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dmcintosh

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How can a nurse best influence policies in an organization?
 
  1. Follow the nursing process.
  2. React to problems as they occur.
  3. Connect with the outside community.
  4. Look to administrators to be the policy makers.

Question 2

Despite the nurse manager's best efforts to retain an experienced nurse, the nurse leaves for a job in a competing hospital. Which option reflects the most important thing the manager must do now?
 
  1. Find a replacement to hire.
  2. Have human resources interview the nurse who left.
  3. Manage personal feelings of defeat.
  4. Decrease the impact of the hospital grapevine.



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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Close examination of the political process shows that it closely follows the nursing process. The nurse will assess the situation, create a plan of action, implement that plan, and evaluate and revise the plan.
Rationale 2: Reacting to problems as they occur shows lack of planning.
Rationale 3: Connecting with the outside community may be necessary, but if the nurse is trying to influence the policies of an organization, the bulk of work will be done within the organization.
Rationale 4: The nurse cannot remain passive and expect administrators to create all the policies.
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Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: While finding a replacement for the nurse is important, it is not the primary concern.
Rationale 2: An exit interview is important, but is not the manager's primary concern.
Rationale 3: The manager may feel defeated by losing this nurse, but this is not the primary concern.
Rationale 4: This nurse is gone, so the manager's next task it to decrease the impact of the hospital grapevine. This informal, but powerful, information superhighway can spread inaccurate and inflammatory information rapidly and could influence other nurses to leave.
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