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newbem · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Sarah, a staff nurse on your unit, witnesses another nurse striking a patient.

Sarah wants to remain friends with her colleague and worries that confrontation with her colleague or reporting her colleague will destroy their relationship. Sarah is experiencing which type of conflict?

a. Intrapersonal
b. Interpersonal
c. Organizational
d. Professional

Question 2

A group of staff nurses is dissatisfied with the new ideas presented by the newly hired nurse manager. The staff wants to keep their old procedures, and they resist the changes. Conflict arises from:

a. Group decision-making options.
b. Perceptions of incompatibility.
c. Increases in group cohesiveness.
d. Debates, negotiations, and compromises.

kaykay69 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Intrapersonal conflict occurs within a person when confronted with the need to think or act in a way that seems at odds with that person's sense of self. Questions often arise that create a conflict over priorities, ethical standards, and values. Some issues present a conflict over comfortably maintaining the status quo and taking risks to confront people when needed, which can lead to interpersonal conflict.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Conflict involves disagreement in values or beliefs within oneself or between people that causes harm or has the potential to cause harm. Folger, Poole, and Stutman (2012) add that conflict results from the interaction of interdependent people who perceive incompatibility and the potential for interference.