The nurse manager of a critical care unit creates the operating budget with the knowledge that a minimum of two professional nurses must be paid per shift regardless of the patient census. Which group determines this standard?
1. Hospital administration
2. Nursing administration of the hospital
3. The Joint Commission
4. Nursing personnel of the special care units
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Rationale 1: The hospital makes the final determination of which staffing ratios are considered safe for their units. This determination may be made with the input of nursing administration and nursing personnel, but the final determination becomes an institutional policy.
Rationale 2: This determination may be made with the input of nursing administration and nursing personnel, but the final determination becomes an institutional policy.
Rationale 3: The Joint Commission assures that the institution is following its own policies.
Rationale 4: This determination may be made with the input of nursing administration and nursing personnel, but the final determination becomes an institutional policy.
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