A hospital has just introduced a new electronic staffing system that allows staff to enter their shift preferences into the computer. What would the nurse identify as an advantage to the staff?
a. Decrease in nurse manager availability
b. Increase in nurse manager availability
c. More available staff
d. Requests cannot be entered
ANS: B
The nurse manager would have more time available to manage the clinical area with this system. Option A is incorrect because the system has the opposite effect. Option C is incorrect because the system allows only a predetermined number of staff on any day or shift. Option D is not true.
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