Organizations are creatively attempting to hire nurses, yet a nursing shortage has become an obstacle. All of the following factors contribute to the nursing shortage except:
a. Diversity training
b. Facility restructuring
c. Nurse-to-nurse hostility
d. Budget cuts
ANS: A
Facility restructuring for economic reasons, budget and staffing cuts, heavy workloads, mandatory overtime, nurse-to-nurse hostility, poor doctor and nurse relations, poorly prepared managers, changing legislation, and negative media stereotyping are some of the factors contributing to the nursing shortage.
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