Practice Question
To develop an effective staffing budget, the nurse manager should:
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Assess the unit's workload and take into account the services it provides.
Rationale:
🧠Developing an effective staffing budget requires a clear understanding of the actual work demands and the specific services the unit offers.
🧠This ensures resources are allocated efficiently to maintain quality care without under- or over-staffing.
🧠 Ignoring this data or focusing only on distant future planning may lead to budget imbalances or unmet staffing needs.
🧠Organizational context and unit-specific demands must guide planning.
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Answer Choices:
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Answer Choices:
A. Discarding systematic reviews.
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Answer Choices:
A. The student assesses the patient's level of understanding for each treatment option.
B. The student advises the patient on which treatment options they should select.
C. The student schedules a doctor's visit for the patient and their family to aid them in making treatment decisions.
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Answer Choices:
A. Debriefing promotes an examination of the consequences of actions.
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D. The skill of the debriefer can influence the success of the debriefing_
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Answer Choices:
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C. The policy change, being the correct choice, will improve the overall unit performance.
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Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI Leadership & Management
- Answer Choices: 4