A group of nurses are concerned about the chronic understaffing and mandatory overtime requirements of their state's hospitals. How could this group best help solve this issue?
1. Talk to state legislatures about establishing staffing ratios.
2. Advise nurses to go home after their assigned shift instead of working overtime.
3. Lobby for legislation supporting safe staffing measures.
4. Develop policies whereby nurse managers are the only ones required to work overtime.
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Rationale: The most recent movement toward adequate numbers of nurses, many states are now moving toward the concept of safe staffing rather than specific nurse-to-patient ratios. If the nurses go home and there is not adequate staff to care for patients, the nurses may be guilty of abandonment. Exclusive use of nurse managers for overtime work is illogical as there are not enough nurse managers to fill the staffing slots.
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