Malloch and Porter-O'Grady point out that organizations "work from the inside out" and not from top to bottom
It is significant for staff nurses to participate fully in the decision-making processes of their health-care organizations and they can best do this by:
A. Shadowing their physician colleagues
B. Compromising with other health-care workers so that nursing gets its share of resources
C. Empowering themselves and other nurses to negotiate for their patients
D. Ignoring the administrators of the organi-zation
ANS: C
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A Incorrect because shadowing a physician is not helpful.
B Incorrect because compromising does not resolve a conflict in a win-win manner.
C Correct because empowering themselves and others will assist nurses in making their own decisions as a staff group.
D Incorrect because nothing good will come out of ignoring the administrators.
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