The Nurse Manager Presents an Issue to the Nursing Staff

question 19

Multiple Choice

The nurse manager presents an issue to the nursing staff for a decision. The group assesses the problem, and a decision is made meeting the needs of both the nurse manager and the nursing staff. This is an example of which conflict management strategy?

• A) Integrative decision making
• B) Win-lose strategy
• C) Accommodation
• D) Consensus

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Definitions:

Structural Model

A theoretical representation of the relationships among variables or components within a system, organization, or theory.

Psychodynamic Theory

A psychological perspective that emphasizes unconscious psychological processes (e.g., wishes, fears, and desires) and contends that childhood experiences are crucial in shaping adult personality.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic concept describing a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.

Electra Complex

A Freudian concept involving a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father, seen as a counterpart to the Oedipus complex in boys.