A Patient Care Manager of the Mobile Intensive Care Unit

Multiple Choice

A patient care manager of the mobile intensive care unit (MICU) wants to make a change in the culture of the unit so that the more experienced nurses take on the less experienced nurses as mentees and not just as preceptees. What is an effective first step for the patient care manager to carry out with the staff according to Lewin's theory for change?

A) Have all staff bring an article about the benefits and drawbacks of experienced staff nurses being mentors.
B) Announce that being a mentor is now required of any MICU nurse that has more than 5 years' experience.
C) Meet with all of the experienced nurses and tell them the unit cannot survive without each one of them being responsible for a less experienced nurse.
D) Refine the job description of the mentor's role to make it more acceptable to the experienced nurse.