The charge nurse of a small nursing unit would like to gain staff acceptance of a time-intensive, budget-imposed change required by the hospital administration.
She plans to emphasize several evidence-based research projects that have shown improved patient health outcomes as a result of implementing this change. This is an example of which of the following organizational change concepts? a. Budget-oriented change
b. Transformation
c. Resistance
d. Emergent change
Question 2Budgeting focuses on money as a(n):
a. capital constraint.
b. employee management tool.
c. human resource tool.
d. strategic resource.
Question 3You are excited by evidence supporting the use of PDAs at the bedside to improve documenta-tion and patient outcomes.
You have disseminated the information through discussions and e-mails and are now ready to begin the process of considering implementation on the unit. To develop positive attitudes toward the use and implementation of the technology, you would dis-cuss your ideas with (Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory): a. Harvey, RN, a technology guru, who en-thusiastically tries on all new software.
b. Berta, RN, who thoughtfully considers evidence and regularly uses it to try new approaches in her practice.
c. Carol, LPN, who is positive about new ideas but looks to her friends for their ideas about whether or not to try some-thing new.
d. Ben, a 10-year veteran of the unit, who wonders why technology should be used at all. He says that he will use it when there is no chance of security breaks.
Question 4An intravenous infusion center is considering switching intravenous pumps to another vendor. A team of nurses is gathered to examine the benefits and uses and to conduct a cost analysis of various intravenous pumps.
After thoroughly reviewing the data and piloting several intravenous pumps, the team and the nurse leader vote to determine which pumps to use. This example de-picts which of the following decision styles? a. Autocratic
b. Consultative
c. Delegative
d. Facilitative
Question 5The most difficult to change is:
a. attitudes.
b. group behavior.
c. knowledge.
d. individual behavior.
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