A nurse who has been working the evening shift on the hospice unit for 5 years resigns. The nurse says, "I just can't work here anymore. These clients are so sad." What is the best strategy for retaining this nurse?
1. Increasing the nurse's salary
2. Facilitating a transfer to another nursing unit
3. Offering the nurse a position on the day shift
4. Rewrite the nurse's job description
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Rationale 1: Increasing the nurse's salary is unlikely to make a difference if the nurse is truly unable to stay due to client conditions.
Rationale 2: This nurse is experiencing burnout. The best strategy to retain the nurse for the organization is to transfer the nurse to a new unit with different job responsibilities. This will be a loss to the unit, but a savings for the organization.
Rationale 3: The nurse has not indicated that the night shift is the problem.
Rationale 4: Changing the job description will not change the fact that the nurse is experiencing burnout from working with dying clients.
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