To increase performance effectiveness, the nurse manager must:
a. Ensure increased production
b. Give employees informal authority
c. Decrease delegation of tasks
d. Provide general supervision
ANS: D
Ordinarily, increased delegation and general rather than close supervision increase performance effectiveness, production, and employee satisfaction.
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