Select the Most Effective Method That Nurses Can Use to Gain

question 3

Multiple Choice

Select the most effective method that nurses can use to gain power over their practice.

• A)Use strikes and union tactics to increase pay
• B)Join professional organizations in large numbers
• C)Leave nursing as soon as better jobs come along
• D)Confront hospital administrators about poor staffing

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Defense Mechanism

A psychological strategy used unconsciously to protect oneself from anxiety or to minimize distressing thoughts and feelings.

Superego

Part of the unconscious that consists of absolute moral standards internalized from one’s parents during childhood and from one’s culture.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality.