A union nurse is educating a new nurse on common issues faced by nurses today. The union nurse knows that the teaching has been effective when the new nurse states:
a. "There are no common issues; nurses faces different issues based on their job.".
b. "Today, there are no issues because of the advancement of technology.".
c. "Hospitals are fully staffed at all times.".
d. "Hospitals frequently mandated nurses due to staffing shortages.".
D
Common issues today include staffing shortages that lead to mandating nurses to work overtime. Nursing shortages create issues that cannot be fixed by advances in technology and leave hospit-als inadequately staffed. Although each nurse faces different issues based on the job, collectively nurses experienced many of the same issues in their day-to-day nursing activities.
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