To implement a change in policy, the nurse manager resorts to the utilization of force. Which strategy is being used?
1. Educational
2. Coercive change strategy
3. Data-based
4. Facilitative
Correct Answer: 2
In the coercive strategy, there is an obligatory relationship between planners and adopters; power is used to bring about change. Educational strategies provide presentations of fact intended to justify the need for change. Data-based strategies collect and use data to make social change. The facilitative strategy assumes that people are willing to change but need the resources to bring it about.
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