A group of nurses are concerned about the chronic understaffing and mandatory overtime requirements of their state's hospitals. How could this group best help solve this issue?

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Rationale 1: If the nurses go home and there is not adequate staff to care for patients, the nurses may be guilty of abandonment.
Rationale 2: Staffing ratios are not the answer to mandatory overtime. Mandatory overtime generally occurs when there is not enough staff to provide care. Staffing ratios will not address this problem.
Rationale 3: Due to the most recent movement toward adequate numbers of nurses, many states are now moving toward the concept of safe staffing. State legislation for safe staffing helps to bring the issue to light and to protect patients from the dangers associated with this practice.
Rationale 4: Exclusive use of nurse managers for overtime work is illogical as there are not enough nurse managers to fill the staffing slots.

A Group of Nurses Are Concerned About the Chronic Understaffing