A nurse manager wants to plan an intervention for some nurses who seem to be experiencing role incongruity. The manager could best assist these nurses by creating a forum for
a. role clarification.
b. staff debriefing.
c. values clarification.
d. work redesign.
C
Values clarification would help nurses articulate and understand the distress they feel when job obligations conflict with personal or professional values.
Discussing roles and clarifying job expectations would reduce role ambiguity.
A staff debriefing would be useful to reduce role discrepancy.
Work redesign could help alleviate role overload.
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