You can prepare yourself for this assignment by reading Chapter 8: Communication and Conflict; and Chapter 7: Gaining Personal Insight. There are five modes of conflict management described in our text: avoiding, accommodating, competing, compromising, and collaborating (p. 185). Understanding how people react to conflict is the first step to resolving it. As nurses, we […]

Watch this video on decision-making in nursing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z3pliTis7wLinks to an external site. For your initial post, complete the following: Read the entirety of Chapter 13. Use the Decision-Making Format in Box 13.1 on page 291 in the eBook to answer “The Challenge” (below) practice example found on page 291 (Chapter 13). You can copy and […]

Change is a given in nursing and healthcare. Yet, sometimes we think there is a real choice to “change or not to change.” Take the self-assessment in Table 15.2, page 339 in our eBook. Are you receptive to change? What is your personal perception and reaction to “change” (large or small)? There are very good […]

After reading Chapter 19: Managing Costs and Budgets and the following online articles, watch this interview with a nurse manager about budgets and budgeting. InterviewBudget_KellyEdmondson Christman, E.

Each student, as part of a group (groups are determined by the instructor of record) are required to write a 10-page, double-spaced paper that analyzes a crisis that a company recently went through. It should examine the leadership (how they addressed the crisis), communication plan surrounding the crisis (if there was none, provide one), and […]