Conflict Has Arisen Within the Hospital Regarding Who Will Staff

Multiple Choice

Conflict has arisen within the hospital regarding who will staff a proposed high-acuity unit. The nurse executive and other administrators have purposefully not intervened in this conflict. Why is that strategy appropriate?

A) Conflict draws attention to an issue.
B) The administrators do not like conflict management.
C) Conflict can stimulate new ideas about how to manage the high-acuity unit.
D) Conflict about the unit will help to identify the compromises necessary to make it a viable part of the hospital system.
E) Conflicts about staffing may make current staff members reexamine their own performance.