The hospital has elected to use the demand management staffing system instead of the patient classification system. Because of this decision, the nurse manager who is staffing must focus on which of the following?
1. Immediate client needs
2. Historical data of expected client outcomes
3. Using hospital-wide data to staff individual units
4. Reduction of nursing care hours
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Rationale 1: Patient classification systems focus on immediate client needs.
Rationale 2: Demand management uses unit specific historical data to determine client outcomes and nursing hours needed to meet these outcomes.
Rationale 3: The data used to staff are client outcome data.
Rationale 4: The goal is appropriate use of nursing care hours, not reduction.
Global Rationale:
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A(n) _____________ ___________ _____________ ______________ allows the healthcare provider to
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