The hospital has experienced an increased turnover in its ...

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The hospital has experienced an increased turnover in its professional nursing staff. What items should be included in the cost of this turnover? Select all that apply.
 
  1. Interviewing costs for replacement employees
  2. Lost productivity
  3. Lost intellectual property
  4. Increased use of per diem staff
  5. Increased use of health benefits

Question 2

Telehealth has been used for some time in rural areas. In order to expand the use of telehealth, it has been proposed that it would be useful in which other areas? Select all that apply.
 
  1. Private physician obstetrical practice
  2. Home healthcare
  3. School-based healthcare in inner cities
  4. Inpatient surgery centers
  5. Emergency departments

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Answer to Question 1

1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Explanation: 1. Costs of advertising for and interviewing nurses to replace those who have left are costs associated with turnover.
2. The hospital has lost the productivity of nurses who have left. Typically, those who are leaving are doing so after having worked at the facility long enough to be productive.
3. If the nursing staff has developed any marketable goods, the hospital would lose access to those materials. The hospital also loses access to any systems that the nurse has developed for daily work.
4. The use of per diem staff to fill in until new permanent staff is hired is expensive.
5. The increased stress associated with working short staffed and trying to hire staff can cause additional illnesses in the nurses who remain.

Answer to Question 2

2, 3
Explanation: 1. At this time, telehealth is unlikely to be used in this area.
2. Home healthcare presents a likely practice area for telehealth.
3. School-based healthcare in inner cities presents a likely practice area for telehealth.
4. Telehealth technology offers opportunities to provide care when face-to-face interaction is impossible. It is currently not appropriate for use in this practice area.
5. Telehealth technology offers opportunities to provide care when face-to-face interaction is impossible. It is currently not appropriate for use in this practice area.