An empowered environment that is conducive for nurses to practice transformational leadership would include which of the following philosophies?
A. Nurses feel they make a difference.
B. Nurses believe in the handmaiden rela-tionship with physicians.
C. Nurses are competitive with each other and are constantly competing for atten-tion.
D. Nurses respect multiple "sacred cows" and feel they should not "rock the boat."
ANS: A
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A Correct because if nurses can feel they make a difference, they are in a transfor-mational environment.
B Incorrect because a handmaiden relation-ship with physicians would not exist in a transformational setting.
C Incorrect because a transformational set-ting would not foster competitiveness.
D Incorrect because this setting is not trans-formational if nurses feel they cannot "rock the boat."
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