers that 90 of staff members have no idea what the current mission statement means. This is most likely related to:
 
  a. The level of abstraction inherent in mission statements.
  b. Development of the statement by the ad-ministration team with no other staff in-volvement.
  c. Outdated goals and objectives contained in the mission statement.
  d. Failure to provide action statements within the mission statement.

Question 2

A nurse manager is evaluating the efficiency of a process on the nursing unit. The manager believes that the unit could be more efficient if one aspect of this process were delegated to unli-censed personnel.
 
  To establish whether the delegation of this duty would be legal, he should check with the: a. ANA.
  b. current federal defense attorney.
  c. state nurse practice act.
  d. policy and procedure manual of the unit.


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Kimmy

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

B
A mission statement reflects the beliefs of the organization in relation to those it serves and ser-vices it provides, and it communicates the direction of an organization. Covey (1990) believes that the process of developing the mission statement is vital to an organization's success and should involve everyone.

Answer to Question 2

C
Nurse practice acts exist for each state and govern the legal practice of nursing, including stan-dard of care, delegation, and supervision.


anjilletteb

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Reply 2 on: Jul 7, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

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