The Director of Nursing Is Looking for a New Work

question 21

Multiple Choice

The Director of Nursing is looking for a new work schedule for nurses throughout the hospital.She evaluates a schedule system as soon as she learns about it.Eventually,she finds a schedule that is 'good enough' for her needs,even though there may be better schedules available that she hasn't yet learned about.The Director of Nursing is engaging in:

• A)escalation of commitment
• B)satisficing
• C)perceptual blinders
• D)post-decisional justification
• E)none of these statements describes the Director of Nursing's decision.

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