Exam 6: Making Decisions and Solving Problems

In a rural hospital,the unit for which you are charge nurse has a particularly busy morning.A 52-year-old patient is complaining of left-sided chest pain and a multiparous patient is about to deliver.A child with asthma is experiencing early signs of an attack.The other RN on the unit is a recent graduate who has not yet been orientated to the labor room and has limited cardiac nursing experience.An unregulated assistant is also available.You must decide which patient situation you will take and where the RN's skills can best be used.Given the limitations in skills and experience,number of staff available,and time constraints,you must make a decision that involves:

After the nurses who work on an adolescent psychiatric unit have had a brainstorming session,they are ready to resolve the problem of teenagers who are unmanageable.To maximize group effectiveness in decision making and problem solving,the nurse manager has:

Sue,a nurse manager,has a staff nurse that has been absent a great deal for the past three months.A whistleblower gives some information to Sue indicating that the staff nurse will be resigning and returning to school.Because of this,Sue decides to do which of the following?

An outpatient surgery manager is evaluating infusion pumps for the operating room.The manager should:

To solve a problem,the nurse manager understands that the most important problem-solving step is: