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Title: The nurse manager is planning to increase the nurse–patient ratio on a care area. How will this ...
Post by: croosh911 on Mar 10, 2017
The nurse manager is planning to increase the nurse–patient ratio on a care area. How will this change in staffing improve the quality of patient care?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Less use of restraints
2. Fewer pressure sores
3. Lower patient mortality rates
4. Less use of long-term catheters
5. Lower amounts of documentation
Correct


Title: Re: The nurse manager is planning to increase the nurse–patient ratio on a care area. How will ...
Post by: manursed on Mar 10, 2017
1,2,3,4
Rationale 1: Higher nurse staffing has been documented to improve outcomes such as less use of restraints. (See Page 25 The Evidence Is In)
Rationale 2: Higher nurse staffing has been documented to improve outcomes such as fewer pressure sores. (See Page 25 The Evidence Is In)
Rationale 3: Higher nurse staffing has been documented to improve outcomes such as lower patient mortality rates. (See Page 25 The Evidence Is In)
Rationale 4: Higher nurse staffing has been documented to improve outcomes such as less use of long-term catheters. (See Page 25 The Evidence Is In)
Rationale 5: Higher nurse staffing has been documented to improve outcomes however lower amounts of documentation is not an outcome. (See Page 25 The Evidence Is In)


Title: Re: The nurse manager is planning to increase the nurse–patient ratio on a care area. How will this ...
Post by: croosh911 on Apr 29, 2017
This answers my question perfectly