Two of the organizational goals where you are employed as a unit supervisor are to increase physician satisfaction and reduce costs. One of your unit goals for the coming year is to increase your professional RN staff

Question

Which of the following statements to the fiscal manager of your organization would most likely have a favorable outcome for you?
A) Increasing the RN staff will cut down on nursing errors, prevent burn out, and decrease turnover of the staff on the unit.
B) Increasing the RN staff will result in increased patient safety and quality care, and improve patient and family satisfaction.
C) Increasing the RN staff will free more nurses to be available to answer doctors' concerns during their rounds and will reduce our costly use of overtime.
D) Increasing the RN staff will lead to improved patient education and reduced length of stay.

Answer 1

C