A nurse manager elects to ignore a nurse's performance problem, hoping it will go away. What does this strategy indicate about the nurse's management ability?
1. The nurse is a lazy manager.
2. The nurse is gullible.
3. The nurse is using a valid strategy.
4. The nurse needs an update on management strategy.
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Rationale 1: This is not necessarily the case.
Rationale 2: This is not necessarily the case.
Rationale 3: Ignoring a performance problem may be a valid strategy—for instance, if a new nurse is late for report and a seasoned nurse tells the new nurse not to be late again.
Rationale 4: This is not necessarily the case.
Global Rationale:
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