A Nurse Is Concerned About a Trend in the Hospital

A nurse is concerned about a trend in the hospital to regularly "float" nurses to different areas of the hospital based on staff shortage regardless of recent experience in caring for the population on the unit. When deciding to accept a staffing assignment in this situation, the nurse considers a "safe harbor." What is meant by "safe harbor"?

A) In an emergency situation, nurses may move patients to one location designated to be areas safe from natural disasters or acts of terrorism.
B) Nurses work in teams to care for patients who have no communicable disease and do not pose a safety issue due to infection.
C) Horizontal violence is not tolerated and nurses report any form of violence to administration.
D) It is written a notice about recurrent staffing issues that allows nurses to continue to care for patients placed in their care but protects their nurse's license while an investigation is conducted.