The nurse manager is challenged to find an innovative way to adequately staff the unit and provide quality nursing care. Which describes the ability to create an effective, innovative staffing pattern?
1. Creativity
2. Problem solving
3. Brainstorming
4. Decision making
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Explanation: 1. Creativity is a part of the critical thinking process that fosters the development and
implementation of new approaches to different situations. Problem solving infers there is a
problem that needs a solution. Brainstorming generates diverse ideas with many superficial
solutions. Decision making identifies one effective, not necessarily innovative, strategy.
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