Which of the following was an unsuccessful attempt by the American Medical Association (AMA) to alleviate the nursing shortage of the time?
a. Creation of the nurse manager position
b. Creation of the registered care technician
c. Recruitment of RNs from English-speaking countries
d. Redistribution of qualified nurses to certain geographic locations
ANS: B
A
The nurse manager position was not created by the AMA.
B
In response to the nursing shortage in the late 1980s, the AMA proposed a nurse extender called the registered care technician.
C
The recruitment of foreign nurses was not a proposal of the AMA.
D
Travel nursing was not a proposal of the AMA.
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