Community Hospital is having a transient nursing shortage due to a high number of sick calls. The staffing office utilizes the staffing pool to obtain the required number of nurses
The staffing pool may include what types of nurses (select all that apply)? a. Travel nurses
b. Foreign nurses
c. Registry nurses
d. Per diem nurses
e. Full-time nurses
A, C, D
Access to nurses outside the unit to cover transient shortages is critical to meet last-minute, un-planned nurse shortages, such as sick calls and high patient demand. Supplemental staffing re-sources, frequently referred to as the staffing pool, are defined as a group of nurses who supple-ment the core unit staffing. This includes per diem nurses, float pool nurses, part-time nurses de-siring additional hours, seasonal nurses, agency nurses, and traveling nurses.
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