A Nurse Manager Is Brainstorming Creative Solutions to Mandatory Overtime

question 18

Multiple Choice

A nurse manager is brainstorming creative solutions to mandatory overtime.Which of the following actions would help prevent the occurrence of mandatory overtime?

• A)Create an on-call system with one or two extra nurses on per shift.
• B)Create an incentives system for part-time nurses to pick up extra shifts.
• C)Ask the nurses to take on extra patients during the short shifts.
• D)Reward nurses who put forth an extra effort for the organization.
• E)Create shifts for high-volume times.

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Cross-Price Elasticity

Measure of how the quantity demanded of one good responds to a change in the price of another good.

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Demand Function

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