A nurse manager is committed to establishing an environment that supports critical thinking and creativity. What strategies would help in this effort?
A) Provide opportunities for staff to interact with nurses from outside the facility.
B) Give the nurses freedom to design their work environment.
C) Create a spreadsheet for nurses to complete describing their creative efforts.
D) Assign each nurse 15 minutes of a staff meeting to talk about his or her creative efforts.
E) Be receptive to ideas even if they seem strange at the beginning.

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Providing opportunities for staff to interact with nurses from outside the facility can expose them to different perspectives and ways of thinking. Giving nurses freedom to design their work environment promotes ownership and encourages creativity. Being receptive to ideas, even if they seem unusual at first, can lead to innovative solutions. Creating a spreadsheet for nurses to complete describing their creative efforts or assigning each nurse to talk about their creative efforts at a staff meeting may be counterproductive and feel forced, potentially stifling creativity rather than encouraging it.

A Nurse Manager Is Committed to Establishing an Environment That