In institutions that practice shared governance, the nurse manager's role is to (select all that apply):
a. hire new employees.
b. mentor the nursing staff.
c. train new nurses in patient care.
d. support the decisions of the nursing team.
e. enable the staff to become effective lead-ers.
B, D, E
The nurse manager's role shifts to one of mentoring, coaching, facilitating, enabling, and sup-porting the staff personnel. Sustainable change can occur at the unit and organizational level if the nurse manager works within the framework of transformational leadership, shared gover-nance, and action processes.
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