The Nursing Staff Has Been Using the SBAR Format to Structure

question 13

Multiple Choice

The nursing staff has been using the SBAR format to structure communication for the past few months.Successful implementation of this system would be present if the nurse manager made which statement?

• A) "There are fewer omissions in patient care than before implementing this system."
• B) "Fewer nurses are coming in late when they are scheduled to work."
• C) "The medications are given on time now."
• D) "The patient length of stay has decreased since last year."

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Definitions:

Majority-Rule

A decision-making process that follows the principle that the opinions or preferences of more than half of the members of a group have the authority to make decisions binding on the whole group.

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Decision Making

The cognitive process of selecting a course of action from among multiple alternatives.

Fairness

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