The Nurse Manager Must Attend to Several Tasks This Afternoon

question 11

Multiple Choice

The nurse manager must attend to several tasks this afternoon. Which tasks would the manager categorize as urgent? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

• A) Waiting for pharmacy to call back about a meeting time
• B) Planning a staff meeting for next week
• C) Assisting a family whose child is in the emergency department
• D) Finding replacements for two staff members on the next shift who called in sick
• E) Trying to organize the visitor take-out menus

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Definitions:

Situational Attribution

The process of attributing a person's actions or behavior to external or environmental factors rather than to internal characteristics.

Dispositional Attribution

The tendency to attribute someone's behavior to their internal characteristics or personality rather than to external factors.

Emotional

Pertaining to feelings or affective states as opposed to cognitive states.

Physical

Physical refers to anything pertaining to the body or the material world, as opposed to the mind or spirit.