Nurses working on the intermediate care unit have had many hours of overtime in the last 6 months. Before forming a team, the nurse manager gathers data about patient condition severity, staffing ratios, educational levels of staff, and personality mixes on each shift. What level of decision making is this process?
A) Establishment of solution evaluation criteria
B) Evaluation of the alternative solutions
C) Identification of a problem, issue, or situation
D) Search for alternative solutions or actions

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Data should be collected to identify properly the actual problem, issue, or situation. The five core elements to decision making are the following: (1) identification of a problem, issue, or situation; (2) establishment of the criteria to be used to evaluate potential solutions; (3) search for alternative solution or actions; (4) evaluation of the alternative; and (5) selection of a specific alternative.

Nurses Working on the Intermediate Care Unit Have Had Many