A nurse manager has had to handle a particularly difficult physician who is demanding as well as demeaning. Through this situation, the nurse manager has learned that accuracy and honesty are attributes of which skill necessary for managers?
1. Critical thinking
2. Communication
3. Networking
4. Responsibility
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Critical thinking is a creative process that includes problem solving and decision making.
Rationale 2: Good communication skills are essential to managers and include assertiveness, clear expression of ideas, accuracy, and honesty.
Rationale 3: Networking is a process whereby professional links are established through which people can share ideas, knowledge, and information; offer support and direction to each other; and facilitate accomplishment of professional goals.
Rationale 4: Responsibility is one of the principles of management, not a management skill.
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