When a nurse recommends to the nurse manager a more efficient approach to organizing care, this type of organizational communication is called:
a. downward. c. lateral.
b. upward. d. diagonal.
B
In upward communication, the idea originates at some level below the top of the structure and moves
upward.
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a. Conversion reaction b. Conscious coping strategy c. Defense mechanism of undoing d. Reaction formation
The organizational and nursing department's philosophy has implications for a nurse's practice role. The vital components that form the core of a nursing department philosophy are (select all that apply):
a. the client. b. the nurse. c. nursing practice. d. the mission statement. e. nursing department goals.
When describing the complications that can occur in newborns to a group of pregnant women, which would the nurse include as being at lowest risk?
A) Small-for-gestational-age newborns B) Large-for-gestational-age newborns C) Appropriate-for-gestational-age newborns D) Low-birthweight newborns
The nurse notices that a group member is quiet during support group meetings. What is the best intervention by the nurse for involving the quiet group member in the group process?
a. Ask the group if they have noticed that a group member never talks. b. Ask the group what can be done to involve the quiet group member more. c. Set up a private meeting with the quiet group member to discuss group participation. d. Ask the quiet group member if he or she would like to comment on what another group member has just said.