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Shelles · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The state board of health has arrived for its annual visit. The nurse reviewer requests the employee file of all agency nurses utilized within the past year. The human resources (HR) director gives the nurse reviewer those files.

At the end of the review the organization has suffered a penalty because the HR file of an agency nurse lacked which of the following? 1. Current address
2. Past-employment history
3. Evaluation of the organizational competencies.
4. Past certifications

Question 2

A small rural hospital has open shifts on its medical-surgical unit. The manager has listed open shifts on the hospitals intranet. This type of scheduling is an example of:

1. External pools.
2. Internal pools.
3. Open shift management.
4. Float pools.

jxjsniuniu · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

3
Explanation: 1. The hiring organization is interested in current certifications and must have documentation to
support that the nurse is qualified to conduct required competencies.
The agency in which the nurse is employed will have the current address, past-employment
history, and past certifications.

Answer to Question 2

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Explanation: 1. Open shifts management is a technique in which a nurse may self-schedule. External pools are
nurses employed from outside the organization, such as agency nurses.
Internal pools are a pool of nurses within the organization in which the manager may schedule
staff. Float pools are a pool of nurses within an organization who work on units in which there
is a need. They are typically assigned that day or within 24 hours of their shift.