A nurse manager desiring to make a change in a workplace procedure with the least amount of employee anxiety should initially use which of the following strategies?
1. Retain the services of an outside consultant.
2. Develop a successful and detailed plan.
3. Raise the employees' awareness of a need for change.
4. Turn the whole matter over to the staff to solve.
ANS: 3
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