You pull staff together to assess a situation in which the family of a seriously ill patient is anxious and is absorbing a great deal of staff time in consultation, discussion, and questioning of treatment decisions
Staff members are becoming distanced from the family. After inviting the concerns of staff, you explain that the organization values patient-centered care and that evidence supports that acting as an advocate and a listener is helpful to families. You ask the staff for ideas as to strategies that are effectively patient-centered in these situations. In this situation, you are taking on which role? a. Leadership
b. Management
c. Follower
d. Visionary
A
As a leader, you provide and communicate vision and direction based on evidence and expe-rience, and you engage others in decision making that moves them toward the vision with a rea-sonable level of risk taking.
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