The clinical nurse leader needs to identify the staff who must go home due to low census. Which answer below describes a democratic style of decision making?
a. The clinical nurse leader identifies the staff person with the most vacation and asks them to go home.
b. The clinical nurse leader tells the last person to show up for their shift to go home.
c. The clinical nurse leader decides not to send anyone home because it is too difficult to decide who should lose hours.
d. The clinical nurse leader asks the group if any of them would like the opportunity to go home and selects staff who volunteer.
ANS: D
Democratic leaders use a participatory style of decision making. In the other choices, the clinical nurse leader makes the decision independent of the staff.
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