Several nurses from outside the United States were recently hired at your hospital because they had passed the NCLEX-RN. According to Mattson (2009), many of these nurses would be astonished by which of the following?
a. Number of medications each patient receives
b. Amount of supplies nurses waste on each patient.
c. Amount of documentation and the focus on cost-effective care
d. Number of languages spoken fluently by the staff.
C
According to Mattson (2009), the nurses from other countries would be most astonished by the amount
of documentation and the focus on cost-effective care in the United States.
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