A nurse educator is giving a workshop on conflict. During the ...

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A nurse educator is giving a workshop on conflict. During the sessions, he makes various statements regarding conflict. All of the statements are true except:
 
  a. Conflict can decrease creativity, thus act-ing as a deterrent for the development of new ideas.
  b. Horizontal violence involves those with similar status but little power in the larger context.
  c. Interprofessional collaboration reduces unresolved conflicts.
  d. All conflicts involve some level of disa-greement.

Question 2

A conflict develops between an associate nurse and a primary nurse over the assessment of a patient with pulmonary edema.
 
  Based on her assessment of the patient, the associate nurse insists that it is her role to change the care plan because she is the one who has made the assessment. As the nurse manager, you clarify that: a. It is the role of the primary nurse to make alterations based on assessment data and input.
  b. The associate nurse is accountable and responsible while the primary nurse is off duty and therefore is able to alter the care plan.
  c. Neither the primary nor the associate should make changes without first con-sulting you as the manager.
  d. It really does not matter who alters the nursing care plan as it depends on situa-tion and time to do so.

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Answer to Question 1

A
The opposite is true because research has shown that conflict, like change, increases creativity and allows for the development of new ideas.

Answer to Question 2

A
The primary nursing model assumes that the primary nurse is accountable for patient care, even while off duty. The primary nurse is responsible for establishing the patient plan of care and therefore for altering it with the input of an associate. The associate is responsible for implemen-tation of the established care plan when the primary nurse is off duty.