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vHAUNG6011

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Why are nurses in a prime position to act as change agents?
 
  1. Nurses are always acting in the clients best interest.
  2. Nurses are role models for positively reacting to change.
  3. Nurses often function as intermediaries between other disciplines.
  4. Nurses thrive on transitions and work best in such circumstances.

Question 2

An emergency department manager is looking over the next month's schedule and decides to supplement the schedule due to vacations. The manager decides to use decentralized pool staffing to lower costs and provide quality care.
 
  Which group of nurses is a part of this manager's decentralized staffing? 1. PRN staff from the external pool of nurses
  2. Agency nurses
  3. PRN staff from the emergency department nurses
  4. PRN staff from the nurses who work on medical-surgical units



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Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 1. Nurses are client advocates and as such often function as intermediaries between other
disciplines and the client. The other three options are difficult to prove about the nursing
profession.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: External pool nurses are generally more expensive to employ.
Rationale 2: Agency nurses are from the external pool.
Rationale 3: PRN emergency department nurses are decentralized or from the same department and/or manager.
Rationale 4: PRN staff composed of nurses who work on medical-surgical units make up centralized internal float pools.
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vHAUNG6011

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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