A unit requires a great deal of staffing flexibility. To fill this need, the manager should use which strategy?
1. Maximizing the availability of nursing staff
2. Good communication among staff
3. A high RN-skill mix
4. Overlap between shifts
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Rationale 1: Maximizing the availability of nursing allows for more nurses but doesn't take into account the staffing mix. If the RN number is low, flexibility is lower.
Rationale 2: Good communication among staff is very important but does not create the greatest flexibility.
Rationale 3: A high RN-skill mix allows for more flexibility to meet client needs. An RN is educated and licensed to provide care that an assistant or LPN cannot provide.
Rationale 4: Overlap between shifts may provide more staff, but if the staff members are not RNs, flexibility is not appreciably increased.
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