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and adapt the unit to better meet the unique needs of the older adult patient.Using c
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omplexity principles, what would be the best approach to take for implementation o
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b. Engage involved staff at all levels in the decision-making process.
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n making occursthroughout the systems, as opposed to being held in a hierar
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chy. In complexity theory, everyvoice counts, and therefore, all levels of staff
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would be involved in decision making.
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TOP: AONE competency: Communication and Relationship-Building
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A unit manager of a 25-
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ve times in the past month. He tells the manager that he very much wants to come to
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work when scheduled but must often care for his wife, who is undergoing treatment
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a. Line up agency nurses who can be called in to work on short notice.
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b. Place the nurse on unpaid leave for the remainder of his wife’s treatment.
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d. Work with the nurse, staffing office, and other nurses to arrange his schedule
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ysiologic needsand demotivate the nurse. Unsatisfactory coverage of shifts on
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short notice could affect patient care and threaten the needs of staff to feel com
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petent. Arranging the schedule around
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the wife’s needs meets the needs of the staff and of patients while satisfying the n
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The charge nurse walks into Mr. Smith’s room and finds him yelling at the LPN. H
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e is obviously very upset. The charge nurse determines that he has not slept for thr
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ee nights because of unrelieved pain levels. The LPN is very upset and calls Mr. Sm
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ith an “ugly, old
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en suggests thatMr. Smith’s behavior was aggressive but was related to lack of
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sleep and to pain. The charge nurse asks, “Can you, together with Mr. Smith, d
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etermine triggers for the pain and effective approaches to controlling his pain?
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ing unrelievedpatient symptoms and aggressiveness toward a staff member.
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Providing engaged, collaborative guidance and decision making in a complex
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situation where there is no standardized solution reflects leadership.
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After assessing an older adult patient in long-
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term care who has been slowly deteriorating forweeks, the nurse manager calls the f
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amily and asks them to come in, as the patient is dying. What is the most likely basis f
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or the nurse manager’s request?
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a. An established clinical pathway
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The nurse manager is employing knowledge and experience in determining t
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hat the patient isdying, because the course of dying is not standardized and ca
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TOP: AONE competency: Knowledge of the Health Care Environment
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Chart audits have revealed significant omissions of data that could have legal and fin
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ancial guideline ramifications. The unit manager meets with the staff to discuss audit
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findings and tofind approaches that will address the gaps in charting and achieve des
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ired goals. What is the manager demonstrating?
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dures is management. This can require collaborative decision making to dete
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rmine how best to reachpredetermined goals and follow established practice
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A family is keeping vigil at a critically ill patient’s bedside. Distant family members
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call theunit continuously asking for updates and expressing concern. The nurse spe
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aks with the distant family members and states she is referring them to the hospital
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social worker, whoserole is to work with family in this situation. What role is the nu
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