A Nurse Executive Is Considering Initiating a Blog to Enhance

question 12

Multiple Choice

A nurse executive is considering initiating a blog to enhance communication among staff nurses, managers, and supervisors throughout the organization's different campuses. What serious considerations should the nurse make prior to starting a blog? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

• A) Open access to the blog may damage recruiting efforts.
• B) Blogs are difficult to use and expensive to maintain.
• C) Users of the blog must be very careful not to divulge any information that would violate client confidentiality.
• D) The organization's reputation may be altered by a blog.
• E) Most nurses would likely not use the blog.

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Definitions:

Intellectual Inferior

The perceived or actual condition of having lower mental capacity or cognitive abilities compared to a standard or to others.

Reality Principle

in psychoanalytic theory, is the ability of the mind to assess the external world and act upon it accordingly, as opposed to acting on the pleasure principle.

Conscience

An inner sense of what is right and wrong in one's conduct and motives, urging one towards right action.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, it is the component of personality composed of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges, needs, and desires.