The nurse manager is concerned that the nursing staff is ...

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The nurse manager is concerned that the nursing staff is experiencing role stress related to higher acuity of clients. What is one way in which this manager could address this issue?
 
  1. Encourage supportive relationships among the staff nurses.
  2. Advocate for longer length of stay for these higher acuity clients.
  3. Limit the number of high-acuity clients that can be admitted to the unit.
  4. Create a structured management system with no room for individual variance.

Question 2

The nursing student has identified a discrepancy between what is written in the textbook and what the nursing faculty member said during theory class. What should the student do?
 
  1. Wait and see whether the material is covered on the next exam.
  2. Ask a clinical staff nurse for clarification of the topic.
  3. Request an appointment with the faculty member who taught the material.
  4. Look the topic up on the Internet for clarification.

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1

Factors found to be associated with role stress for nurses include having little control in the job, high demands or overload, and low supportive relationships. Encouraging the staff nurses to be supportive of one another may help to relieve some of the role stress. The nurse manager is not really in a position to determine acuity level of admitted clients or length of stay for those clients once admitted. A structured management system with little room for individual variance takes so much control of the job away from staff nurses, that it might actually increase role strain.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3

In this case, the discrepancy is between what is written in the textbook and what the student has understood from theory class. The most logical approach is to request an appointment with the faculty member who taught the material so that questions about the topic can be discussed. Reputable Internet sites and clinical staff nurses are good resources for general topics, but this question is a particular discrepancy that should be clarified with the person who taught the material. Waiting to see whether the material is covered on the next exam is a passive action that will not help the student learn the correct concepts.

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