In Comparing Team and Functional Models of Care,a Nurse Manager

question 23

Multiple Choice

In comparing team and functional models of care,a nurse manager favours the team model.In particular,she finds that the team model:

• A) Can be effective in recognizing individual strengths and backgrounds of staff members.
• B) Promotes autonomy and independence of the RN.
• C) Avoids conflict because of role clarity.
• D) Is efficient in delivering care to a large group of patients with the use of a staffing mix.

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Definitions:

MRP

Stands for Material Requirements Planning, a system for calculating materials and components needed to manufacture a product.

SCM

Stands for Supply Chain Management, which involves managing the flow of goods and services, including all processes that transform raw materials into final products.

TPS

Transaction Processing Systems are computerized systems that perform and record daily routine transactions necessary to conduct the business; they serve at the operational level of an organization.

TPS

Transaction Processing Systems are computerized systems that perform and record daily routine transactions necessary to the operation of a business, such as sales order entry, hotel reservations, payroll, employee record keeping, and shipping.