In Considering Whether or Not to Accept a Job Offer

question 24

Multiple Choice

In considering whether or not to accept a job offer as a nurse manager at a Magnet hospital,you look at an environment that you might encounter as a head nurse at the hospital.You determine that you could expect to:

• A) find it difficult to recruit new staff.
• B) see rapid turnover of staff on your unit.
• C) find nurses who exemplify interest in quality care.
• D) find limited interest in excellence in the nursing environment.

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Definitions:

System I

A term from cognitive science referring to the fast, automatic, and often unconscious way of thinking, contrasted with slower, more deliberate thought.

Dual-Process Theory

The proposal that judgment involves two types of thinking: a fast, efficient, but sometimes faulty set of strategies, and a slower, more laborious, but less risky set of strategies.

System II

Often refers to a mode of thinking that is slower, more deliberative, and more logical than fast, automatic, intuitive responses (System I thinking).

Quantifiable

Capable of being measured or expressed as a quantity, enabling numerical assessment or comparison.