The State Board of Health requests the employee file of all agency nurses employed within the past year. At the end of the review the organization receives a sanction associated with these nurses. What is the most likely cause of this sanction?
1. No current address on file for the nurse
2. Past employment history not documented in file
3. Evaluation of the nurse's performance missing from file
4. No documentation of past certifications in file
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Rationale 1: The agency employing the nurse is required to maintain a file of the nurse's current address, past employment history, and past certifications.
Rationale 2: The agency employing the nurse is required to maintain a file of the nurse's current address, past employment history, and past certifications.
Rationale 3: The hiring organization must have a mechanism in place to evaluate agency nurses' performance.
Rationale 4: The hiring organization is most interested in current certifications, not past certifications.
Global Rationale:
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