A nurse manager is committed to establishing an environment that supports critical thinking and creativity
What strategies would help in this effort? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Provide opportunities for staff to interact with nurses from outside the facility.
2. Give the nurses freedom to design their work environment.
3. Create a spreadsheet for nurses to complete describing their creative efforts.
4. Assign each nurse 15 minutes of a staff meeting to talk about his or her creative efforts.
5. Be receptive to ideas even if they seem strange at the beginning.
1,2,5
Rationale 1: Exposure to new ideas and a fresh environment outside the facility increases creativity.
Rationale 2: Freedom is necessary to support the creative process.
Rationale 3: Filling in a spreadsheet is a bureaucratic, regimented strategy that will not foster creativity.
Rationale 4: Making creativity an assignment is a sure way to stifle it.
Rationale 5: Being receptive to new ideas encourages creativity.
Global Rationale:
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