A nursing unit is frequently short-staffed. Many agency nurses work to fill staff nurse vacancies. The manager has hired many new graduates, but most leave in less than 1 year. This may be the result of a lack of:
a. continuity of care.
b. formal leadership.
c. ethical behaviors.
d. shared assumptions.
D
Groups that are stable and have a history of shared learning are likely to have developed some degree of culture, but groups with significant turnover of members and leaders may lack shared assumptions (Schein, 1992).
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