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The Conflict Choices model (Exhibit 8-6 in the text) represents an application of the ELVN model of conflict in business teams. In the Conflict Choices model, people’s behavior in conflict is depicted in terms of two key dimensions: active versus passive behavior and constructive versus destructive action. When people are passive and destructive, they engage in ________; when people tolerate another person’s bad behaviors in the hope that the situation will resolve itself, the conflict choice is passive and constructive and is best termed ________.

Formation of pyrimidine dimers in the DNA can be due to:

The nurse cares for a client receiving chemotherapy. The client asks why he sometimes feels nauseated and vomits PRIOR to administration of chemotherapy drugs. Which is the BEST response by the nurse?

The nurse instructs her client taking diphenhydramine (Benadryl), a first-generation antihistamine, for seasonal allergies. Which statement by the client best illustrates an understanding of the instructions?

The nurse teaches a client diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes about home administration of insulin and non-cardioselective beta antagonist, propranolol (Inderal). Which statement will the nurse include in the teaching?

  The order is to give morphine 2 mg slowly IV push. How many mL will the nurse administer?

________ problems occur when there is not enough time to do all of the required tasks for a job, despite the fact that each task is easy. ________ problems occur when the task is difficult, even though there is plenty of time in which to do it. ________ problems lead to a faster rate of task activity on subsequent trials; ________ problems lead to more extensive processing of information and a slower rate of production in subsequent trials.

In regards to the common information effect, what is the main problem with an uneven distribution of information?

Jim is the daytime supervisor for an automobile assembly line. He supervises 45 workers who perform routine jobs that require minimal training. Which of the following statements would indicate that Jim is following the path-goal model of leadership?

A patient reports taking an oral stimulant laxative, bisacodyl [Dulcolax] for several years. The provider has suggested discontinuing the laxative, but the patient is unsure how to do this. What is the BEST instruction to give this patient?