Exam 3: Decision-Making Process and Tools

A staff nurse was asked by the nurse manager to be the charge nurse because of the staff nurse's long history of effective decision making.The staff nurse attributed her effective decision making to:

The nurse manager put up a rotation schedule to ensure that the holidays would be covered.The manager scheduled a newly hired staff nurse for the same time slot as a nurse who had seniority.The nurse manager was demonstrating what ethical principle?

The nurse manager at a nursing home wanted to use creative thinking to solve the problem of residents' borrowing each other's cigarettes without permission.First,the nurse manager called two licensed staff members into her office to discuss the problem.Next,she called in the nursing assistant to join the group.Finally,she called in the social worker to join the group.The nurse manager employed which technique to solve the problem?

Traditionally,a hospital cuts back on registered nurse staffing for budgetary reasons.The hospital chief executive officer (CEO)wanted to decrease the operating budget by reducing the number of travel nurses being used on the units.The nurse managers protested this decision loudly because they feared a resulting shortage of staff.The hospital CEO used what type of decision-making model?

The client's bed linens were damp from excessive perspiration.The staff member helped the client take a bed bath,even though the client had requested that she not be bathed.The nurse's action exemplified what model of ethical relationship?