One of the nurses often fails to attend educational offerings available to the staff. The nurse manager who implies the nurse may receive a negative evaluation is using:
1. Coercive power.
2. Information power.
3. Referent power.
4. Reward power.
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Explanation: 1. Coercive power is based on penalties a manager might impose on an employee. A negative
evaluation is a penalty. Information power is based on information a manager has and
employees want. Referent power is based on the respect the followers have for the manager.
Reward power is based on the inducements a manager can give to the employees.
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