Which scenarios are examples of issues facing nursing in an age of healthcare change? Select all that apply
1. Six of the 18 nurses working on a unit speak English as their second language.
2. The hospital has decreased medication errors dramatically in each of the last two quarters.
3. The unit manager has been asked to use a creative strategy for scheduling with fewer staff.
4. There was a report on the nightly news about recruitment and retention of nurses.
5. An Emergency Room nurse was injured by a patient seeking drugs.
1, 3, 4, 5
Explanation: 1. An issue is the need for nurses to work as a team, despite differences in age, language, and culture.
2. There is a need to develop a culture of safety, which this hospital is doing already.
3. An issue is the need to be creative in doing more with less.
4. An issue is the increasing press coverage of recruitment and retention of nurses.
5. An issue is the increase in workplace violence.
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