To Reduce Reliance on Overtime Hours,an Organization Develops a Strategy

question 4

Multiple Choice

To reduce reliance on overtime hours,an organization develops a strategy for floating nurses during staff shortages.To maximize patient safety and reduce costs,the healthcare organization:

• A)Develops a centralized pool of float nurses.
• B)Assigns nurses from less busy units to ones with increased acuity levels.
• C)Floats nurses only between units on which the nurses have been cross-trained.
• D)Assigns float nurses to basic care only.

---

Definitions:

Average Costs

The total costs divided by the total quantity produced, expressing the cost per unit of goods or services.

Transfer Price

The price at which goods, services, or intellectual property are traded between divisions within the same organization.

Market Price

The current price at which a good or service can be bought or sold in a marketplace.

Marginal Cost

The change in total cost that arises when the quantity produced is incremented by one unit.