A number of changes are introduced to a unit, including changes to familiar clinical procedures and the use of PDAs to enable bedside documentation
You, as unit manager, anticipate which of the following will contribute most to complexity compression? a. Meaning of the change
b. Pace of changes
c. Previous experiences with change
d. Confidence of the leader in the value of the change
B
Complexity compression is a term that means that many changes are happening almost simul-taneously and before one practice can be firmly implanted in our minds, we are already address-ing some other change
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