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You are the evening charge nurse of a medical unit. The staff on your unit has voiced displeasure in how requests for days off are handled. Your manager has given you the task of forming a committee and reviewing the present policy regarding requests for days off on the unit. On your committee are four licensed practical nurses (LPNs)/licensed vocational nurses (LVNs), three certified nursing assistants, and five registered nurses (RNs). All shifts are represented. There are three men among the group members, and there is a broad range of ethnic and cultural groups. Tomorrow will be your fourth meeting, and you are becoming a bit frustrated because the meetings do not seem to be accomplishing much to reach the objective that the group was charged with: developing a fair method of handling special requested days off that are not part of the normal rotation. Be sure to apply an appropriate problem-solving/decision-making model (Traditional Problem-Solving Process, Managerial Decision-Making Model, The Nursing Process, or the Integrated Ethical Problem-Solving Model) 

          You are the evening charge nurse of a medical unit. The staff on your unit has voiced displeasure in how requests for days off are handled. Your manager has given you the task of forming a committee and reviewing the present policy regarding requests for days off on the unit. On your committee are four licensed practical nurses (LPNs)/licensed vocational nurses (LVNs), three certified nursing assistants, and five registered nurses (RNs). All shifts are represented. There are three men among the group members, and there is a broad range of ethnic and cultural groups.
Tomorrow will be your fourth meeting, and you are becoming a bit frustrated because the meetings do not seem to be accomplishing much to reach the objective that the group was charged with: developing a fair method of handling special requested days off that are not part of the normal rotation. Be sure to apply an appropriate problem-solving/decision-making model (Traditional Problem-Solving Process, Managerial Decision-Making Model, The Nursing Process, or the Integrated Ethical Problem-Solving Model)
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You are the evening charge nurse of a medical unit. The staff on your unit has voiced displeasure in how requests for days off are handled. Your manager has given you the task of forming a committee and reviewing the present policy regarding requests for days off on the unit. On your committee are four licensed practical nurses (LPNs)/licensed vocational nurses (LVNs), three certified nursing assistants, and five registered nurses (RNs). All shifts are represented. There are three men among the group members, and there is a broad range of ethnic and cultural groups. Tomorrow will be your fourth meeting, and you are becoming a bit frustrated because the meetings do not seem to be accomplishing much to reach the objective that the group was charged with: developing a fair method of handling special requested days off that are not part of the normal rotation. Be sure to apply an appropriate problem-solving/decision-making model (Traditional Problem-Solving Process, Managerial Decision-Making Model, The Nursing Process, or the Integrated Ethical Problem-Solving Model)
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