A nurse manager is developing a mission statement for an organization and must consider several questions. Which of the following questions is not necessarily part of developing a mission statement for the organization?
a. What do we stand for?
b. What principles are we willing to defend?
c. Who are we here to help?
d. Where are we going?
D
Organizational mission statements state the purpose of the organization. Questions that need to be
asked when developing this statement are "What do we stand for?", "What principles are we willing to
defend?", and "Who are we here to help?" The question of where we are going pertains to more
long-range goals, which are reflected in the vision statement of an organization.
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