A nurse working in a large municipal hospital is appointed to a task force whose focus is addressing nursing shortages. Which factor should the task force consider?

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A)When nursing shortages occur, employers must increase wages in order to hire and retain staff. As the positions are filled, employers slow the rate at which they increase wages, causing salary fluctuations. Nurses have been replaced by unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)as a cost-containment measure, and many nursing duties are now performed by UAPs. Nurses are also now being hired in new roles that do not include clinical services, such as case management for managed care organizations. As a result of reductions in nursing staff, some nurses, feeling they can no longer provide quality healthcare, experience disillusionment and leave the profession.
B)When nursing shortages occur, employers must increase wages in order to hire and retain staff. As the positions are filled, employers slow the rate at which they increase wages, causing salary fluctuations. Nurses have been replaced by unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)as a cost-containment measure, and many nursing duties are now performed by UAPs. Nurses are also now being hired in new roles that do not include clinical services, such as case management for managed care organizations. As a result of reductions in nursing staff, some nurses, feeling they can no longer provide quality healthcare, experience disillusionment and leave the profession.
C)When nursing shortages occur, employers must increase wages in order to hire and retain staff. As the positions are filled, employers slow the rate at which they increase wages, causing salary fluctuations. Nurses have been replaced by unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)as a cost-containment measure, and many nursing duties are now performed by UAPs. Nurses are also now being hired in new roles that do not include clinical services, such as case management for managed care organizations. As a result of reductions in nursing staff, some nurses, feeling they can no longer provide quality healthcare, experience disillusionment and leave the profession.
D)When nursing shortages occur, employers must increase wages in order to hire and retain staff. As the positions are filled, employers slow the rate at which they increase wages, causing salary fluctuations. Nurses have been replaced by unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)as a cost-containment measure, and many nursing duties are now performed by UAPs. Nurses are also now being hired in new roles that do not include clinical services, such as case management for managed care organizations. As a result of reductions in nursing staff, some nurses, feeling they can no longer provide quality healthcare, experience disillusionment and leave the profession.

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