Future-Proof Healthcare Leaders

The risk manager informs the nurse manager of an orthopedic unit that her unit has had an increase in incident reports about patients falling during the 11-7 shift. The nurse manager knows that the best way to resolve the problem is to:

• Plan for Action

• Implement Strategies

• Ignore the Situation

• Identify the problem

The nurse manager of a rehab unit wants to purchase a new anti-embolic stocking. To make a high-quality decision, the nurse manager would:

• Involve the rehab staff in the decision

• Know the cost of the material

• Identify the purpose of the anti-embolic stocking

• Follow what you think is right.

Several nurses on an adolescent psychiatric unit complain that the teens are becoming unmanageable on the 0700-1900 shift. To resolve this problem, the nurse manager decides that the staff should have a brainstorming session. The goal of brainstorming is to:

• Talk about the situation.

• Know the root cause of the problem.

• Generate as many solutions as possible.

• Encouraged equal participation among members.

To solve a problem, the nurse manager understands that the most important problem-solving step is:

• Evaluate alternatives

• Decide on a solution

• Accurate identification of the problem.

• Evaluate the outcome

A clinic nurse has observed another nurse deviating from agency policy in performing wound care. The best approach for the clinic nurse to take is to:

• Generate as many solutions as possible.

• Decide on a solution

• Talk about the situation with the concerned staff.

• Assess the risk to the client and the agency before proceeding.