The Nurse Manager Is Explaining the Organizational Staffing Policy to a Newly

The nurse manager is explaining the organizational staffing policy to a newly hired nurse. The nurse will be scheduled on an as-needed basis. The manager explains this policy is a supplemental scheduling policy. Which staffing strategies would be included in this policy?

A) Contracting with outside agency nurses
B) A decentralized float pool
C) Using nonlicensed personnel as substitutes for nurses
D) Establishing an internal float pool of nurses who are cross trained
E) Developing a float pool of nurses shared with another hospital in the system