Staff nurses need to be recognized for their expertise and passion for their practice as nurses. This is the vision of a new Nurse Director at an acute-care hospital. She decides to implement her vision by:
A. Asking for volunteers to present their philosophy of nursing at the Executive Board for the institution's next meeting
B. Assigning staff nurses three books to read for homework regarding the significance of excellence in patient care
C. Creating a newsletter where a picture and short write-up of each nurse's accom-plishments are published annually (staff need to pay cost)
D. Partnering with the university nursing fa-culty so that each nurse is paired with a faculty to conduct research and publish an article regarding their expertise area
ANS: D
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A Incorrect because this only recognizes some nurses and only disseminates with the Executive Board.
B Incorrect because this is not recognizing each nurse's expertise but only those nurses who are written up in the books.
C Incorrect because paying for the picture negates from the recognition.
D Correct because publishing will accom-plish the vision regarding the need for re-cognizing staff nurses.
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