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The medical surgical nurse manager is having difficulties with the nursing staff who assume the charge nurse role. The charge nurses perform their duties differently from one another and are inconsistent.
 
  One charge nurse informs the manager, I get tired of them complaining so I enter their orders into the system. The nurse manager is aware this is an interrole conflict. Which of the following describes an interrole conflict? 1. The role is inconsistently performed.
  2. The manager is not directing the assigned nursing tasks.
  3. There is conflict between the charge nurse and nurses roles.
  4. The charge nurses are not fulfilling their role.

Question 2

A new nurse is adjusting to the medical-surgical unit. The nurse has completed orientation. The nurse is confiding in a peer regarding his level of stress and feeling incompetent.
 
  The nurse informs the new nurse this is a typical reaction and is called, reality shock. Which of the following describes reality shock? 1. The inability to function as a registered nurse
  2. The transition from the student nurse to work nurse environment
  3. The transition from orientation to the actual work environment
  4. The difficulty in functioning as a competent nurse



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Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 1. Interrole conflict occurs when there is conflict between the roles of nurse manager and a nurse.
Inconsistencies with the charge nurse role can add stress to the unit environment. The manager
is not the issue regarding the roles and conflict described in the question.

Answer to Question 2

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Explanation: 1. Reality shock is the stress experienced when students change their role to a professional
practitioner role. The new nurse is a registered nurse, and orientation is just a period of time
for the nurse to learn the processes on the unit and within the organization.





 

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