A nurse manager has discussed the nurse’s unprofessional behaviors wit

QUESTION

A nurse manager has discussed the nurse’s unprofessional behaviors with the nurse during the performance appraisal interview. Which of the following is the nurse manager’s best next course of action?

1. Encourage the nurse to change a behavior prior to the next annual evaluation.
2. Schedule a follow-up interim evaluation with the nurse to monitor the nurse’s progress.
3. Speak to the nurse’s peers about the nurse’s negative evaluation and request that they monitor the nurse for progress.
4. Terminate the nurse from the organization.

ANSWER:

Answer: 2

Rationale: The nurse manager should encourage the nurse to change their behavior prior to an evaluation, however the evaluation should be scheduled much sooner than the annual evaluation. The nurse manager should monitor the nurse’s progress and evaluate the nurse at an agreed-upon interim performance appraisal interview. The nurse manager should not share information about the negative evaluation with the nurse’s peers. This information should be held privately. Unless the nurse has committed something that the organization has deemed as termination-worthy, the nurse should be encouraged to change their behaviors, continue to be monitored, and evaluated again in several months.