A nurse manager is brainstorming creative solutions to mandatory overtime. Which of the following actions would help prevent the occurrence of mandatory overtime? (Select all that ap-ply.)
a. Create an on-call system with one or two extra nurses on per shift.
b. Create an incentives system for part-time nurses to pick up extra shifts.
c. Ask the nurses to take on extra patients during the short shifts.
d. Reward nurses who put forth an extra ef-fort for the organization.
e. Create shifts for high-volume times.
A, B, D, E
The nurse manager can create an on-call system, an incentive system, and shifts for high-volume times and can reward nurses who put forth an extra effort for the organization. Asking the nurses to take on extra patients may prevent mandatory overtime but can place the nurses and patients in an unsafe situation.
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