Your Friend Paula Is an Experienced Nurse Who Recently Relocated

question 25

Multiple Choice

Your friend Paula is an experienced nurse who recently relocated and accepted a position on the inpatient rehabilitation unit at the University X Healthcare System. Her previous position was on a general medical unit in a small community hospital. She had thrived in this position for over 10 years. In her new position she will be working day to day with the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team. Paula is concerned about the changes she will face. Most specifically, she worries that she will not 'fit in' with this new culture. She seeks you out for advice.
Paula feels that in her short time at University X Healthcare System she has been a member of high performing team that has been assembled to address issues on the rehabilitation unit. She and other members of high performing teams perceive their work environment as having:

• A) High levels of flexibility, responsibility, standards, rewards, clarity, and team commitment.
• B) Leader directed standards, limited flexibility, and a low level of team commitment.
• C) High level of flexibility, limited level of responsibility, and punishment for failure.
• D) Leader directed responsibility and leader imposed punishment for failure.

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