An OB manager is reviewing the unit?s turnover rate. The unit has had a 50 percent turnover rate in the past year. The unit?s overtime costs have increased significantly in the past year. How can the manager retain the current staff?
1. Consult with the other nursing managers.
2. Consult human resources to conduct a survey of those nurses who have left and the current staff.
3. Increase the current nurses? wages.
4. Increase the opportunity for overtime.
2
Explanation: 1. Discussing the matter with other managers may assist in an attempt to discover the issues but
surveying current staff and staff that have left within the past year will provide the manager
with information regarding the unit?s issues. Increasing wages is a short-term solution and
may cause discord among other nurses within the organization. Staff already have the
opportunity for overtime.
You might also like to view...
A nurse is caring for an adult client recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism. After reviewing the nursing admission assessment, on which documented findings should the nurse plan care for this client?
Select all that apply. A) Hypothermia B) Hot flashes C) Nausea D) Fatigue E) Tachycardia
During your assessment of an uncircumcised male infant, you observe that his foreskin is retracted and the penis is swollen distal to the foreskin. This condition is known as
a. paraphimosis. c. phimosis. b. Peyronie's disease. d. priapism.
An adult patient sustains third- and fourth-degree burns to more than 70% of her body related to a house fire
The patient begins a pattern of behavior similar to that of a young child, in which she repeatedly whines and throws "temper tantrums" in an attempt to keep her nurse at the bedside. The patient's coping mechanism is consistent with a. regression. b. identity disturbance. c. denial. d. trust.
One of the major differences between hospital and community care is that community care
a. is not as demanding as hospital care b. focuses on groups or aggregates in the community setting c. does not use standards of care d. is not as responsible for care provided compared to hospital care