It appears that many nurses use avoidance to manage conflict. However, this does not generally resolve the problem because:
A. Avoiding will generate a win-win situa-tion.
B. Avoiding a conflict ultimately causes ten-sion among team members and negatively influences the care environment.
C. Most staff are not capable of fully avoid-ing or ignoring a problem and so they be-gin to compromise with the other group, which yields a win-win situation.
D. Most problems that are ignored generally improve with time.
ANS: B
Feedback
A Incorrect because this will not generate a win-win solution.
B Correct because team members need to manage their conflict and not avoid the problem.
C Incorrect because compromising and avoiding will not generate a win-win solu-tion.
D Incorrect because time will not improve this conflict.
You might also like to view...
A nurse cares for clients with hormone disorders. Which are common key features of hormones? (Select all that apply.)
a. Hormones may travel long distances to get to their target tissues. b. Continued hormone activity requires continued production and secretion. c. Control of hormone activity is caused by negative feedback mechanisms. d. Most hormones are stored in the target tissues for use later. e. Most hormones cause target tissues to change activities by changing gene activity.
Which factors contribute to threatening the current and future supply of nurses? (Select all that apply.)
a. The number of qualified applicants has decreased. b. Seventy-five percent of current faculty may retire over the next decade. c. Overall numbers of applicants to doctoral programs has decreased. d. Faculty vacancies are having an impact on large numbers of schools. e. More men are entering nursing and choosing faculty positions.
If an indwelling catheter is present, you do NOT need to observe the amount and color in the drainage bag
True False
A patient in the clinic is worried about having fibromyalgia. For which symptoms should the health care professional assess the patient for?
a. Hot, tender, and edematous muscle groups bilaterally b. Fasciculations of the upper and lower extremity muscles c. Exercise intolerance and painful muscle cramps d. Sensitivity at tender points and profound fatigue