Hospital administration is working with a university school of nursing to establish a nursing residency program. Why is this a desired action?
1. A residency program eliminates the hospital's liability if a novice nurse makes an error.
2. A residency program is established to make nursing education more like physician education.
3. The Institute of Medicine has proposed residency programs for nurses.
4. A residency program ensures that nurses participate in lifelong learning.
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Rationale 1: There is no reduction of the hospital's liability for errors.
Rationale 2: Residency programs for nurses are not being established to mimic physician education.
Rationale 3: The IOM has made this proposal.
Rationale 4: There is no assurance that nurses who participate in residency programs will engage in lifelong learning.
Global Rationale:
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