During a staff meeting, an elderly physician is very negative and disagrees with any proposals for change, directing belittling statements at the unit manager, such as, "No wonder this hospital is such a mess
You generation-X nurses have no commitment to working hard!" How can the unit manager most appropriately deal with this situation?
a. Ask the physician to leave the meeting before proceeding.
b. Reply to the physician with equally belit-tling remarks.
c. Allow the physician to express his or her opinions and then ask for input from oth-ers at the meeting.
d. Walk out of the room and report the phy-sician to the hospital's chief of medicine.
C
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