Which strategy is most effective in ensuring that nurses floated to other areas of the hospital are qualified to work in those units?
1. Cross-training staff to various units
2. Employing extra staff for all units
3. Orienting staff to only one unit and them keeping them on that unit
4. Transferring patients to units with better staffing patterns
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Rationale: Cross-training is a means to orient staff to the specific responsibilities and duties of other units. It provides the employee the time and means to develop competency in multiple areas of an organization. Today's financial climate does not allow for extra staff. Orienting staff to only one unit and keeping them there is not floating. Transferring patients to improve staffing patterns is not good patient care.
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