Exam 3: Decision-Making Process and Tools

The staff nurse is assessing the need for further teaching for a preoperative surgical client.Based on the steps of critical thinking,what is the nurse's first priority?

The nurse manager expected her staff to be able to log into evidence-based practice websites to update policies and procedures.This is an example of what element of reasoning?

Three charge nurses were assigned by the nurse manager to develop a method for keeping the crash cart stocked after each shift.What type of structure would best accomplish this assignment?

A staff nurse witnessed a hospital staff member who was finishing up the night shift stuff her pockets with extra rolls of tape.The hospital has a policy about unauthorized removal of supplies from the unit.The staff nurse reported the incident to the nurse manager.Instead of reporting the hospital staff member to the house supervisor,the nurse manager counseled the staff member in the nurse manager's office.This is an example of what type of ethical position?

Which of the following is an example of effective decision making?

During a staff conference,the issue of mandatory in-service sessions was raised.The staff from the day shift wanted the in-service sessions to be held from 12:00 to 1:00 PM,so they could eat lunch together.Some of the newer staff members who worked nights remained silent.When it came time for the vote,the majority who worked days and evenings accepted the time for the in-service sessions.The night shift members did not promote this new schedule.This form of peer pressure is:

For nurses to function in a multicultural environment,they must be aware of global ethics.Which of the following is an example of global ethics?

The nurse manager formed a task force of orthopedic staff nurses to develop cost-saving standard practices for the care of clients undergoing total hip replacement.The staff nurses used which type of decision-making model to reduce costs for clients undergoing total hip replacement?

After a brainstorming session on how to implement a new staffing policy,the nurse manager decided to have the staff rank the suggestions in order of most preferred solution after considering whether each suggestion is practical,cost effective,efficient,and effective.Next,the staff prioritized the list,eliminated items,and added others.This is a form of:

The nurse manager of the labor and delivery room sees the need to develop a new policy that allows members of the extended family into the delivery room.This policy change would have to be presented to the medical staff.What type of structure would the nurses use to develop the new policy?

The nurse manager wants to ensure that consensus has been reached at the monthly staff meeting.Consensus occurs when the committee members agree that they can live with the decision even if it is not the decision they would prefer.One way for the nurse manager to help build consensus among the committee members is to:

A nurse manager asks the staff members,"What causes low morale?" This is an example of which of the following?

The hospital holds weekly meetings of a nurse manager council that discuss identified problem areas and makes recommendations to a central council or administration.This is a form of:

A staff nurse ridiculed another staff nurse's draft of the designs for new signs that were to be placed on the unit.The staff nurse who was ridiculing was demonstrating:

An ad hoc committee was formed to collect data about the increase in absenteeism throughout the hospital.To ensure that this ad hoc committee functioned efficiently,the hospital limited the number of committee members to:

The nursing home staff members were brainstorming about ways to keep one of the residents from walking into other residents' rooms uninvited.After they failed to agree on a solution,the nurse manager instructed the staff members to take a break for lunch.The nursing manager was practicing what phase of creative decision making?

A hospital planned to begin using a new computerized medication administration record.The hospital used an external consultant to act as a change agent and educate the staff.An advantage to using external consultants is that they:

Staff nurses use individual justice to care for individual clients,but nursing leaders use what type of justice?

Computers facilitate complex decision making.When nurses use computers to track clients who were discharged based on diagnosis-related groups (DRGs),they are using which type of computer system?

In the decision-making process,the nurse identifies a problem by: