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Create unnecessary bureaucracy.
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Provide a formal pathway for communication and authority to ensure clarity and order.
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Limit the power of staff nurses.
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Allow anyone to give orders to anyone else.
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Act in the best interest of the patient and promote good.
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Treat all patients fairly.
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D.
Respect the patient's autonomy.
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Suppressing all emotions.
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Understanding and managing their own emotions and recognizing the emotions of others.
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C.
Ignoring the emotional state of their team.
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D.
Using emotions to manipulate others for personal gain.
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B.
Has the competency and training to perform the task safely.
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Is the most senior person available.
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Is willing to do the task without being paid.
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Issue a written warning to all staff.
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Dismiss the complaints as patients being difficult.
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C.
Gather more data and talk to staff and patients to identify the root cause of the problem.
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D.
Implement a new communication protocol without any staff input.
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Preparing for the change.
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Making the change happen.
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Reinforcing and stabilizing the change so it becomes the new standard.
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D.
Reverting back to the old way of doing things.
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Use hand gestures to try and communicate complex information.
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B.
Ask another patient in the ward to translate.
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Request a professional medical interpreter from the hospital.
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D.
Wait until a family member arrives to proceed with care.
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After the procedure has been completed.
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By the most junior member of the team.
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Before any non-emergency invasive procedure is performed.
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D.
Only for patients who are wealthy.
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A.
Decide who was right and who was wrong.
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Find a solution that improves team function and ensures patient safety.
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C.
Punish the person who started the conflict.
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D.
Avoid discussing the issue entirely.
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"The nurse who made the error needs more training."
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B.
"Why was the nurse so careless?"
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"Let's examine the process: were the medications stored correctly? Was the staffing adequate? Is the ordering system confusing?"
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"This was a one-time mistake that will not happen again."
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Assigning daily patient loads.
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Motivating employees to perform well.
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Recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and orienting new nurses.
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D.
Evaluating the quality of patient care.
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Transactional leader
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B.
Laissez-faire leader
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Transformational leader
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Discusses the patient's condition with the consulting surgeon.
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B.
Shares details about her interesting patient case on her personal social media page.
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C.
Gives a report to the oncoming shift nurse.
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D.
Documents the patient's diagnosis in the official medical record.
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Send an angry email to the head of the pharmacy.
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B.
Tell the nurses to complain directly to the pharmacists.
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Arrange an interdepartmental meeting to map the process, identify bottlenecks, and collaboratively find a solution.
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Report the pharmacy to the hospital CEO.
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Serve their own career ambitions.
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Serve the needs of their team and the organization, prioritizing their growth and well-being.
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Serve the demands of the hospital administration above all else.
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Serve the public by seeking media attention.
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Blaming individuals for all errors to ensure they don't happen again.
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Creating an environment where staff can report errors and near misses without fear of punishment, distinguishing between human error, at-risk behavior, and reckless conduct.
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C.
Never reporting errors to protect the hospital's reputation.
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Only doctors are held accountable for errors.
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D.
Financial planning and resource allocation
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B.
"Did you take your medication?"
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C.
"Can you tell me more about what happened?"
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D.
"Is your family visiting today?"
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