Many of the nurses in acute care hospital settings feel that health-care delivery as it exists is "hopeless." Using chaos theory, it would be helpful for each nurse to try to:
A. Identify patterns of order that exist and focus on best practice using these obser-vations.
B. Alleviate the chaos by mandating patients follow lockstep procedures.
C. Develop step-by-step care plans that are focused on the average patient with a spe-cific problem who does not have other comorbidities.
D. Create a time management system using task accomplishment as the goal.
ANS: A
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A Correct because chaos theory is identifi-cation of and promoting best practices.
B Incorrect because one does not want to alleviate chaos and follow a lockstep process to gain the most growth, as the chaos theory explains.
C Incorrect because chaos theory does not foster universal categorization of patients.
D Incorrect because chaos theory does not focus on a time management philosophy.
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