Multiple Choice
The nurse manager is explaining the organizational staffing policy to a newly hired nurse. The nurse will be scheduled on an as-needed basis. The manager explains this policy is a supplemental scheduling policy. Which staffing strategies would be included in this policy? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.
A) Contracting with outside agency nurses
B) A decentralized float pool
C) Using non-licensed personnel as substitutes for nurses
D) Establishing an internal float pool of nurses who are cross-trained
E) Developing a float pool of nurses shared with another hospital in the system
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