The nurse manager at a nursing home wanted to use creative thinking to solve the problem of residents' borrowing each other's cigarettes without permission
First, the nurse manager called two licensed staff members into her office to discuss the problem. Next, she called in the nursing assistant to join the group. Finally, she called in the social worker to join the group. The nurse manager employed which technique to solve the problem?
a.
Ladder of abstraction
b.
Think tanks
c.
Stepladder technique
d.
Delphi technique
ANS: C
The stepladder technique structures the entry of group members into the group to ensure that each member contributes to the decision-making process.
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