During a three-month period, a registered nurse has missed work ...

[Haya94]

During a three-month period, a registered nurse has missed work on 6 occasions due to an unreliable car or an ill child. Another nurse has missed 10 days due to minor foot surgery. Which nurse is the more reliable employee?
 
  1. The nurse who has missed due to voluntary absence
  2. The nurse who missed because of involuntary absence
  3. The nurse who missed voluntarily because she is healthier
  4. Neither, because of excessive absenteeism

Question 2

The team leader on the surgical unit has frequent absences from work on Fridays. She phones and reports herself sick, but in fact she has day-care issues on Fridays. This is an example of:
 
  1. Voluntary absenteeism.
  2. Absence frequency.
  3. Total time lost.
  4. Involuntary absenteeism.

[olivia_paige29]

Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 1. Employees have personal lives and personal issues that occasionally conflict with work. The
nurse with the involuntary absence is due to illness. The nurse who had voluntary absences
had fewer days absent, but the absences were for reasons over which the nurse had control.
The nurse with the involuntary absence is more reliable because the absence is less frequent
and out of her control.

Answer to Question 2

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Explanation: 1. Voluntary absenteeism is not coming to work due to a problem that is under the employees
control. Day-care problems are within an employees control. Illness is an example of
involuntary absenteeism. Absence frequency is the number of incidents that an employee has
been absent, and total time lost is a summary of the hours an employee has missed.

[Haya94]

Great answer, keep it coming

[amandanbreshears]

Excellent