Which situation represents an obstacle to delegation?
A) Most of the nursing staff deliver highly skilled care.
B) The entire organization has a team-centered culture.
C) There is a budget shortfall for the current fiscal year.
D) Each employee knows and executes job responsibilities.

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1. A staff that includes many competent nurses enables the nurse manager to delegate and still have other nurses to rely on to deliver quality nursing care.
2. Democratic leadership styles facilitate delegation and provide good role models.
3. Resources such as qualified nurses, finances, and educational resources may be limited, which are obstacles to delegation.
4. Environmental factors such as a norm of crisis management as a result of poor job descriptions and unclear chains of command are unsupportive to delegation.

Which Situation Represents an Obstacle to Delegation