A nurse manager must implement a 2% budget cut on the nursing unit. Which approach should the manager use to most effectively empower the staff of the unit?
a. Discuss the guidelines for the budget cuts with the staff, making the decisions with those who participate.
b. Inform the staff of the budget cuts in a series of small group meetings and accept their ideas in writing only.
c. Provide the staff with handouts about the budget cuts and let them make recom-mendations in writing.
d. Hold a series of mandatory meetings on the budget cuts, asking staff for ideas on the cuts.
A
Empowerment is the process of exercising one's own power to facilitate the participation of oth-ers in decision making and taking action so they are free to exercise power It means releasing authority and enabling others to have accountability, for participation and decisions.
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