The hospital has elected to initiate a rotating 8-hour shift schedule. Which strategy, taken by the nurse manager, will help staff cope with the stress associated with this staffing pattern?
A) Rotate the shifts several times each month so no one is on one shift very long.
B) Rotate the nurses among all shifts so that they know the concerns of each shift.
C) Be certain that nurses are taking their meal and work breaks each shift to increase rest.
D) Schedule a "double back" at the end of each rotation to allow new rotations to start uniformly.
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