In which situation would it be necessary to re-regulate practice? Select all that apply
1. Nurses are asked to cross-train to another specialty.
2. An insurance company opens a nationwide nurse call line.
3. The hospital hires unlicensed assistive personnel.
4. A nursing school revises its curriculum.
5. The healthcare organization goes national and hopes to encourage mobility among its administrative nurses.
2, 5
Explanation: 1. This is a redesign practice used by many organizations to compensate for the nursing shortage.
2. The use of telemedicine requires re-regulating professional practice because nurses can use this technology to provide care in situations in which the patient is in a different state from the one where the nurse is licensed and located.
3. This is a redesign practice used by many organizations to compensate for the nursing shortage.
4. This is an example of restructuring in which nursing education attempts to prepare nurses for the "real world."
5. This mobility would result in the nurses working in different states from where they live and are licensed.
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