A medical-surgical manager is approached by a full-time registered nurse who is inquiring about changing job status to part-time. The manager does not want to lose the nurse. The manager informs the RN, ?I don?t have any part-time openings
? The RN leaves the organization for a part-time position at another hospital. What could the manager have done to retain this nurse? 1. Offer a transfer to another department.
2. Inquire among existing staff if they desire to change their status to part-time.
3. Hire another full-time nurse.
4. Increase the nurse?s salary.
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Explanation: 1. The manager does not have the authority to offer positions in other departments. The manager
does have the authority to manage the allotted FTEs (full-time equivalents) and does have the
ability to turn a full-time position into two part-time positions. Hiring another full-time nurse
and increasing the nurse?s salary are not addressing the issue. It is inevitable the nurse will
leave because he wants part-time status, in which time matters more to the nurse than salary.
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