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CharlieWard · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The hospital has approved the nurse manager's suggestion to have more social activities for employees. The hospital will now implement the next track of Kilmann's process for organizational planned change, which is:

a. Management skills
b. Scheduling of the tracks
c. Strategy structure
d. Reward system

Question 2

A nurse manager was asked to select nurses for a new geriatric unit and interviewed several nurses for the job of patient care coordinator. The nurse who was selected has a master's degree in adult health with a focus on gerontologic nursing.

This nurse manager used which kind of change strategy?
a. Empirical-rational strategy
b. Normative-reeducative strategy
c. Power-coercive strategy
d. Interactional change strategy

vboyd24 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Once the cultural change has been accomplished, it is important to sustain the change by implementing the management skills track and then the team building track to develop leadership.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Nurse managers who use empirical-rational strategies are likely to want the appropriate persons for specific positions.