The nurse manager is coping with a staff member who is very resistant to change. Which strategy would be beneficial for this nurse manager?
1. Maintain open communication with this staff member to establish trust.
2. Help the staff member focus on parts of the change rather than on the whole change at one time.
3. Take over all of the processes of the change.
4. Ignore any hidden agendas brought by this staff member.
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Explanation: 1. Having an open and trusting relationship with staff will help to reduce resistance to change.
2. Focusing on parts and being unable to see the whole picture can result in territoriality.
3. Staff will not be innovative if managers over-direct, over-observe, or over-report.
4. Staff with hidden agendas or motives are barriers to change and should not be ignored.
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