Which situation requires an adaptive decision?
A) The nurse manager discovers that two clients require the use of a new piece of equipment and that the one the hospital has is the only one in the state.
B) The nurse has made a medication error on an experimental medication.
C) The nursing student makes an error when changing a client dressing.
D) The nurse manager scheduled too many nurses for the client census on the night shift, and all of the nurses scheduled have already been asked to take a low-census unpaid day off this month.

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1. Adaptive decisions must be made when the situation is unusual and there is no clear-cut policy for decision making.
2. Making a medication error is not an unusual situation, and a policy exists for handling this issue.
3. A policy exists for handling procedure errors.
4. A policy exists for handling staffing errors.

Which Situation Requires an Adaptive Decision