You recently graduated from nursing school and are now working on a pediatric unit. It is important for you to make sound decisions that can potentially affect your personal and professional life
In order to be effective in your decision-making ability, you decide to do which of the following each time a major issue occurs? Select all that apply. a. Trust yourself
b. Make only those decisions that are yours to make
c. Procrastinate as long as possible since you are a recent graduate
d. Only consider your decision if it affects you
e. Leave patient care decisions to the more expert nurses
f. Write down pros and cons of an issue to help clarify your thinking
A, B, F
In order to make sound decisions, you should trust yourself, make only decisions that are yours to
make, and consider not only yourself but how your decisions will affect others. Additional strategies to
use include writing down pros and cons of an issue to help clarify your thinking; writing notes and
keeping ideas visible about decisions in order to utilize all relevant information; and making decisions
as you go along rather than procrastinating and letting them accumulate. While expert nurses can
provide valuable information, you as a new graduate can still make decisions related to patient care.
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