After a brainstorming session on how to implement a new staffing policy, the nurse manager decided to have the staff rank the suggestions in order of most preferred solution after considering whether each suggestion is practical, cost effective, efficient
and effective. Next, the staff prioritized the list, eliminated items, and added others. This is a form of:
a.
Visual identification of relationships
b.
Checklist method
c.
Modeling
d.
Self-interrogation checklist
ANS: B
The checklist method is used to assemble items on a checklist, sort them, prioritize them, eliminate items, and add others.
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