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anjilletteb

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Which explains why nurses must be leaders to be successful in client care?
 
  1. Nurses must be effective at giving orders.
  2. Nurses must direct client care activities to reach outcomes.
  3. Only nurses as leaders have physician respect.
  4. Only nurses as leaders can function in managed care.

Question 2

The hospital has elected to use the demand management staffing system instead of the patient classification system. Because of this decision, the nurse manager who is staffing must focus on which of the following?
 
  1. Immediate client needs
  2. Historical data of expected client outcomes
  3. Using hospital-wide data to staff individual units
  4. Reduction of nursing care hours



otokexnaru

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Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 1. Nurses must direct client care in order to successfully achieve client outcomes in a timely
fashion. Nurses do not give orders, and do not have to be leaders to be respected or work in
managed care.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: Patient classification systems focus on immediate client needs.
Rationale 2: Demand management uses unit specific historical data to determine client outcomes and nursing hours needed to meet these outcomes.
Rationale 3: The data used to staff are client outcome data.
Rationale 4: The goal is appropriate use of nursing care hours, not reduction.
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