A nursing instructor tested a group of students on information related to the use of groups in the hospital. Which response by the students would indicate that they know the key component of the nominal group technique?
a. It is useful when there are nominal resources available.
b. It is useful when there are nominal people involved.
c. It is timely.
d. It is nonverbal.
D
The nominal group technique is another type of group decision making that can be useful in certain
situations. Nominal refers to the nonverbal aspects of this technique in that in the first step, no
discussion is involved and group members write out their ideas or responses to questions posed by the
group leader.
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