The maintenance department wishes to have the nursing lounge renovated

QUESTION

The maintenance department wishes to have the nursing lounge renovated, so the lounge will be more “user-friendly.” The department asks the nursing staff to make a wish list of everything that they would like to see in the new lounge.

This process is an example of which part of the decision-making process?

a. Assessment/Data collection
b. Planning
c. Data interpretation
d. Generating hypotheses

ANSWER:

ANS: A
In this particular model (a model similar to the nursing model), data collection is the first step toward identifying important alternatives or determining if there is a problem or problems.