Which of the following are major concerns associated with the present nursing shortage?
A) Patient safety
B) High patient acuity
C) High nurse-to-patient ratios
D) High stress among nurses
E) High recruitment incentives

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Patient safety is a concern,because errors are more common when nurse-to-patient ratios are high.Patients in hospitals are sicker than previously.High patient acuity requires increasingly skilled nurses,and the high-acuity patient requires more nursing time; neither may be available during a nursing shortage.Errors increase when one nurse has a patient load that is so large that care is rushed.Nurses leave the workforce as a result of high stress; this worsens the shortage.High recruitment incentives are not considered major concerns associated with the shortage of nurses.

Which of the Following Are Major Concerns Associated with the Present