Conflict Has Arisen Within the Hospital Regarding Who Will Staff

question 6

Multiple Choice

Conflict has arisen within the hospital regarding who will staff a proposed high-acuity unit. The nurse executive and other administrators have purposefully not intervened in this conflict. Why is that strategy appropriate? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

• A) Conflict draws attention to an issue.
• B) The administrators do not like conflict management.
• C) Conflict can stimulate new ideas about how to manage the high-acuity unit.
• D) Conflict about the unit will help to identify the compromises necessary to make it a viable part of the hospital system.
• E) Conflicts about staffing may make current staff members reexamine their own performance.

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