Nurses in an Emergency Department,in an Inner-City Neighborhood Characterized by High

question 9

Multiple Choice

Nurses in an Emergency Department,in an inner-city neighborhood characterized by high levels of violence,are concerned with low levels of security presence in their department.Security levels have recently been decreased and the nurses question why this has occurred.An appropriate action would be to:

• A) provide nurses with information about rationale for recent changes in security staffing.
• B) refer the matter to the head of security and let her deal with it.
• C) provide mentors who can help nurses diffuse aggressiveness.
• D) accept the security levels as a consequence of funding realities.

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