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strangeaffliction

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A nurse has just been promoted to team leader for a nursing unit and wishes to experience a smooth transition into this job. What is a common mistake made by new team leaders?
 
  1. Being authoritarian due to lack of self-confidence, lack of trust, and fear of poor outcomes.
  2. Using a hands-off approach due to idealism, a naive sense of trust, and lack of belief in their own judgment.
  3. Adapting a highly cooperative approach due to lack of experience and clinical skills.
  4. Easily extending an openness to input and participation from team members because of their freedom from negative experiences with this approach.

Question 2

A key skill in today's healthcare environment is the ability to collaborate with others. A nurse identifies need to improve in this area.
 
  Which skills or traits would be essential for an effective nurse manager to develop to improve collaboration with others? Select all that apply. 1. Flexibility
  2. The ability to share information and ideas
  3. A service orientation
  4. A desire to work hard
  5. The ability to listen to others



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Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 1. New team leaders tend to adopt a directive and more dictatorial approach, out of fear of negative results if input and shared authority were extended to others.
2. This hands-off approach can be positive, but requires more experience in the leadership role.
3. The approach requires more experience in the leadership role.
4. With greater experience, trust, and confidence, team leaders tend to be able to share team planning and decision-making.

Answer to Question 2

1, 2, 5
Explanation: 1. In order to collaborate effectively, the nurse must be flexible, must be willing to listen to others and include them in his or her work, and work together toward the best solution to any problems that might arise.
2. In order to collaborate effectively, the nurse must be flexible, must be willing to listen to others and include them in his or her work, and must work together toward the best solution to any problems that might arise.
3. While a service orientation is common among nurses, it is not an essential trait for collaboration.
4. This is not an essential skill for ability to collaborate.
5. In order to collaborate effectively, the nurse must be flexible, must be willing to listen to others and include them in his or her work, and must work together toward the best solution to any problems that might arise.




strangeaffliction

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


samiel-sayed

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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