After her first week working on a busy medical/surgical unit, a new charge nurse notes that the individual nurses are highly competent but seem to be unable to function productively as a team
Select the action by the charge nurse that would best facilitate team building among the staff.
a. Provide an opportunity for the nurses to express their feelings and emotions.
b. Hire more staff members to reduce stress and fatigue from understaffing.
c. Allow the staff more input into important policy decision-making.
d. Give the staff members more time to ad-just to the change in charge nurses.
A
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