The chief nursing officer understands that a nurse manager can exhibit stress that is related to trying to keep up with the number of electronic messages that arrive, as well as trying to remain accessible to staff
What is a strategy that would assist the manager to manage the information overload effectively?
a. Ignore messages unless they are labeled as important.
b. Determine who is most likely to send useful or important information or requests.
c. Check e-mail messages once a day.
d. Encourage face-to-face meetings rather than e-mail.
ANS: B
Reduction of stress related to information overload requires the development of information-receiving and information-sending skills. Information-sending skills include determining most common sources of useful data, labeling files and folders to which e-mail messages can be directed, deletion of e-mails, and focusing on the most important pieces. Information-sending skills include keeping e-mail messages short (and calling if the message needs to be long) and considering the most appropriate medium for messages (telephone, fax, face-to-face).
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