Scenario 1

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Scenario 1
A staff member has come to you requesting the
next Saturday off. You have just enough staff
that day and cant really afford to let her go.
You are afraid that if you say no, she will call
in sick.
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Scenario 2
You have been asked to change the hours of your
day service to 12 hours instead of the current 7
hours for the winter months to catch up on
demand. Normally, you staff three nurses each
day.
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Scenario 3
You are having trouble recruiting nurses to your
service. You have 3 posts vacant out of 18 posts
available. The suggestion has been made that
nursing assistants (5) are added to the staff
instead of nurses.
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Scenario 4
You have a staff member on permanent night shift
who has worked that shift for many years. You
are growing concerned because reports of patient
care issues are coming back to you from people
who work with her, and who come on shift after
her. Closer supervision is needed, but there is
no appropriate staff member on nights to do the
supervision.