A new director of nursing in a small rural hospital wants to make changes from the traditional model of governance to a shared-governance model.Of the following characteristics,which best describes the traditional organizational structure in which a staff nurse is assigned to carry out nursing tasks for patients but is not given the chance to provide input into forming the policies and procedures by which care is delivered or the standards by which care is evaluated?
A) Bureaucratic.
B) Decentralized.
C) Delegated authority and responsibility.
D) Delegated responsibility but no authority.

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In a traditional organizational structure, staff nurses are assigned tasks and responsibilities but are not given the authority to provide input or make decisions regarding policies and procedures. This is a characteristic of a delegated responsibility but no authority model of governance.

A New Director of Nursing in a Small Rural Hospital