The nurse executive of a for-profit hospital continually works to provide an environment that is better for the nursing staff
Why is this effort so important? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. It is the most cost-effective way to manage a hospital.
2. An environment that is better for nurses is associated with lower mortality rates.
3. Nurses are more satisfied working in an environment that is better for nursing.
4. When the environment is better for nursing, it is also better for other disciplines.
5. Most of the strategies that improve the environment for nursing do not cost anything.
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Rationale 1: Making the environment better for nurses may not be the most cost-effective strategy.
Rationale 2: Research indicates that a better nursing environment is associated with lower mortality rates.
Rationale 3: An environment that is better for nurses is associated with greater nurse satisfaction.
Rationale 4: There is no evidence that improving the environment for nursing improves the environment for other disciplines.
Rationale 5: There is little that can be done in a hospital environment that does not entail at least some cost.
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Patients' responses to pain are
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