A Nursing Administrator Overhears Nurses Conversing During a Break in a Seminar

question 28

Multiple Choice

A nursing administrator overhears nurses conversing during a break in a seminar on change. The administrator would interpret which statement as meaning that the nurse who made it is ready to become a change agent?

• A) "I know that suggesting this change may backfire on me."
• B) "I don't expect too much conflict or resistance to this change."
• C) "I see an opportunity to make a difference in the way this facility provides nursing care."
• D) "I think the status quo is just fine for now."
• E) "This change is certainly going to be a challenge, but that's okay."

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the extent of variability or spread within a collection of numbers, illustrating the degree to which these numbers diverge from one another in a dataset.

Normal Curve

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of a set of data that is symmetrically distributed around the mean.

Binomial Random Variable

A random variable that follows a binomial distribution, representing the number of successes in a fixed number of binary experiments.

Standard Error

A statistic that measures the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by using standard deviation and sample size.