A medical-surgical unit reports higher rates of patient satisfaction coupled with high rates of staff satisfaction and productivity. Which of the following is attributed to the data?
a. Effective leadership
b. Management involvement
c. Mentoring
d. Rewards and recognition
A
Effective leadership is important in nursing because of the impact on nurses' work lives, it being a stabilizing influence during change, and for nurses' productivity and quality of care.
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The nurse is giving a health promotion class to adolescents. In counseling an adolescent about lifestyle choices, the nurse discusses the fact that the most preventable cause of adult death in the United States is which of the following?
1. Alcohol use 2. Obesity 3. Tobacco use 4. Cocaine use
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