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09madisonrousseau09

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It is 2 PM. You are calculating the nursing care hours for the 3-to-11 PM shift and must decide whether you need to call in additional help. You have three RNs, three nursing assistants, and one ward clerk scheduled.
 
  You have 22 patients with the following acuity and nursing care hours allotted for the evening shift:
 
   Category I, 4 patients  2.0 hours
   Category II, 2 patients  2.3 hours
   Category III, 10 patients  2.8 hours
   Category IV, 6 patients  3.4 hours
 
  What are the needed hours of nursing care?
  A) 61 hours
  B) 52.6 hours
  C) 68.4 hours
  D) 48.4 hours

Question 2

Which is an outcome of decentralized staffing?
 
  A) Increased fairness to employees through consistent, objective, and impartial application
  B) Cost-effectiveness through better use of resources
  C) Greater manager autonomy to control more closely the staffing on the units, resulting in an increase in self-esteem and teamwork
  D) Increased availability of data for monitoring the effect of staffing size and composition, quality of care, and costs


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covalentbond

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Reply #1 on: Jul 7, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C


09madisonrousseau09

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Reply 2 on: Jul 7, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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