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charchew

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on: Jul 8, 2018
The hospital implemented several cost-cutting strategies to keep from closing. One strategy was the support of early retirement. What kind of strategy can the nurse manager use to keep up the morale of the unit?
 
  a. Initiate an across-the-board pay cut to be fair to everyone
  b. Acknowledge the staff's good work
  c. Encourage staff members to seek other positions for job security
  d. Give a pay raise to the remaining employees

Question 2

One difference between the traditional model and the McCloskey model for costing out nursing services is that the McCloskey model uses:
 
  a. Average nursing hourly salary (ANHS)
  b. Benefits across the institution (BAI)
  c. Indirect cost amount (ICA)
  d. Nursing intervention (NI)


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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Recognition is a reward for most types of agency achievement.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The equation for the McCloskey model uses nursing intervention (NI) instead of intensity level for a diagnosis-related group to cost out nursing services.


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