The chief nursing officer notes that the nursing department has exceeded budget in salary expenses for the last 3 months and asks the hospital nurse managers why this occurred. Which would be a cause for increased salaries?

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1. Low client acuity does not cause salary cost to increase.
2. Tuition reimbursement is a benefit, not salary.
3. High turnover rate would increase salaries because of overtime wages to cover when nurses leave and additional staff hours for orienting newly hired nurses, as well as the cost of agency nurses.
4. A cost-of-living raise would have been figured into the budget.

The Chief Nursing Officer Notes That the Nursing Department Has