You Are a Member of a Team Assigned to Care

question 6

Multiple Choice

You are a member of a team assigned to care for 15 general medical/surgical clients.You have all worked well together in the past in this same type of care.If you are assigned to coordinate this team's work,your best strategy,based on the Hersey model,would be to:

• A) have a list of tasks to be accomplished and tell each member of the team what he or she must do.
• B) encourage people to discuss their frustrations in providing this care.
• C) ignore them-they've done it before.
• D) provide minimal direction and let them come to you with questions.

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Definitions:

Observation

The action or process of closely monitoring or watching something or someone carefully in order to gain information.

Operant Behavior

Operant behavior involves actions that are controlled by their consequences, a concept fundamental to operant conditioning theories in psychology.

Environmental Conditions

The physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or a group of organisms.

Skinner's Terminology

The set of terms and concepts developed by B.F. Skinner to describe his theories and findings in the field of behaviorism.