The planning hoop contains four critical aspects of decision making. To set priorities and make excellent decisions, the nurse manager must understand the concept of planning. It is
a. The process of making decisions based on facts and information rather than emotions and wishes
b. The act of sitting in an office with the door shut to think things through clearly
c. The ability to make a plan and have the strength never to change it despite what happens
d. Developing the flexibility to keep making changes in the plan in each of the four critical aspects of the planning hoop
A
Response A is the definition of planning. Effective planning requires you to sit behind a closed door to review what must be done and the most effective way to do it; however, there is more to it than just the thinking. The last two answers show the extremes of being rigid and of being too flexible.
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