After a New Management Company Took Over the Operations of a Hospital

Multiple Choice

After a new management company took over the operations of a hospital many changes in policy were made. The nurse manager overhears a conversation in the break room that included comments such as, "I don't know why I even try" and "No one pays any attention to us anyway." What results of these feelings should the nurse manager watch for on the unit? Select all that apply.

A) Lack of creative problem solving in the staff
B) Deterioration in morale
C) Increased effort by other nurses to make needed changes
D) New staff being increasingly alienated from those who have been employed longer
E) Change in the culture of the unit