A hospital has open shifts on its medical–surgical unit. The manager has listed open shifts on the hospital's intranet. This is an example of which type of scheduling?
1. External pools
2. Internal pools
3. Open shift management
4. Float pools
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Rationale 1: External pools are nurses employed from outside the organization, such as agency nurses.
Rationale 2: Internal pools are pools of nurses within the organization from which the unit manager may assign supplemental staff as needed.
Rationale 3: Open shift management is a technique in which a nurse may self-schedule by monitoring open shifts on the hospital intranet.
Rationale 4: Float pools are pools of nurses within an organization who work on units in which there is a need. They are typically assigned that day or within 24 hours of their shift.
Global Rationale:
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