The provision of quality nursing care to clients, wherever delivered, depends on the:
A) appropriate nursing diagnoses.
B) current wage scale.
C) number of nurse leaders.
D) right skill mix.

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The major goal of staffing management is to provide the right number of nursing staff with the right qualifications to deliver safe, high-quality, and cost-effective nursing care to a group of patients and their families as evidenced by positive clinical outcomes, satisfaction with care, and progression across the care continuum (Eck Birmingham, 2010; T.A. Fitzpatrick, personal communication, August 31, 2016). "Appropriate safe nurse staffing and skill mix levels are essential to optimize quality of care" (ANA, 2016a), and this determination is challenging yet essential.

The Provision of Quality Nursing Care to Clients, Wherever Delivered