A chief nursing officer in a busy, downtown, urban hospital has a majo

QUESTION

A chief nursing officer in a busy, downtown, urban hospital has a major collaborative vision regarding nursing and would like to see the vision become reality by the year 2015.

The chief nursing officer creates a plan to communicate the vision and to empower individual nurses to help meet the goals and objectives that accompany it. Which of the following three keys to empowering people within an organization is defined as trusting people with information so they can act responsibly with it?

A) Assisting in releasing motivation employees possess
B) Creating autonomy through boundaries
C) Replacing the traditional hierarchy with self-directed teams
D) Sharing information

ANSWER:

D