Which is the expected outcome when acting as a change agent? ...

[sjones]

Which is the expected outcome when acting as a change agent?
 
  1. Demonstrating management skills
  2. Encouraging nurses to stick together
  3. Improving client care
  4. Guiding nursing practice

Question 2

The vice president for nursing services of a large teaching hospital has been aware that many of the problems in the nursing staff result from poor management at the unit level.
 
  What are reasons that nurse managers are sometimes ineffective in their role? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. There is little training available for nurse management positions.
  2. Entry-level educational programs for nurses do not contain sufficient managerial content.
  3. Management techniques are often learned on the job.
  4. Nurses are not good managers.
  5. Nurses often experience poor supervision in their own careers.

[ryansturges]

Answer to Question 1

3
Explanation: 1. All nursing responsibilities have the expected outcome of improving client care. The other
options are more personally related to the nurses role as a whole.

Answer to Question 2

1,2,3,5
Rationale 1: Few nurses have the training necessary to be managers.
Rationale 2: Entry-level education programs are designed to produce generalists, and most content is focused on bedside nursing skills.
Rationale 3: Many managers depend on their own experience with former supervisors.
Rationale 4: Nurses work as managers of their own practice and can become very good managers when sufficient education and support are provided.
Rationale 5: Nurses may manage as they were managed and perpetuate poor management techniques.
Global Rationale:

[sjones]

Excellent

[ricroger]

TYSM