The nurse is a manager on an orthopedic unit. The unit changed to a new computer documentation system three days ago. One of the night nurses has called in sick every shift since the new system started. The nursing manager is aware that this situation
A) Feel threatened
B) Fear increased responsibility
C) Lack of understanding
D) See no benefits to the change
E) Dislike hospital chief officer
Ans: A, B, C, D
The most common reasons people resist change are threat to self, lack of understanding, fear of increased responsibility, envisioning a lack of benefits to the change, and being unable to tolerate working in a state of flux. Dislike of the hospital CEO is not a common reason to resist change.
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