An adequate number of nursing staff has a positive effect on: ...

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An adequate number of nursing staff has a positive effect on:
 
  a. Acuteness of care
  b. Length of patient stay
  c. Family safety
  d. Number of staffed beds

Question 2

Organizations are creatively attempting to hire nurses, yet a nursing shortage has become an obstacle. All of the following factors contribute to the nursing shortage except:
 
  a. Diversity training
  b. Facility restructuring
  c. Nurse-to-nurse hostility
  d. Budget cuts

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
When nursing levels are optimized, there is a positive effect on quality, outcomes, and costs, with fewer adverse events and shorter length of patient stay.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Facility restructuring for economic reasons, budget and staffing cuts, heavy workloads, mandatory overtime, nurse-to-nurse hostility, poor doctor and nurse relations, poorly prepared managers, changing legislation, and negative media stereotyping are some of the factors contributing to the nursing shortage.