Your Organization Is in the Middle of Re-Designing Patient Care

question 6

Multiple Choice

Your organization is in the middle of re-designing patient care units,with decisions based on best practices and various other sources of evidence.In the middle of the transition,there is a temporary halt called to the transition because of a re-design of the health care system and greater emphasis on primary care.As a manager in this situation,your staff experience a gap between what they expected (the original re-design of the units) and what is actually happening (a need to integrate primary care in some way) .According to Selye,the nurses on your nursing team are likely experiencing what?

• A) Eustress
• B) Distress
• C) Stress
• D) Compression

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