A nursing unit is extremely short staffed. The manager calls a nurse who is on Family and Medical leave (FMLA) to ask the nurse to return to work 2 days prior to schedule. When the nurse declines, the manager becomes insistent
What should be the nurse's first action? 1. Contact a lawyer.
2. Agree to return 2 days early.
3. Contact the human resources director.
4. Contact nursing administration.
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Rationale 1: The employee should contact a lawyer only after all attempts to rectify the situation with the organization have been exhausted.
Rationale 2: The nurse is assured the time off through FMLA and should not return to work early.
Rationale 3: The nurse's first action should be to contact the human resources (HR) director.
Rationale 4: If the nurse contacts nursing administration, he or she is likely to be referred to the human resources department.
Global Rationale:
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