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

question 19

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.

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