Which situation represents an obstacle to delegation?
1. Most of the nursing staff deliver highly skilled care
2. The entire organization has a team-centered culture
3. There is a budget shortfall for the current fiscal year
4. Each employee knows and executes job responsibilities
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Rationale 1: A staff that is comprised of many competent nurses enables the nurse manager to delegate and still have other nurses to rely on to deliver quality nursing care.
Rationale 2: Democratic leadership styles facilitate delegation and provide good role models.
Rationale 3: Resources such as qualified nurses, finances, and educational resources may be limited, which are obstacles to delegation.
Rationale 4: Environmental factors such as a norm of crisis management as a result of poor job descriptions and unclear chains of command are unsupportive to delegation.
Global Rationale:
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